Are you thirsty for blood?
The Academy
Naruto still had a hold of my hand as we ran towards the ramen shop. My legs were fighting to keep up. 'Where does he get his energy?' I asked myself. I had always been the fastest out of my friends. I didn't like this sudden change. Naruto must have noticed how difficult it was for me to keep up because he pulled me onto his back. "It's just around the corner, Kaitlyn!" Naruto cheered with drool going down his cheek. We made our destination at last, only to receive the door being slammed in our faces. It was closed.
"No-o!" Naruto bawled, falling on his knees. "I've never been late for ramen!" he bawled as loud as his lungs would let him. I lost my balance and fell off of his back. I stood up and dusted myself off. I looked down at him and frowned.
"I'm sorry, Naruto-kun," I apologized. He turned to face me.
Blinking a couple times, he finally responded, "Why? It's not your fault." I looked up at him.
"I still feel like it is. I distracted you from your dinner," I blamed myself.
"Hey, don't worry about it. I have plenty of ramen at my place for the both of us!" He offered with a grin.
"Are you sure? I don't want to be a burden." I was surprised he even offered.
"Believe it! I never have company!" Naruto explained excitedly.
"Okay," I mumbled, blushing.
"Yeah!" he cheered, running in a circle.
"Come on, Kaitlyn! Follow me!" He yelled, grabbing my hand.
We ran all the way to his apartment. I could barely keep up with him. When Naruto got excited, he was filled with so much energy. We ran up the stairs that led to his apartment. I was already out of breath. It was good that we were close or my asthma would've acted up.
We made it to his apartment. The sun was still setting. "Oh come on! It's gotta be here somewhere! Don't tell me I locked myself out again!" Naruto cried in panic. He took off his jacket in search for his key.
"Naruto-kun, is everything alright?" I asked him. He laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his head.
"Of course everything's okay! Why wouldn't it be?" He asked, still looking for his key. Five minutes passed by while he continued his search for the key. I was sitting against the wall by the door as I waited.
"I know it's here somewhere!" He yelled angrily, throwing his pants off. I squealed in embarrassment, turning around and covering my eyes. "Come on! Come on! I know you're here somewhere, you stupid key!" He insulted.
'I can't believe he did that in front of me! He's not modest at all!' My mind panicked as my face burnt up with embarrassment.
"Oh well! Time for plan B!" He shouted, putting his clothes back on. I slowly uncovered my eyes and turned around.
'Oh, Lord, please let him be dressed!' my mind prayed. My prayer was answered. I sighed in relief. Naruto reached under his doormat and pulled out the most shocking thing ever. He pulled out a spare key! I anime fell, making me fall off the edge.
"Kaitlyn!" Naruto cried. He ran down the stairs to where I landed. "Kaitlyn, are you okay?!" he asked, leaning over me. There were swirls in my eyes as I lay unconscious. "Was it something I said?" he asked himself, dumbfounded.
I awoke to the sound of birds chirping outside. I rolled over and unfortunately fell off the couch. "Huh? Oh, good morning, Kaitlyn-chan!" Naruto greeted me. "Hey, Kaitlyn. Did you know that you talk in your sleep?" He laughed. I blushed.
"Yes, umm… what did I say?" I asked him, hoping it was nothing embarrassing.
"I don't know. You were mumbling, but is sure was funny!" he answered with a cheesy smile. I sighed in relief. I got up and walked over to Naruto. My stomach suddenly growled, startling me. Naruto laughed at me. "Time to eat!" he cheered with enthusiasm. Naruto made us both some ramen. I asked him if I could help but he said he could do it himself. "Here you go, Kaitlyn-chan!" Naruto yelled, shoving the ramen in my face.
"Careful, Naruto-kun!" I screamed in panic. We finished our ramen and left his apartment.
"Hey, Kaitlyn-chan?" Naruto asked me.
"Yes?" I questioned.
"Do you want to come to the academy with me? It would be so much more fun with you around!" He begged.
"I'd love to, but-" I began.
"Please!" He interrupted with the puppy-dog eyes. I quickly looked away, blushing.
"Don't do that!" I ordered. I was a sucker for the puppy-dog eyes.
"You mean this?!" He asked, jumping in front of me.
"Okay! You win! Just stop it with the eyes!" I begged.
"Yeah!" he cheered, jumping up and down.
"But first I need to visit the Hokage." I ruined his fun.
"The Hokage? Why do you want to see that old man?" he asked with his hands behind his head.
"I need to because I need permission first, Naruto-kun. I'm new here, remember?" I explained.
"Fine." He gave in. Naruto walked me to the Hokage's building while talking about ramen and how he was going to be the next Hokage.
"Well, here we are!" Naruto smiled. "I'll meet you at the academy, Kaitlyn-chan! There's something I gotta do! Bye!" He yelled, waving and rushing out of the building.
'What's he up to?' My mind thought curiously.
"Are you here to see the Hokage?" a young lady asked me kindly. I nodded in response. She smiled and walked me to his office. The lady knocked on the door for me and left.
"Come in," an old voice spoke. I entered the room quietly, hoping not to draw too much attention to myself. "You are Naruto's friend right?" He asked me. My mouth opened, shocked that he already knew. Then I remembered his crystal ball so I wasn't that surprised.
"I believe your name is Kaitlyn Snyder, is it not?" He asked to be certain.
"Yes, it is," I answered.
"And you're here because you want to become a ninja?" He asked. I stood there dumbfounded. He just chuckled. "Your grandfather used to be an ANBU for me in his younger days," he explained. "I know who you are and that you're from America," he told me. I stood there speechless.
'My grandpa was an ANBU?' My mind repeated. It finally made sense. My grandpa was always trying to get me addicted to anime. But not just any anime, he wanted me to watch Naruto. He had every DVD that had come out in America. He gave them all to me. When I had a question about it, like what chakra was, he always had an answer. He knew everything about the show. He was pretty large, too. So I always knew he was strong.
"Anyways, I have everything ready for you," he said, handing me a large scroll. "Your grandfather told me to give this to you when you made it here." He smiled. I took the scroll, put it over my back, and sat down.
"I'll need you to take a couple written tests before you go to the academy." He informed me, handing me a stack of papers.
"Ugh," was my response as I lowered my head and sulked.
There was a loud knock on the door before a ninja and a man busted in.
"Lord Hokage, it's an emergency!" The ninja panicked.
"I hope you're not bothering me with some trivia, and don't tell me it's Naruto again," the Hokage said, annoyed.
"It is Naruto again! He climbed onto the Great Stone Faces!" The other man shouted.
"He put graffiti all over the Hokage!" The ninja finished. The Hokage sighed, blowing smoke out of his pipe.
'It's the first episode already?' I asked myself.
"Take care of this yourselves. Can't you see I'm busy?" The Hokage sighed.
"But, Lord Hokage!" The man continued.
"Silence! Take care of Naruto yourselves! That's an order!" The Hokage commanded.
"Eh, yes sir," The two said, disappearing.
"Kaitlyn, finish your testes. I'm going out for some air," the Hokage told me. I just nodded, sighing.
Two hours past and I was finally finished with all the paperwork. My hand was cramping. The Third Hokage entered the room. "I take it you're finished?" he asked me.
"Yes, sir," I answered happily.
"Very well," he started, "I shall grade your work." He finished grading my papers at last as I waited for his response. "Your mathematic and strategy skills are very impressive." He said, shocked. "Your grandfather's were quite poor," he finished. "However, your science and history skills aren't too impressive. That doesn't surprise me though. You're not from around here." He explained. "It seems your skills are quite the opposite of what your grandfather's were," He told me, surprised. "Anyways, you are free to go to the academy. Just give your new sensei, Iruka, this scroll. That will explain everything," he explained, dismissing me.
"Thank you!" I said bowing. I then rushed to the academy to see Naruto.
I made it to the academy with the help of at least seven different people giving me directions. I entered the building and walked up to the front office. A Chunin then lead me to Iruka sensei's room. I bowed to the man and he left. "I'm at the end of my rope, Naruto. You failed the graduation test last time and the time before that. Tomorrow you've got another chance and you're messing up again!" a voice yelled from the other side of the door.
'That sounds like Iruka,' I thought. "Well, here goes nothing." I sighed, knocking on the door.
Iruka sensei opened the door and stared down at me. "Yes? How may I help you?" he asked kindly.
"Kaitlyn! Kaitlyn! You're here at last!" Naruto cheered. Naruto was tied up and sitting in front of the class. I blushed a deep shade of red. Now the whole class was looking at me. I handed the small scroll to Iruka and looked down at my feet. "Kaitlyn, I'm over here!" Naruto laughed. Iruka read over the Hokage's message and smiled at me.
"Attention, class! It seems we have a new student!" Iruka announced. "This is Kaitlyn Snyder and she will be joining us," he introduced me.
"Yeah! Go, Kaitlyn-chan! I knew you'd make it! Believe it!" Naruto applauded, making me blush more.
"Quiet, Naruto! You're in enough trouble as it is and because of you crazy antics, everyone will review the Transformation Jutsu!" Iruka sensei announced. Everyone in the room groaned at this. I just smiled. I was a major Narutard so I memorized some of the Jutsu hand signs.
"First up is Sakura Haruno!" Iruka proclaimed.
"Alright, Sakura here. Let's do it. Transform!" Sakura yelled, transforming into Iruka.
"Transformed into me. Good," Iruka congratulated, writing something on his clipboard.
"Yes, I did it! Yes! Yes! Sasuke-kun, did you see that?" She jumped up and down in merriment.
"Next, Sasuke Uchiha," Iruka called. Sakura headed to the back of the line as Sasuke made his way to the front. He transformed without a word. His transformation was flawless. "Ahh, good," Iruka said, writing on his clipboard again. "Next, Naruto Uzumaki!" Iruka Sensei called out.
"This is a total waste of time, Naruto," Shikamaru complained.
"We always pay for your screw ups," Ino finished.
"Leave him alone," I told them.
"You're taking that loser's side?" Ino asked.
"What a drag," Shikamaru said, still complaining.
"Thanks, Kaitlyn-chan!" Naruto smiled and stepped up to the front of the classroom.
"Hey!" Ino suddenly yelled in my ear
"Hmm?" I questioned her.
"You're even shorter than Naruto!" she pointed out. An emo cloud suddenly made its way to my head as I sulked on the floor.
"Transform!" Naruto shouted as chakra surrounded him. Naruto transformed into a naked blonde and blew a kiss at Iruka. Iruka and some of the other boys got major nose bleeds and fell onto their backs. I covered my face, ashamed. "Gotcha! That's my Sexy Jutsu!" Naruto laughed.
"Cut the stupid tricks! This is your last warning!" Iruka threatened as his head grew as large as his body. Naruto just laughed at him and turned to face me.
"Good luck, Kaitlyn-chan! You can do it! Believe it!" he cheered me on before running to the end of the line.
"Next up is Kaitlyn Snyder!" Iruka called me up to the front. I put my hands together and focused my chakra the best I could.
'Focus. Focus. Focus,' my mind repeated. A cloud of smoke surrounded me as I transformed. I transformed into Iruka the best I could.
"Well," Iruka started with one eye twitching, "You got most the features right." I transformed into Iruka but remained my same height and gave him a huge nose. The whole class was laughing.
"I'm sorry, Iruka-sensei," I apologized, transforming back into myself.
"It's alright, Kaitlyn. It's your first time," he told me.
"Don't laugh at her!" Naruto roared.
Class finally ended and everyone was dismissed. "Kaitlyn!" Iruka called I walked up to him with Naruto at my left side. "Kaitlyn, I want you to stay after class to work on your Jutsu. The final test is tomorrow," he explained.
"Oh come on, Iruka-sensei! I can teach her!" Naruto complained.
"Fine! You can stay after class with her!" Iruka ordered.
"What?!" Naruto complained.
Naruto and I stayed after class, working on our Transformation Jutsu and our Clone Jutsu. I started catching on after a couple examples, but Naruto still needed some work. "Wow, Kaitlyn. You catch on as quickly as your grandpa," Iruka told me.
"You knew my grandpa?" I asked him.
"Yes, he was a sensei of mine, like I am to you," he said. "He too was a little shaky in Gen Jutsu," Iruka told me. "You're dismissed, Kaitlyn. Naruto, you're coming with me to clean off the Hokage faces!" Iruka yelled, dragging Naruto by the ear.
"Owe!" Iruka Sensei, that hurts!" Naruto cried in pain. I followed shortly behind them.
We made it to the Great Hokage Faces and Naruto started cleaning up his mess. "This sucks. Loser," Naruto muttered under his breath. I jumped down to where he was to help out. "What are you doing, Kaitlyn-chan?" Naruto asked me.
"I wanted to help," I said, smiling.
"Wow! Thanks a lot!" he yelled. I just smiled and picked up a rag.
"You're not going home till you've cleaned up every single drop of paint!" Iruka-sensei commanded. Naruto glared angrily.
"So what? It's not like there's anyone waiting at home for me!" Naruto came back with.
'Naruto,' I thought sadly.
"Naruto?" Iruka spoke up.
"What do you want now, Sensei?" Naruto asked, annoyed.
"Well, I was just thinking. Maybe after you clean this all up I could take you and Kaitlyn out for some ramen. The good stuff. What do you think?" Iruka asked, staring at the sky. Naruto gasped in excitement.
"Now that's some serious motivation! I'll have this clean in no time!" Naruto promised, getting to work.
We finally finished cleaning the Great Hokage Faces and climbed down. My hands were aching and I didn't even do half the work Naruto did. All Iruka had to do was bribe him and Naruto did the work of twenty men. I was beat. It amazed me what Naruto would do for just a couple bowls of ramen.
We made it to the ramen shop and Naruto was still full of energy. We ordered our ramen and ate in silence for a while. I finally finished my first and last bowl when Naruto was on his fourth. He laughed at me for having a weak stomach.
"Naruto-kun, is it alright if I stay with you one more night?" I asked.
"Believe it." He smiled with a mouth full of ramen.
"Thanks. I'm going to head back then. I'm worn out," I said, rubbing my eyes.
"Okay! I'll catch up with you shortly!" he called from behind me. I waved and headed to the apartment for a good night's rest.