Naruto: Alone
Yo all, guess who. That's right, its Arganaut, and after a near brush with death over grades this nine weeks, I've finally managed to punch out a new chapter of Naruto: Alone. Now then, for the fans of my other stories that are still waiting for the next chapter to come out, please be patient, inspiration simply hit me for this story first. Now then, the last chapter was... I'll say, my least favorite.
And so, I'll begin by saying I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I could not deliver upon my promise of a different version of the cannon in the last chapter. I used every single brain cell I had to try and come up with one... sadly, I could not without going into something cliché (more cliché than cannon). But, then again... I suppose that's why I made so many pre-Genin chapters.
You'll see how each chapter from before will effect the future shortly, in fact, there'll be a reference to one past event that will provide a push towards the future in this chapter... however, this chapter will be a small 'filler'... depending on what you call filler. It is, of course, the Konohamaru chapter, and unlike my last story (Naruto: An Alternative Story) I will actually be typing out the new reaction between Konohamaru and Naruto.).
Hopefully, these chapters will more than make up for the last chapter, but before I can move onto this new chapter, I must get to my reviews!
Silver Warrior- Indeed, the team dynamics will be quite messed with... however, how they will be effected will be decided soon.
Dragon Man 180- Man, I don't know how you keep thinking of stuff like that, but it is a good ideas... ones that I have thought of ahead of time. And thanks for the compliment.
Zero- Thank you, but I will admit I was not always like this. If you read AAS, you'll see I was much like the fan-atics that I talk about. However, I have strived to get above that, and I have, and I think I've become a better author because of it.
Son of the morning- Yeah, Metal Gear Solid has a habit of doing just that to other people.
Psycho King- Agreed Psycho, agreed.
VFSnake- Dude, do calm down, I have plans, just wait and watch them work out.
MissNaye- No, don't worry about it, they'll get a new Snake to cover the old Snake's roll... LOL, that's the reason they have Old Snake and not Young Snake, I had him killed, ROTFLOL!
Chronostorm- Straight up man, straight up.
FictionReader98- Like I said earlier, I am rather disappointed in it as well FR98. But, I hope to make up for that fumble later on in the story.
paintball-gamer- Glad you enjoyed it man. And, about the Clone/Shadow Clone idea, I will probably do that at certain points, but given at this point he can only make one successful Clone, I'd say it won't be for a long time.
master of cheese graters- I would... but then I'd have nothing to point and laugh at whenever I put up a new chapter.
Lee - Lutheran - Dis- I think you'll enjoy what I have up my sleeve.
Gryphon Turboclaw- Well now, thanks for understanding Gryphon. I'm not too sure if you'll like this chapter or not, but I hope you will. I put a lot of thought into it, so I hope you understand it.
Well, this is the end of the reviews, and I have to say, I'm rather pleased this time around. There were very few useless reviews, and a lot that actually talked to me about the quality of my chapters. All I have to say is thanks, and I'll repay you all by putting out the latest chapter of Naruto: Alone!!!!
Chapter 14: Konohama-who?
--- Hokage's Tower --- Sarutobi's Office --- 6:00 A.M. ---
A deep sigh left Sarutobi's lips as he leaned his head onto his hand, tapping his desk in a somewhat impatient manner as he continued staring off into space, his pipe, surprisingly, forgotten to his right. He was joined by several other Jonin with a collective sigh, many of them just sitting around. Asuma Sarutobi, the Hokage's son, was just leaning up against one of the walls in the office, taking frequent drags of the cancer stick between his lips while occasionally glancing at Kurenai Yuhi, one of the new Jonin's to join the rank. He combed a hand through his hair, sighing again as he released some smoke from his lungs.
Kurenai Yuhi, the Jonin Asuma had been paying attention to, on the other hand, was just taking a look over herself, checking her fingernails, making sure her supplies were in place, and tightening her headband, to ensure it would stay in place. The woman would also glance over at the young Sarutobi, though it was far less frequent. Another Jonin in the room was Ebisu... well, no one actually knew his last name, mostly because he never bothered telling his last name.
Another occupant of the room was Iruka Umino, who was asleep on a chair at the moment, several documents on his lap, and who, as we all know, was Naruto's sensei back at the Academy. The reason why it is said 'was' is because Naruto no longer is an Academy Student, he is now a Genin, much like several other students back in his class. In fact, the current gathering of Jonin and Academy Chunin was for one reason, to begin placing 'special' Genin on their teams.
Now then, you're most likely wondering why such an important meeting was not taking place to begin with. Why were they all just sitting there, as if they had nothing better to do, especially when the meeting was supposed to take place an hour ago...
This is because there was a person missing from this gathering, a person who was needed if this meeting were to take place at all... a person whose record, when it comes to being on time for something that isn't a critical S-Ranked mission, is the worst in Konoha's history, next to, of course, Obito Uchiha's. Sarutobi yawned, honestly considering joining Iruka in taking a nap when all of a sudden the door slid open, a masked face popping forward as the only visible eye on the face turned into an upside-down 'U' shape. "Sorry I'm late, I met someone famous on the way here, and I just had to get an autograph, but they didn't have any paper, so I had to chop down a tree and..." He began, causing most of the room to groan in annoyance, causing Iruka to stir from his dream world.
"Save it Kakashi, we're really too tired for one of your lame excuses." Asuma said, taking one last puff on his cigarette before going to Sarutobi's desk to put it out in an ash tray before turning to face everyone, leaning back on his father's desk.
"Really Kakashi-san, I would had hoped that you would have at least made an attempt at an excuse this time, given how long you had to come up with one." Ebisu said, straightening his glasses back onto the bridge of his nose. Kakashi, on the other hand, merely shrugged at their reaction, and pulled out a copy of his favorite book, Icha-Icha Paradise.
"Pervert..." was all Kurenai said as she looked over at the Hokage. "So, Hokage-sama, I understand we're here to organize some of the more special students into teams?" she asked in a respectful tone as she crossed her arms. Sarutobi nodded, getting his head off of his hand as he motioned for Iruka to bring some papers over. The contents of the papers were actually standard, detailed reports on every single student to have passed the Academy Genin Exam. The reports included the simplistic things such as skills in certain areas and age, to more detailed documentation like behavioral problems, personal history, and of course, lineage.
"Quite right Kurenai-san," Iruka said, beginning the little meeting as he stood up, bringing the documents over to the table, spreading them out to reveal nine of the many Academy Students that had graduated. "As I'm sure you all know, it is normally tradition for the council and the Hokage to work together to pair up teams." Iruka began, Sarutobi sighing as he looked at the names.
"However, the crop of candidates this year, there was quite a lot of cream, too much in fact to be trusted to just myself and the council, especially considering the fact that there are too many non-ninja houses." He said, looking up at the Jonin. "Kurenai, Asuma, Kakashi, you three are here because you are our most accomplished Jonin, who I consider capable of teaching these students." He said, before looking over at Ebisu. "Ebisu's simply here because I wanted to talk to him after our meeting... which was supposed to have been over a half an hour ago." He said, everyone sending an annoyed glance at Kakashi, which was not received, since said scarecrow had his head buried in his porn. Sarutobi looked over to Iruka, nodding at him to continue.
"Our 'special' students this year are quite spectacular. They include Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Naruto Uzumaki." He said, everyone raising their heads at the mention of Naruto's name, which caused the normally calm Ebisu to babble a little bit.
"Naruto Uzumaki, but I had heard he failed the Entrance Exam, how is he a Genin... and even in that case what makes him so 'special' that he deserve to be specially placed along with such talented Genin?" Ebisu asked, nearly beginning his rant anew, before, that is, the old Kage raised his hand, a gesture that made many stop in their speech, before looking back over at Iruka. The other three Jonin joined in looking at the Academy teacher, after all, they heard the same thing Ebisu had, that Naruto had failed.
Iruka flinched as all eyes went to him, but quickly recovered as he coughed into his fist. "This is true Ebisu-san, Naruto did indeed fail the Entrance Exam, however, extenuating circumstances have caused both the Hokage and I to deem him worthy of becoming a Genin." He said, Ebisu about ready to shout before Iruka continued. "After all, it isn't everyday someone manages to steal the Forbidden Scroll, learn a Jonin level technique, and then use it to defeat a Chunin turned traitor." Iruka said, causing Ebisu to flinch greatly, while the others' eyebrows rose so high they looked like they were to rip right off of their owner's face.
"So, Uzumaki's the one who beat Mizuki." Asuma said, clear shock apparent in his voice, which could only make Sarutobi chuckle, having not seen his son so flabbergasted in quite some time. Iruka nodded, a proud smile on his face as he began explaining.
"Yes, that's quite right, Naruto Uzumaki not only stole the scroll from Hokage-sama's office, but he learnt the Shadow Clone Jutsu within a few hours, and then went as far as defeating Mizuki." He said, scratching the bridge of his nose. "Because of this, I decided that allowing him to become a Genin would be the only proper thing to do," the Chunin said, looking around the room. "Any objections?"
There were none. All three of the regular Jonins only nodded. Not only were they too shocked to even come up with an argument, and even if they could, it was unlikely they'd want to get rid of Naruto in the first place. The second thing was that if Iruka said this in front of the Hokage, and he didn't try to stop him... then by the Hokage's will it would be done. Ebisu, however, was about to comment on the matter, before a glance from Sarutobi quickly shut him up.
With all in agreement, Sarutobi smiled as he looked over at the Academy teacher again. "Iruka, if you would show us the grades?" Iruka complied; nodding as he quickly flipped the pages in each of the students' files, showing their rankings, not only relative to each other, but to the entire class.
"Here they are Hokage-sama..." he said, looking them over with a small smile. "... At the top of the class in intelligence is definitely Sakura Haruno... however, her field abilities... well, they were somewhat sub-par." The Academy teacher then pointed to Sasuke's picture. "However, Sasuke Uchiha had the highest score in the field, and had a high enough grade in class work to overtake Sakura... making him the top in the class," Iruka said, quickly moving over the others.
"The others had perfectly good scores, easily placing them in the middle of the pack... as for Naruto Uzumaki…" he smiled as he thought of the blond. "It was damn close, but he made it to the second to last position in class... his grades dropped dangerously around the Massacre, but he was somehow able to stem the drop enough to keep him from falling all the way to the last position," Iruka said, causing the Hokage to inwardly sigh. He knew if Naruto was the dead last in the class, he would be forced together with the Uchiha boy... and that would not bode well, not with the rumors surrounding the Uchiha Massacre still flying around... even if Sasuke saw his brother do it...
Sarutobi shook his head, it didn't matter, it was over, it was all...
"Wait Hokage-sama." Ebisu suddenly said, causing everyone to look at him. Ebisu slowly walked over to the documents, pointing straight at the picture of Naruto. "You said he was second to last in the class... however, have you even considered who the student is who was placed last?" he asked, which caused Iruka to raise an eyebrow. Ebisu looked over the documents... sighing as he pointed to one of interest. "Shikamaru Nara" he stated, which caused most of the room to look straight at Ebisu.
"I don't understand, Hokage-sama," Iruka said simply, feeling all eyes centering around himself, Ebisu, and Sarutobi, the tension in the room building up. Sarutobi sighed as he took a deep breath on his pipe, allowing the smoke to slowly seep out as he shook his head.
"Iruka, as I'm sure you are aware, it is very rare that a team is formed whose techniques perform perfectly with one and the other, so perfect that the team is in almost complete sync. However, there was one team that I can remember that did have such skills. This team was made up of Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi, the 'Ino-Shika-Cho'," he said, Iruka's eyes drilling into the old Kage's head. "In fact, when we found out those three had children at almost the exact same time, and were entering them into the Academy... it was hoped that we'd be able to place them together on a team. Now, with Shikamaru the last in the class, there's no way for us to complete that team... unless..." He began, before Iruka practically slammed his hand on the desk.
"What are you suggesting?" he asked, sounding surprised, surprised that he was hearing this from the Third. "Are you saying we should bump Shikamaru's grade just so that he can be placed with Ino and Choji?!" he shouted, causing Sarutobi to flinch as Asuma sighed.
"Well, no matter how much you don't like it kid, both Ebisu and D... Hokage-sama make a good point," The smoker commented, looking at the young, tan man. "If we so quickly throw away such a rare chance at re-creating one of the most successful ninja squads in Konoha's history, over, what can only be described as a miniature change in grades, besides the point, you said it yourself, Naruto's grades were barely above Shikamaru's, then we'd be making a huge mistake." He said, Iruka shaking his head.
"But Naruto worked hard, he doesn't deserve to be pushed down just because..." Iruka began, Kurenai now raising her head.
"Though I'd hate to deprive a student from a deserved rank... I think it would be best to make changes as well," The Genjutsu user added, Iruka now looking at her. "Besides... there is a logical reason for doing this. It could be put down as a small 'unofficial' penalty for failing in the first place. That way, we can change Naruto's grade within reason, and no one outside of this room will have to know about it, especially the council," Kurenai finished, shocking Ebisu, Iruka and Asuma with the way she articulated her speech. Kakashi merely looked on at his porn, trying to keep out of this absurd debacle. Sarutobi continued just staring at his desk.
Iruka, however, quickly shook the shock off, and nearly spoke again, before Ebisu interrupted him yet again. "I agree as well. That boy, though I would hate to see the possible conflict between a street vagabond and a clan elite... the opportunity to strengthen the Leaf ninja teams in the future, especially with such distasteful missing-nins like Orochimaru and Itachi Uchiha still running about, should be taken." The Elite Jonin quipped, everyone in the room flinching at the mention of those two names.
Sarutobi sighed as he looked up at Kakashi. "Hatake-san, what are your thoughts?" Sarutobi asked, causing Kakashi to sigh and close his book... having been reeled into the conversation. He put the porn into his kunai pouch, looking up at the ceiling, contemplating his thoughts before looking back down at the group.
"I can understand Iruka's argument, under any other circumstance I would wholeheartedly agree with him..." He said, sighing slightly. "However, what we've been presented is possibly the most unique situation to be presented to Konoha in its history," Kakashi said in a tone that demanded the complete and undivided attention of the listeners. "While you three kept on talking about the Shika-Ino-Cho side of this, I've been thinking more about Naruto, he's the container of the Kyuubi, something that shouldn't be looked up lightly."
"In retrospect, it would be best for Naruto to go with Sasuke, for the simple fact he'd most likely end up with me. After all, I asked for Sasuke to be on my team so I could train him... and since I'm the only other person in this village with the Sharingan, I don't think my request will be denied, correct Hokage-sama?" Kakashi quipped, while Sarutobi nodded in agreement. "If Naruto were to be teamed up with Sasuke by the dead last, top student tradition, he would come to me... and as the student of the Fourth... I think I'd be best qualified to handle Naruto. Of course," the Scarecrow began, "that's just my opinion." Kakashi ended, his eye curving up again as he retrieved Icha-Icha Paradise.
Everyone looked at Kakashi with a small degree of surprise... well, that was for most. Ebisu, on the other hand, was so disturbed it was not even funny. Even the Hokage was somewhat... well, shocked. None expected Kakashi to use such logic to not only explain how Naruto would come to his team, but why. "Kakashi..." Sarutobi said, the confusion evident in his voice, as Kakashi shrugged.
"I saw the kid... a long, long time ago, he has potential. He also has something that very few ninja are blessed to possess before beginning their careers. Instinct," he said, turning another page in his book. "The kid has the right stuff, it just needs to be better developed... besides, anyone who can tear my book right from my hand without me noticing right away has to be good." Kakashi said eloquently, before letting loose a perverted giggle, causing many in the room to sweat drop, wondering where the 'strong minded' Kakashi just went, and how he was replaced with the 'perverted' Kakashi so quickly. However, he did leave an imprint in all the other minds in the room.
"I'll think this over..." Sarutobi said simply as he gathered the documents together. "We'll continued this meeting later, when I've made a decision." Sarutobi said simply, waving his hand. "Would everyone except Ebisu leave at this time," the old shinobi said, the other ninjas nodding as they began filing out of the room, leaving Ebisu and the Hokage to discuss Konohamaru's progress throughout the last week... something that usually left Sarutobi with a small headache.
--- 7:00 P.M. --- Streets of Konoha ---
"Hey, Naruto, how was your day?" Iruka asked the young blond beside him as they walked down the relatively empty streets of Konoha. Naruto, his hands behind his head in a relaxed manner, just looked up to Iruka and shrugged. The reason the pair were so relaxed, despite the apparent threat of some loon running right up to Naruto and tackling him, thinking he may have stolen something, was two fold.
You see, Naruto over the years had established himself as a day-time thief, the pattern having engraved itself into the minds of many of Konoha's citizens. It was a habit for them to be more relaxed about a theft at night, for it had never happened before, even all the way back when Naruto first stole. The second reason was, of course, his ninja headband. If someone were to attack him without him having done something, then chances were, they'd end up in jail for a couple nights, the biased Uchihas who would let them off easy long gone.
"Ah, you know Iruka-sensei, a little of this, a little of that, a little of messing around with this kid named Konohamaru." He said, causing Iruka to snap his head towards Naruto so fast that people though he would get whiplash.
"Wh-wh-what?! You messed with the Honorable Grandson of Sandaime Hokage!" Iruka shouted, Naruto stepping back a bit. "Naruto, of all the stupid things I've ever heard you do, this is probably one of the worst. I mean, you can't just go off and start picking on someone like him! First off he's five or six years old, you can't do that to someone so much younger than yourself! Then there's the fact he's the grandson of the THIRD HOKAGE!" Iruka continued ranting on for several seconds, before Naruto held his hand up and stopped him.
"Iruka-sensei, pl-please listen to me for a second, there was more to it than that, I swear!" He said quickly, successfully deflating Iruka's rant for a moment.
"Alright Naruto, but I'd get to telling me about this, and quick, or else no barbeque for you!" Iruka shouted, knowing that teasing Naruto with meat was the best way to get him to hurry. Though Iruka did enjoy the barbequed meat served around Konoha, his favorite meal still was Ichiraku's Ramen. However, when Iruka tried to tell Naruto about it, or even get him to go there, he reacted somewhat violently... for whatever reason he didn't like ramen. But, that was besides the point, with the promise of a free meal of meat being taken away, Naruto quickly began spouting out the tale from the beginning of the day.
"Well you see Iruka-sensei, it's like this..."
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--- 9:00 A.M. --- Hokage Monument ---
The sun had risen as the morning hours of Konoha, and the great star shone brilliantly upon an area of town known as the Hokage Monument, and entire mountainside that has the faces of the previous Kage's engraved upon them. On a building that was near the monuments, a young, new ninja recruit was sitting on a small stair, while an older man stood a ways off, a camera in front of him as he looked at the young man. "Alright, you ready?" The old man side, placing a slide into the camera as the young ninja, Naruto, nodded.
"Yeah, let's just get this over with already!" He said in a somewhat excited tone, posing for the camera while the sun made his golden hair shine. The cameraman shrugged, going under his veil and positioning the camera just right.
"Alright then. One, two, three... cheese!" He said, snapping the photo. The picture was actually pretty standard, from what the cameraman had seen before. Naruto had on his black shirt with the orange spiral on the back, with matching black pants going down to his ankles, where his ninja sandals were firmly secured. Naruto's smile in the picture was beaming; it reflected a sort of pride in finally becoming a ninja, and a small amount of relief as well. Around his forehead, keeping his spiked hair from falling onto his face was the object of his immense pride, his ninja forehead protector. Naruto's gloved hands were firmly placed around the metal plate of the headband, causing the metal to shine in a rather unusual, but still magnificent way.
At least, that's the way Sarutobi viewed the picture, the smile on the old man's face easily noticeable. He looked up from the form to look at Naruto, who sat on the other side of the room, the smile from the picture still on his face. Sarutobi could only smile again; it lightened the load that was placed on his shoulders from all those years ago to see Naruto so cheerful. Then again, considering what he told Naruto about the job all those years ago, he wasn't surprised the boy's outlook on life was temporarily lifted.
Sarutobi put the picture into Naruto's file, taking his pipe to his lips as he took a deep breath. "Naruto, I have to say, I had my doubts before... but you surpassed them." He said, causing Naruto to laugh a little.
"Of course I did old man, would you expect any less of me?" He said, his hands once again going to his headband. "I'm the Street Fox of Konoha, of course I'd be able to graduate, and do it well!" He said, leaning forward so that his shoulders rested on his knees. "So, when am I getting my first pay?!" He asked, a large grin on his face, which made Sarutobi laugh a little more.
"Not until your first mission Naruto... which should only be a few days away." He said in a tone that made Naruto beam even more. Sarutobi sat there for a few moments... before he heard the door slowly slide open. He knew Naruto had felt it too, as he quickly turned his head towards the door which had been flung open, revealing a small kid, a strange sort of headgear on top of his head with a tuff of hair just popping out of the back, and a large scarf around his neck.
"Old man, I challenge you!" He shouted as he ran forth, a shuriken firmly in his right hand. "I will beat you, and become the Fifth Hokage!" He shouted, as Naruto snapped into action.
"Not so fast kid!" Naruto shouted, dashing forward and grabbing Konohamaru by his wrist, and with magnificent skill, twisted it around, causing Konohamaru to flip around in the air, and land on his head, knocking him out. Naruto stood proudly, a huge grin on his face while Sarutobi applauded him...
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"NARUTO!"
Iruka had grabbed Naruto by the ear, a firm twist causing Naruto to yelp a bit. "Come on Naruto, I know you a lot better than you think, and I know you're lying to me. So start telling me what really happened!" Iruka shouted, Naruto nodding quickly, yelping each time as it only caused his ear to twist around in Iruka's grip.
"Alright, alright, just let me go!" He shouted, the Academy teacher letting go of his former student's ear. "Alright... so here's what really happened..."
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"Old man, I challenge you!" He shouted as he ran forth, a shuriken firmly in his right hand. "I will beat you, and become the Fifth Hokage!" He shouted, before the child tripped over his own scarf, hitting the ground face first, the shuriken sliding all the way to the side of the room. Both Sarutobi and Naruto sweat dropped as they watched Konohamaru groaned, picking his head up off of the floor, rubbing his face lightly.
The Sandaime Hokage sighed as he looked over at his, clumsy, grandson. "Hello Konohamaru, nice to see you... again." Sarutobi said in a slightly exasperated tone, after all, this had been Konohamaru's third assassination attempt within the past hour. The sound of feet quickly moving across the floorboards outside in the hallway resonated soon after, Ebisu quickly making his appearance as he heard Konohamaru.
"Young Master!" Ebisu shouted in a concerned tone. He looked around quickly... before spotting Naruto on the other side of the room.
'So... this is the fox boy.' He said, sending Naruto a look that, though it did make him recoil a bit, it didn't cause him to lose his cool. This, in turn, caused Ebisu to raise an eyebrow. 'Then again, the boy has been on the streets for six years... his confidence in beating such mediocre challenges again and again would give him a small sense of security.' Ebisu thought to himself... before inwardly shaking off the thought. 'Don't you dare give him the honor of one of your evaluations.' He thought, before fast walking over to Konohamaru.
"Young Master, are you alright?" He asked, lowering himself to his knee as he helped Konohamaru to his feet. The young boy, with his pride bruised, looked around the room for some kind of scapegoat to his trip... and found one in the blond on the other side of the room.
"I'd be better if the whiskered guy hadn't tripped me!" He shouted, pointing over at Naruto while Ebisu sweat dropped. He disliked the boy... but he was pretty sure he couldn't reach over and trip Konohamaru from several feet away. Naruto's own stare narrowed a little bit, becoming skeptical.
"What are you talking about?" He said in an aggravated tone, standing up and walking over to Konohamaru. "I didn't do anything to you." He said, Konohamaru laughing a little as he puffed out his tiny chest.
"Maybe you're right, a wuss like you couldn't do anything to me!" He said in a boisterous tone, causing Naruto to become even more annoyed, as he quickly moved over to him, grabbed Konohamaru by the collar and picked him up a little bit.
"Say what!?" Naruto growled, while Konohamaru maintained his sneer. Ebisu, on the other hand, was near close to a heart attack.
"You let go of the Honorable Grandson right way you heathen! You cannot simply manhandle the grandson of the Third Hokage!" He shouted, which caused Naruto to look up at Ebisu with a bit of surprise... and mild disgruntlement, mostly because he wouldn't be able to...
"Ha! Thought so! I knew you wouldn't have the guts to hit..."
BAM!
Never mind.
Konohamaru, at that point, was on the floor, sitting on his butt, a large lump on his head which he gripped tightly, a pained groan being emitted from his lips as Naruto walked out of the room, his hands in his pockets. Ebisu looked on in terror, his mouth agape, as he tried to comprehend what had just happened. The one who was least surprised, by far, was Sarutobi, who simply sat at his seat, taking a deep breath on his pipe. Ebisu noticed this, and sent a somewhat confused look to Sarutobi.
"Hokage-sama, why would you allow this... Allow some brat to strike your own grandson!?" He shouted, causing the old man to shrug lightly.
"He seems fine to me." Sarutobi noted, pointing to where Konohamaru had sat. Now, the reason the words 'had sat', were used was because of the fact Konohamaru was no longer sitting there... in fact he was not even in the room at all. This caused Ebisu to panic yet again, this time his eyes appearing over his glasses.
"Wh-where did he go!?" He shouted yet again, causing Sarutobi to sigh.
"I believe he followed Naruto." He said, placing some extra chakra into his ears to prepare for...
"WHAT?!" What could've possibly been one of the loudest screams he had heard in his entire life. Ebisu shot out of that room with all the speed of a shuriken, and most likely the intent of one, as he shouted around for Konohamaru. Sarutobi, on the other hand, merely lit his pipe again, taking a few deep breaths.
"Might as well get back to the office and keep an eye on this situation." Sarutobi said, standing up slowly, walking over to get his cane. "After all, who knows what kind of trouble those two will get into on their own...?" The old Hokage noted, as he began walking towards the room's exit.
--- The Streets ---
Naruto walked down the wide-open streets of Konoha, his hands still in his pockets as the disgruntled look on his face remained. That little kid was a snob, and had a mouth bigger than, well, even his own. His nose curled up in distaste before he shook his head, trying to dispel all thoughts of that little kid. Though, the fact that there was a section of fence ahead... with its boards facing sideways... and a brown tuff of hair sticking out of the top, didn't help much.
He sighed as he walked right past, trying his best to ignore it, but it was just so stupid. Just the thought of that trick that saved his hide so many times being done so wrong just...
"Alright, you can come out now, that disguise is so fake." He said, turning around to face the section of wall. A few chuckles resounded, as the illusion clothe fell, revealing Konohamaru. "So I was right, you really are good." He said as he ran towards Naruto, tripping over his scarf again. Naruto sighed, turning around and preparing to leave again. "Wait!" Konohamaru shouted as he stood back up, running at Naruto till he was right behind him.
"I want you to train me!" He shouted, causing Naruto to freeze in place. That was something he had never heard before, nor had he expected to hear something like that. A little kid, and he meant little, asking the infamous Street Fox to train him? It sounded so ridiculous to Naruto, it wasn't even funny.
"Get lost." Naruto quipped, before walking again. Or, he tried to, before Konohamaru latched onto his leg.
"Come on Sensei, you can't just leave me hanging!" Konohamaru shouted, causing Naruto's eyebrows to raise.
'Sensei...' He thought to himself, crossing his arms as he thought about that word. 'Naruto-sensei... Street Fox-sensei... Naruto THE Street Fox-sensei... has a nice ring to it.' A cocky smile began forming on Naruto's lips, as his pride began souring. But... the kid was a snob... why would he want to help this kid. Then again... being a sensei would give him an excuse to punish the kid for his behavior. 'Oh what to do, what to do, what to do... what to do...' He thought to himself, before smirking lightly...
"Alright." He said, turning to face Konohamaru with the same smirk plastered on his face. "Sensei isn't just going to let you float there without some proper guidance... but you have to call me Naruto-sensei!" He added, Konohamaru hopping off of his leg with a huge grin on his face.
"Thank you Naruto-sensei!" He shouted, jumping up and down a few times in excitement, Naruto watching his excitement, and becoming somewhat infected by it himself... today was going to be a good day... for him at least. For Konohamaru, he wasn't too sure he'd enjoy what he had planned.
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"And, then what happened?" Iruka asked, now genuinely intrigued by the story. So far, Naruto only lied on that one small part, which meant Konohamaru really did ask him to be his sensei.
"Well Iruka-sensei, my plan was to just put Konohamaru through hell, you know, just a little bit of payback for being such a pain..." He said, cracking his neck before coughing into his fist. "So... from there..."
Omake
It was a bright beautiful day at Konoha, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and... "Naruto, you're an idiot." Sasuke was calling Naruto an idiot. All of the Academy students were now pointing and laughing at Naruto, who merely stared at them all with a sullen look. Though, in his mind... he formed a comeback. A comeback so sinisterly annoying that it couldn't help but strike a nerve with Sasuke.
"Yeah, well..." He began as he pointed at Sasuke. "YOUR MOM!" Naruto shouted, causing the entire area to freeze with shock. Everyone looked at Sasuke, waiting for a response. They didn't get a comeback... instead they got.
"Mom..." He said in a soft, sad voice. "Mommy..." He said, tears beginning to well up in his eyes.
'Oh shit.' Naruto thought as he quickly tried to come up with a new idea. "Um... your dad?" He said in an uncertain tone...
"DADDY?!" Sasuke shouted, Naruto making another 'oh shit' face making its way to his face as Sasuke suddenly burst into tears, soaking everyone in the immediate area with his tears. Everyone in the immediate area glared at Naruto, who merely took a step back.
"... I'm just going to shut up now."
The morale of this story is... your mom jokes suck people, STOP USING THEM! For God's sake, I hear them nearly every other hour!
R&R