Here is the new chapter everyone. First I would like to say thank you to everyone who added my story, and some that added me. I am not too sure of my writing ability yet, so any comments would be accepted. First off, thanks to Kitsunegan, amichalap, kingdom 219, Rose Tiger and SrgntDrew for the support, its loved. I do not own naruto...

Sorry for the interruption, without further ado...

Chapter 2: The Best of Ninja World

Naruto was feeling great. If he could, he would say that he was feeling on top of the world. It had been one year since he discovered Teuchi's place, Ichiraku Ramen, and since then everything had been going great. After eating there, he had finally gained enough courage to apply at the ninja academy. He had avoided the place like poison due to the sheer amount of ninjas that he was sure would be there. Also, the thing was deep in the village. Trying to get there on time using his safe streets would take forever! After eating a hearty bowl of ramen though, he pulled up his bright orange sweatpants and got there, albeit it took longer than it should have. When he got there, the woman behind the counter was reading a magazine, and it was taking all of her attention. She admitted Naruto to the academy without a second thought, and continued reading. He was surprised that no one removed his name before the start of school, but he wasn't complaining. Ever since that day, however, Ichiraku's became part of his daily routine.

Flashback No Jutsu

Naruto walked into class on his first day of ninja school. When he walked in, he noticed that the class had a diverse range of students. He looked around, and his eyes almost immediately fell on a bright shade of almost neon pink. 'That color can't be natural' he thought. He looked down and discovered that it was hair. The girl attached to the hair was pretty, but her eyes were fixated on the boy next to her. The boy had jet black hair that looked to be modeled after a duck, and piercing eyes that seemed to be glued to him ever since he walked into the classroom. Naruto was a little miffed that he was getting stared at so intensely for no reason at all, but then again that happened a lot. He decided to continue his scanning of the classroom. Next person he saw was an almost feral looking boy with red lines running down the side of his face. He was wearing a gray coat similar to the one Hinata, whose name he learned eventually, usually wore. The only difference was the one he was wearing had a hood where a small white dog was resting. Next to the feral boy was another one wearing shades… and that was it. There was nothing else extraordinary about him besides the fact that he was wearing… okay where the hell do they buy these coats?

The next person he saw was Hinata herself. She was wearing her usual garb. Naruto could tell that her eyes were on him as soon as he entered the classroom as well, but her gaze was welcome, besides he was used to it. When he looked at her, she shifted her gaze down to her fingers, which she was fiddling with. She often did that, so Naruto thought that she was practicing her ninja skills, and trying to spy on someone without them noticing. So far, she was horrible at it, but they were in ninja school now, so she had plenty of time to improve, right?

It was at this moment a blonde haired girl kicked in the door and trudged into the room. She didn't even acknowledge that there were other people in the room as she marched straight to the pink haired girl and the boy that reminded him of a raven. It didn't take long; probably not even a second before the blonde and pinkie were in each other's faces.

"Why don't you move out the way forehead, so that the rest of us could get a better look at Sasuke-kun?"

"In your dreams Ino-pig! Sasuke-kun is mine! I already claimed him!" at this "Sasuke-kun" visibly paled. A fight between them, and soon the rest of the girls in the classroom, besides Hinata, broke out.

Naruto had managed to find his way to a seat in the back of the room, next to this boy with a spiky ponytail and a chubby kid with swirls on his cheeks eating potato chips. The one with the ponytail was looking out the windows into the clouds, but the other one introduced himself as Choji.

The fight between girls had now been thinned down to just the two who started it, and yet the raven boy had still seemed disinterested. Naruto was contemplating going down there and getting in his face, before he heard a small voice, barely audible above a whisper. If he didn't have such great hearing he might have missed it.

"H-hi there N-Naruto-kun… How was your way here? N-not too much trouble?" Hinata asked, now sitting next to him. She looked him straight in the eyes as she spoke. Naruto flashed a smile, knowing that she would've have done either of those things before they started to hang out. He looked back into her eyes as he answered, noticing how beautiful they were when the sunlight shined in them just right… Wait, what? He decided it was irrelevant.

"Oi, Hinata-chan! It was okay! The streets were unusually empty today, but even if they weren't, I could've handled it after my daily bowl of Ichiraku's!"

"Daily… Ichiraku's?"

"Yeah! They make the best ramen ever! I go crazy over the stuff!"

"R-really now…"

The two fighting girls had managed to beat each other in a double KO, just as their teacher shun-shinned into the classroom. Everyone took to their seats, Sakura on one side of Sasuke and Ino on the other, before he started to talk.

"Hello class! My name is Iruka-sensei! From now on I will be teaching you all the basics necessary for you to become a useful ninja!"

Flashback End

Since then, he had been learning at the academy the basics of ninja-dom. When not at the academy, he would be pulling pranks on the ninja to burn away some time. He was getting better at planning and escaping the now jonin ninjas chasing him, to the point he could almost predict what his pursuers would do, even if he never met them before. When not pranking, he would sometimes hang around the Hokage Tower, seeing as the Third never minded him for some reason, or at Ichiraku's. That was where he was going today actually.

When he walked into the shop he noticed something was different. For one the place was almost full, leaving almost no seats. It was a good thing Teuchi had left him a seat just for him. When he sat down, he noticed Hinata in the seat next to his. She started her "w-what a coincidence N-Naruto-kun" speech as Teuchi walked back in with a bowl of pork and a bowl of miso ramen.

"I ordered for you N-Naruto-kun… I-I hope that's okay?"

"Ne, that's cool Hinata, I wanted pork anyway" he said as he prepared to make his ramen disappear

As they were eating, Hinata eating politely and Naruto finishing his third bowl, Teuchi decided to speak up.

"So guys, those two over there a friend of yours?"

Naruto looked up from his fifth bowl of ramen to the almost couple sitting in the corner near the back of the ramen shop. It wasn't quite a couple as there were about a thousand other girls around the two, who Naruto could see was Sakura and Sasuke. Sasuke had tailed him to Ichiraku's around the third day of school, glaring him down the entire way and occasionally followed him there ever since. Wherever he went Sakura went, and wherever she went, the rest of the Sasuke fan club followed. Teuchi started on how "He was good for business" as the raven boy walked over and started to speak, before Naruto beat him to it.

"What do you want Sasuke-teme?"

"Nothing from you, dead last. I just wanted to show off my fan girls. How does it feel dobe, knowing that I will always be better?

"I don't need a crowd of whiny girls behind me everywhere I go, I rather one useful one that can hold a conversation, besides, I have as many friends as you, albeit, most of the, aren't female"

"Ha! That Hyuuga chick couldn't hold a conversation with a candle, you two losers deserve each other"

Now, Naruto could handle a lot of insult and probably shrug it off, but something about this teme insulting Hinata made him snap a little inside.

"TEME! YOU DON'T GET TO INSULT MY PRECIOUS PEOPLE!" like I said, just a little.

Naruto sprang from his chair and tackled Sasuke to the ground, only to see he was now on top of a chair.

"Substitution Jutsu?" Naruto asked as a foot connected with the side of his skull, sending him shooting out the store across the street. Sasuke emerged, with his fangirls now in cheerleader outfits cheering him on.

"What's the matter dobe? Can't keep up? Maybe your little Hyuuga would rather hang with a real man?" he said as he went back in the shop, only to return with Hinata in tow, who was trying desperately to get free.

Now, it was when Naruto really snapped. He said nothing as he got up, and walked slowly over where Sasuke was.

"Heh, ready for round two dobe? I'll show you the power of the Uchiha!" Sasuke said as he rushed Naruto, and jumped and kicked him in the side of his face, only to find that he was now kicking a chair. He turned to find an angry, red eyed Naruto behind him. Naruto punched him in the face, and while he was flying back, appeared behind him in an almost unbelievable speed and connected several punches to his neck, spine and arms before putting his hands together and hammering him into the ground. Before he could continue, he felt the combined killing intent of his fan club behind him, before that was gone as well. The girls fell forward, to reveal an activated Byakugan, and glowing hands.

"A-ano Naruto-kun, I just didn't want them messing with my precious people either… S-so N-Naruto-kun… I am one of your precious people?

Naruto, his eyes back to their blue shade, smiled and walked forward. He was about to say something when he was knocked out by a pissed Iruka.

"Dammit Naruto! What did I tell you about doing stupid things? And good afternoon Hinata-chan"

"Good afternoon Iruka-sensei" Hinata said as she giggled.

Iruka picked up Naruto's body and stepped over the others littered around the ground and into Ichiraku's. He ordered a miso for him and Hinata, and several porks for Naruto, to go.

"Hinata can you hold the food for me? We have to go or we'll be late for the graduation exams!"

Hinata nodded and took the food, as they hurried off to the academy.