First Day At The Academy Part 2

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Naruto raced home, trying to get home before anybody saw him. He was panting hard, and crashed through several stalls, which only made the owners angry. Now, he was having to deal with several angry shopkeepers, and a whole crowd of people who wanted to kill the "demon brat". He kept running, but he was getting tired, and wasn't sure where to go, as he was nowhere near his house.

A man watched over the scene, anticipating. "Soon," he murmured. "Soon, you shall be dead, demon brat!" The man then vanished in a swirl of leaves, believing himself unseen. However, a ninja had been watching him, and as soon as he had the info, he too disappeared, reporting back to the Hokage.

Naruto was running for his life, when he was suddenly pulled into the forest. He sat down on the ground heavily, stunned, and watched the crowd rush past, oblivious to the fact that he was right under their noses. Once the crowd had passed, he turned around to thank his rescuer. "Thank you for saving me," he began. He stopped when he saw the malicious, menacing grin that the man sported. "Hello boy. My name is Hyuuga Karela. I must ask you to accompany me somewhere. It's on the Hokage's orders."

Naruto was fearful, but he brightened when he heard that this man was commanded by the Hokage. He thought, "This man looks weird, and dangerous. But if he serves the Hokage, then he can't be all that bad, can he?" He said, "Fine. I"ll go with you." The man smiled and said, "Excellent." He was actually thinking of one thing, and one thing only. "If I kill this stupid brat, I will be able to depose Hiashi. That stupid oaf has been in power long enough. I think he's growing soft, personally. He actually defended the demon at a council meeting, and he threatened to personally torture and kill any Hyuuga who touched the demon brat. That's going to change. I'm going to kill this brat, but first, I'm going to force the boy to destroy Hiashi. I'll have to get rid of my partner though. I can't have him being Hokage, now, can I? He'll just kill me for treason, and take all the spoils."

Naruto waited impatiently, so as he waited, he began to think about something he saw earlier. "I could have sworn that I saw an ANBU on the rooftops earlier. I could have sworn it. Oh, well. Maybe I was seeing things. Why would ANBU be tracking me?"

Meanwhile, at the Hokage's office. . . . . . .

Sarutobi sighed. Another endless mountain of paperwork. Maybe he should consider retiring. After all, he was no longer the young man that he once was, and he wanted nothing more than to retire to some quiet place in peace. However, today, his thoughts were interrupted by the appearance of an ANBU member.

Sarutobi was alert at once. "What is it? Report!" He commanded the ANBU. The ANBU replied with haste. "Sir, I was performing routine surveillance on the Kyuubi host. However, I noticed a man spying on the host, otherwise known as Uzumaki Naruto. As I was preparing to accost him, he suddenly vanished, and disappeared with Uzumaki, so I thought that I should report to you straight away."

Sarutobi, who was facing the window, said "You made the right choice. I want you to gather all Jonin level ninja, and the best Chunin. Do you know where the Hyuuga took Naruto?" "Yes sir, I placed a tracker on Naruto unseen by either of them. The tracker is sending chakra signals to me, which I can track." Sarutobi turned around. "Good. You will lead the search team. Kill anyone who gets in your way, even civilians." "Even civilians, sir?" "Yes." "Very well sir, I shall do what you requested straight away. Wait, sir, what are you doing? Are. . . . . are you coming with us? There. . . . . there's no need for you to come with us, sir! I'm sure that we can handle everything perfectly!"

Sarutobi had a hard look on his face as he stared at the ANBU. "You sound almost as if you don't want me to come. Do you feel that I would be a hindrance to the team? Come on, be open. You can speak openly about your Hokage, you know that, right? Well, man? We don't have all day to stand around!"

The ANBU slowly composed himself, and whispered, "I'm sorry about this, Lord Hokage. But the demon brat must die!" He started running towards Sarutobi as he finished his last sentence. . . . of his life.

Out of nowhere, two Jonin jumped and attacked the ANBU. One threw several kunais at his chest, severely hurting the man. However he miraculously got up and started running towards the Hokage again. "Resilient, aren't you?" heard the ANBU. Startled, he turned around, only to meet the jaws of a snake, which sealed his fate.

As the body dropped to the floor, Sarutobi shook his head. "I hate senseless violence. But sometimes, violence is necessary. Thank you, Kurenai and Anko."

"No problem, Lord Hokage" grinned the woman named Mitarashi Anko. She was grinning like a madwoman, and had her tongue out, with a snake wrapped around her right arm. She was wearing a fishnet under vest, fishnet stockings, and an oversized jacket.

The other woman shook her head. "No offence, Lord Hokage, but I would have preferred simply incapacitating him. We might have got more information out of him. Still, it surprises me that even among our own ANBU, the top stealth ninja in this village, there lay a traitor." She shook her head. "Danzo, the little rat. Has he infiltrated every organization?" Sarutobi looked at her sharply, "Kurenai, we cannot assume that this was Garbanzo's doing. We need evidence."

Kurenai sighed. "I know, Hokage, but we all know that Danzo was behind this! We may not have evidence, but this whole thing reeks of Danzo." Sarutobi admitted "You have a point. He hated the fact that Naruto was allowed to live. He's been trying to kill him ever since." Sarutobi opened the window. "But we've wasted enough time here. Let's go!" Kurenai and Anko shouted "Hai!" and followed Sarutobi.

They arrived at a large stadium, where all the Jonin and some of then

Chunin were gathered. Sarutobi stepped up to the podium, and cleared his throat to announce his arrival. As soon as he did, the crowd of ninja quieted down and he could speak.

"Everyone, listen carefully to what I am about to tell you! This is to be considered an S-classed briefing!" When the ninjas heard those words, a murmur grew throughout the hall.

"SILENCE!", shouted Sarutobi. "Now then, we have received information that is very alarming. The man Hyuuga Karela has abducted the Kyuubi's host, Uzumaki Naruto! We are going to mobilize and find them immediately. Kakashi, Kurenai, Anko, and Asuma!" The 4 Jonin jumped on the stage. "You will be in charge of Squadron 1!" All four shouted "Hai Hokage-sama!"

Sarutobi then shouted, "Ebisu, Shikaku, Uroko, Mikoto! You will be group 2! The rest of you, form your own groups and head out!" I shall lead all the groups! We shall converge on the location of Naruto and the Hyuuga! This is based on information provided by an ANBU! However, it may not be reliable, as the ANBU in question was found to be a traitor. Therefore, the information he provide us with may not be entirely reliable, so we must act with caution!"

Sarutobi was thinking deeply about the situation. "I hope we get there in time. There's no telling what will happen, especially with Naruto in the mix. Maybe. . . . . no. That's not what Minato would want us to do."

Meanwhile, with Naruto's classmates. . . . . . .

Shikamaru stood up and started walking away from the playground. Choji looked up in surprise, and said, "Shikamaru? Where are you going? It's not time for us to leave yet." Shino then interrupted "Choji, haven't you noticed? Where has Naruto been all this time? He's usually here by now. However, today he's not. Therefore, something is wrong. Shikamaru feels that he should investigate." He turned to Shikamaru. "Right, Shikamaru?"

Shikamaru smiled. "You got it, Shino." Sakura chimed in, "Naruto? Why do you want to bother looking for him, he's such a baka!" She turned to face Hinata. "Right, Hinata-san?"

Hinata looked up with a shocked look, and told Sakura, "Naruto is NOT a baka! Sakura-san, do you know him?"

Sakura blinked. "Well, no. . . . . ." she said with uncertainty.

Just then, Tenten walked in. "Hey guys. What's going on?" She noticed Shikamaru. "And where are you going, Shikamaru? It's not time for you to leave yet, your parents usually let you stay for a long time."

Ino then appeared on the scene. "Yeah, Shikamaru! Where are you going?"

Shikamaru sighed. "I'm going to look for Naruto. It's been too long. We should be going." With that, he walked out of the park, heading in the direction of the forest.

Suddenly, an ANBU flew overhead, followed by another. Soon, the air was thick with ninja rushing towards the forest. The children, who had never seen anything like it, were full of curiosity, but were also very scared. As they watched the ninja fly through the air with wide eyes, Shikamaru spotted his father in the stream of ninja, and shouted, "Dad!" When Shikaku heard this, he immediately left the group and jumped to his son's side.

"What is it. Shikamaru?" "Dad, what's going on? Why is everyone rushing towards the forest?" Shikaku, not knowing what to say, decided that his best bet would be to tell the truth. "We're going to help Naruto." When they heard that, everyone was really scared. Hinata spoke first, "W-w-what do you mean, help Na-Naruto-kun? Is he in t-trouble?"

Shikaku sighed. "It's a long story. You should head home, it could be dangerous if you stay out on the streets." Shikamaru heard this, and being the thinker that he was, he thought, "Strange. It's about Naruto? What's so special about Naruto that all the ninja in the village have to help out? We should check it out." He turned to his dad. "Okay, dad, we'll go home. I'll make sure that everyone gets home." Shikaku smiled. "Good. I knew that I could count on you." With that, he left.

Shino had a smirk on his face, which was unusual for him. "Shikamaru, you don't really plan to do that, do you?" Shikamaru said "Nope. No intention at all. I am going to investigate. I want to find out what this emergency really is, and how Naruto got himself mixed up in it. I won't ask you guys to come. Well. . ." He scratched his head. "Choji, Shino. Do you want to come?" Choji and Shinos' faces lit up. "Sure!" Sakura complained. "What about the rest of us? Why can't we go?" "Well, for one, Choji is my friend, and Shino is very intelligent. Also, if we take more than 3 people, we could get noticed."

"That is not fair!", said a new voice. "Why can we not come?" They turned around to see a boy wearing a green spandex suit with a bowl-cut, and wearing a red headband like a belt.

The other boy, who wore a white robe, had a smirk on his face. "You know that we don't like being left out." As he spoke, his eyes, which were white, suddenly changed, making the iris more visible, with veins popping around the eyes.

Tenten was in shock. "Neji, Lee. What are you doing here?"

"Simple" answered Lee. We were heading out to train when we saw the ninja overhead. We did not know what was going on, so when we saw you guys, we came over to ask you, and we heard your conversation."

Neji added, "It'll be interesting to see what's happening, don't you think? I for one don't want to be left out. What do you say?"|

Shikamaru looked around. "Well, we've got. . . ." he counted. " Nine people. Sasuke, Naruto, and Kiba. That's who we're missing, but then we're going to find Naruto. Well, if that's everyone, let's get going!"

"Hold up a second," called a voice. They all turned around to see Sasuke and Kiba walking towards them. "Where do you think you're going without us? I want in on the action!" shouted Kiba.

Sasuke, who looked as bored as ever, said, "I agree with Kiba. If we're doing something, I want to be included. Especially if it's something to do with Naruto-baka."

Both Ino and Sakura squealed. "Sasuke-kun!" They cried and launched themselves at him at full speed. Sasuke, cool as ever, simply dodged them, and let them hit the ground.

Shikamaru sighed. "Good. You two got here. Now, we can leave." And with that, they walked out of the playground towards the forest, not knowing that they would be together like this for many years. . . . . .

And that ends the chapter! I hope you liked it. I have made it even longer than my previous ones. I don't know when I'll next be able to update, but I PROMISE that it will be an even longer chapter. Remember, please Read & Review! Have a good. . . . . . . whatever time it is! Also, check out the fanfic: Naruto & Hinata: Rebirth Of The Namikaze, by moraven. It's awesome! Be sure to check out the second part as well !