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I Always Knew

Chapter 8: The King Is Back!

The next day Naruto went to Hokage Tower to see when the Konohamaru Corps was off duty. Tsunade told him that he would find them at the Academy in Iruka's class and that he should pop in. So feeling a little mischievous that's exactly what he did. Poof! A cloud of smoke appeared in the middle of the front of the class; drawing everyone's attention and when it cleared it revealed a smiling Naruto. "Hey guys, what's up?" he greeted the Konohamaru Corps who were just staring at him in shock.

A dark aura suddenly filled the room causing Naruto to sweat and turn around slowly, smile frozen in place -I haven't felt this in a lond time-. As Iruka's angry face came into view he lost all nervousness and immediately brightened, his smile turned into a grin -I knew it! This is gonna hurt, but I sure as hell am gald to see him again-. "Iruka-sensei!" he cried out joyously running to the angry chuunin to give him a hug only to be punched upside his head causing the entire class plus the Konohamaru Corps to face fault and Naruto to whine while rubbing his sore head, "Geez, Iruka-sensei that really hurt. What'd you do that for? Huh?"

"First you just disappear without even so much as a 'good-bye' for 5 years, then I don't hear so much as a single word from you telling me how you're doing, then I hear you arrived back 3 DAYS ago, and now you just decide to 'pop' in to say 'hi' right in the middle of me teaching a class!" Iruka yelled -what the hell has been going through that boy's head all these years, I thought I taught him better than that- then took a deep breath and smiled, "But it sure is good to have you back Naruto, things just haven't been the same without you."

Naruto then got up grin in place, and hugged his teacher, "I'm sorry I made you worry Sensei and that I haven't come to see you sooner, but if I ever told you 'good-bye' that would mean that I was never coming back."

"You mean you're planning on leaving again? What about-," Iruka asked surprised not compleating his last question -I thought that him leaving was to get Sasuke, now that he's back isn't his reason for leaving done with too?-.

"Sure I'll be leaving again, but whether it's for a mission or permanently I haven't decided yet, but I promise to write you this time," Naruto answered sadly shaking his head, then turned to face the class only to face fault himself -Did Iruka hit me too hard? I thought I just saw...-

Right in front of him, nearly half the class was wearing the same goggles he had when he was their age, the same that the Konohamaru Corps had worn after him. "You like Boss?" Konohamaru asked -I guess this wasn't the best way to break the news to him-.

"It's amazing! You guys have grown the Konohamaru Corps to so many now. This must have taken a lot of work, I'm very proud of you," Naruto stated while getting up -i guess my eyes weren't decieving me. I just can't believe it, it really is impressive work-.

"Uh, Boss, they're called the Naruto Uzumaki Corps now," Meogi informed him.

Turning to them wide-eyed he was met with three smiling and proud faces and all he could do was ask one question, "What?" -Why would they do that? To change the name to my own? It's, it's more than I could have ever dreamed!-

"Well after you left we renamed ourselves the Naruto Uzumaki Corps in honor of you and all that you've taught us," Udon explained proudly.

"At first we were harassed about it, but when we heard from Sakura about the Kyuubi, it was then that I understood what you were trying to tell me that first day we met," Konohamaru confessed, "I never knew that you faced life-or-death every time you walked out of your apartment and still you went on like nothing was wrong, it really is impresive."

"We knew we had to stay strong for you so we looked to each other for support, and soon more kids were wanting to join. They saw what you had done for us and thought that we might be able to do the same for them," Meogi said smiling.

"You guys, you shouldn't have," Naruto said as his eyes began to mist over when something caught his eye, " Hey, why is that girl the only one wearing a blue scarf?"

"She's a fox, like me and you," Konohamaru answered.

"Eh?" was Naruto's intellegent response -What the hell is Konohamaru going on about?-.

"Kaguya-chan come down here and meet the King Prankster," Konohamaru called out -Nothing good can come out of this, but I guess he's going to find out one way or another anyway so why not like this-.

A girl with red hair that went to her waist and lavender eyes stood up and made her way to the front of the class. A dark blue tank top and black cargo pants were all that clothed her toned tan body besides the scarf that she wore like a belt which was why Naruto had almost missed it and the goggles were fitted on her forehead. As she made her way over he noticed a mischievous grin on her face to which his only reply was to smile his fox grin back at her to which Udon, Meogi, Konohamaru, and Iruka all took 3 steps back from them. "Kaguya, that means night right," he mused to which his only reply was a nod, "You look more like a sunset than night, why are you called a fox?"

The girl motioned him closer to which he obliged and she whispered to him, "You were perceived as weak when you were strong, deception is key for a ninja I am the class-clown and a prankster in my own right, that is why I am the fox and the only fox there is to be at the Academy until I graduate and appoint the next one like you did to Konohamaru and him to me. No one inside the Academy or younger is to know what that title means until they leave the Academy and they can't tell anyone in the Academy or younger like how the secret of you being the Kyuubi container was."

"Heh, know-it-all, you were just reading from that scroll," Naruto smirked quietly so that only she heard which caused her to flush at being caught as she quickly put the scroll away then he turned to Konohamaru to compliment him, "You chose well, she's just like you."

"Really Boss?" Udon asked skeptically, "Most people think-" Udon is interrupted as Kaguya quickly pulled a cord and balloons filled ramen noodles fell on... herself? then Udon finished his sentence hesitantly, "she's just like you?"

Everyone looked at the scene in shock as they saw Kaguya's prank turned on herself. Kaguya was now covered in ramen and everyone was watching in anticipation on what was going to happen next as something like this had never happened before. Then to their further astonishment she started laughing, at first it was just a small chuckle but then it grew into a full blown laugh and Naruto joined her. Slowly one by one everyone started to join in on the laughter and students and teachers from nearby classrooms hearing it came to see what it was all about and started laughing along with them. After a good 20 minutes of laughing everyone eventually calmed down and with a grin Kaguya spoke, "Naruto-sama, you're even better than everyone says you were."

"Were! Were! I'll have you know that Naruto Uzumaki is the King Prankster of the past, present, and future and there isn't a single person who can surpass me and I never lose my touch!" Naruto shouted then as an afterthought continued, "And cut the formal crap!"

Laughing could suddenly be heard and as everyone looked around for the source of it Naruto just smirked and looked up to the ceiling drawing everyone else's attention there as well to see Sasuke Uchiha with an arm loosely wrapped around Sakura Haruno's waist as she leaned on his chest; both of them laughing. "Glad to see you haven't lost your touch Naruto, even though you haven't pulled a prank in the 5 years we were gone," Sasuke smirked still laughing slightly -Though I'm very grateful for that it was still really weird; I kept having to look over my shoulder for the first year in case he was planning something-.

"You look so much more like yourself now," Sakura snickered as the two of them dropped from the ceiling and huged their teammate, "Thank-you, Naruto, without you saying what you did when you left I don't think that I'd be the ninja I am now."

"Come on Sakura, give yourself a little more credit than that, you would've realized it eventually. Now would you guys mind telling me why you've been following me around everywhere since yesterday? I thought you guys were suppose to be on a date or something," Naruto asked eyeing the two suspiciously -The bastard finally asks her out and he takes her to spy on me. How she's still with him right now Kami only knows, I would have dumped his ass right away!-.

"Well we were on a date, but Sakura was worried about you so I suggested that we follow you. Listen, Naruto, I know you're not going to like this, but I told her everything that's happened over the past 5 years," Sasuke confessed.

"Even?" Naruto questioned seriously -He promised not to tell anyone-.

"Yeah, even that," Sasuke answered not looking him in the eye -It couldn't be helped, I had to tell her how everything started-.

"Oh, okay. Well I guess I was going to tell her eventually anyway, you just did it for me. Sakura you don't hate me for what we did do you?" Naruto asked her hesitantly -I hope she's not mad that I never told her about my bloodline limit-.

"No, but I do think you should tell everyone," she answered him forcefully.

"Sasuke I know I've asked you before, but how can you stand this crazy psychopathic chick again?" Naruto asked turning to his best friend as he ignored Sakura's hostile glare.

"The same way you endure all that pain for that shy wallflower turned icecube chick," Sasuke countered simply, ignoring the pain shooting up his arm as Sakura tried to squeeze the life out of it.

"Love," they said in unison as they hung their heads and sighed at their predicaments, which placated Sakura immedeatly.

"Naruto-sama, this is all very interesting and all, but how did you foil my prank?" Kaguya inquired in an almost whining tone as she dried herself off with a towel that she had seemingly got from nowhere.

Turning to her Sakura asked, "Is that miso ramen?"

"Yeah," Kaguya answered not getting why she was being asked this.

"Kaguya-chan, you never try and pull a prank on Naruto if there is ramen involved, especially miso he can smell it a mile away," Konohamaru spoke up laughing along with the rest of the Konohamaru Corps, Iruka, and Team 7.

"Well I smelled the ramen as soon as I came in and spotted the trap immediately. When I saw Iruka-sensei I quickly took out a kunai and threw it to change the trajectory of the fall of the balloons when I threw up my arms to hug him," Naruto explained with his fox grin.

"Makes sense, how would you have done the prank then Naruto-sama?" Kaguya asked thoughtfully almost eagerly as she leaned ever so slightly towards the blonde man.

"I would have put it either above Iruka-sensei's head or above the person's head that I least liked in the class, and I would have used bacon grease because that stuff is impossible to get out instead of ramen, that's just wrong," Naruto answered -That poor wasted ramen, I could've eaten that for lunch-.

"Naruto how do you get all these kids to look up to you and respect you without even trying, but when it comes to the adults you have to work at it?" Sakura asked -This just doesn't make any sense. How can kids be so accepting when the adults are so stubborn?-.

"To the kids the Kyuubi attack doesn't really sink in for them because they weren't there to experience it, while the adults were there and they remember the pain of seeing friends and family members dieing right before their eyes; it's not something that you forget very easily and Naruto was perceived as the demon itself instead of just it's container," Iruka answered -It is a shameful thing, but that is just how people are-.

"Oh, I see. Naruto at the end of the week all of rookie nine plus Team 9 and the Sand Siblings will be in town, so you want to tell them about your's and Sasuke's little scheme then? We can do it over dinner at Sasuke's place," Sakura suggested.

"Will there be ramen?" Naruto asked to which his teammates, Iruka, and the Konohamaru Corps just smiled.

"Of course there'll be ramen you dobe," Sasuke smirked.

"Then I guess I'll be there, just let me be the one to invite everyone will you?" Naruto asked with a smile.

"Sure, it's this saturday at 6 and the Sand Siblings are suppose to stay as Sasuke's place so you might as well tell them when you invite them for dinner," Sakura informed them.

"Right, 6 o'clock, this saturday, Sand Siblings staying at Sasuke's, got it! Anything else?" Naruto asked -I hope she doesn't make me do any shopping with her for this thing-.

"No, that's it," Sakura said after a moment not able to think of anything more.

"Hey what about us, we have a right to know! He is our Boss!" Meogi demanded for her team.

"And my student," Iruka put in not wanting to left out of something so important to his student.

"And our idol," Kaguya stated for the Naruto Uzumaki Corps who voiced their agreement.

"People, people, I can't make enough food for everyone!" Sakura shouted flabbergasted then turned to Naruto and Sasuke, "It's your guy's secret you invite whoever you want."

"I'm good with who is coming already, Naruto what about you?" Sasuke asked.

"Just Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, and the Konohamaru Corps if that's okay with you Sakura," Naruto said with finality on the guest list as he asked his pink teammate for permission.

"That's fine, but you're going to have to help me and Sasuke with the dinner preparation," Saukra told him sternly.

"Okay, I bet even Garra will want to help too," Naruto said cheerfully as he disappeared out the door to inform the rest of the party guests.

"Well there he goes, just as hyper as always," Iruka sighed -I don't think he'll ever grow up-.

"Yeah, it's good to see him like this again," Sasuke said earning himself a confused look from Iruka, Konohamaru, Meogi, and Udon to which he just smiled a knowing smile and disappeared in a teleportation jutsu with Sakura to start gathering the needed ingredients.