The Lazy Maelstrom

By The Obsidian Blade

Chapter two- possible love interests and genin exams.

The clock reached six in the morning before Yoshino quickly and quietly snuck into Naruto's apartment as to not wake him up. In her hands were a large bronze gong and a big drumstick. Looking around the apartment, her eyes showed disgust for the way the boy was forced to live. She really wished he would move into their compound already. If he was not going to live in the compound willingly then she would have to force him in. She knew he would listen to her. She was surprised to see him acting like a typical Nara male. The only exception was that he preferred the stars instead of the clouds. That did not mean he would pass up a chance to watch the clouds it was that she forcing him to sleep in the middle of the night. The other thing that set him apart from the other male Nara was that he did not have a thing for the word troublesome.

She found his room with little trouble. The teen did not even bother with closing the door. Then a thought crossed her mind and she did a quick hand sign. With a poof of smoke and a cry of "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu", there appeared a second Yoshino. She sent the clone into the room first, resulting in a loud crash before hearing another poof. She blacked out as a rush of memories rushed into her head. She shook her head to get rid of the lightheaded feeling, before her face settled in a frown. The brat was not in his room. She then heard a door close behind her and the shower start to go off, making her sour scowl increase in sheer power. The brat knew well how to send people for a loop with his sleeping habits. She went into the living room and sat on the ruined couch. The thing was riddled with patches from other materials to keep it the fabric from peeling off the thing was quite atrocious. She sighed as she waited for the kid to come out.

The day he left she adopted him, so in Konoha his last name was officially Nara. She knew that he would not bother with fighting her about it. She heard the water die down. It was only a matter of time before she heard him come out of the bathroom decked out in something other than orange. She grinned at that. Someone finally forced him out of the color.

"So you finally got rid of the orange Naru-chan?" she asked. The blonde yawned a bit.

"Despite how I act I do value my life," he answered. She shook her head.

"Someone other than me forced you into it," she said with a slight smirk. He shook his head yes.. Then her face got serious. "Why in the world did you forget to visit your family? I am your mother for heaven's sake, yet you did not even come and visit us." Naruto raised a brow at the last part.

"You are?" he asked, genuinely surprised. "The council let you adopt me?"

She smiled a little bit. "You forget that my husband is on the council. I have powers that are very much like magic. Now let's talk about your living arrangements." He seemed to cringe at that. The dark haired woman, who was like his mother to him, had always complained about where he lived. Now it seemed that she was finally going to do something about it. "You are moving into my compound and there is nothing that you can do about it."

He sighed before muttering a meek 'yes kaa-san' and walked to the door, adopting a lazy posture. She grabbed him by his hair before he had a chance to leave. "When you finish with the exams we are going to get you a haircut." He nodded a little bit before she let him go to the Hokage's office. She looked at the sky and sighed. It was still dark outside and the stars were still out. He was going to lag his way there.

Naruto was lazily walking the streets of Konoha with his hands in his pockets and his eyes locked on the sky, or more importantly, the stars. He never knew why they had a calming effect on him… they just did. The moon was already gone, but it did not mean the stars were. He looked to the east and saw the light of the morning sun, forcing itself into the sky. Then he felt the prevailing winds roll in form the east and saw the pink clouds roll sluggishly into existence. He liked the clouds to a certain degree. Not as much as most Nara males, but he still liked them. The blonde then lowered his head to stare at the Hokage tower which he was steadily approaching.

He entered the office with little hassle. When he entered he saw the aged Hokage reading an orange book, so he coughed to get the Hokage's attention. The reaction was almost too much for him, and he had to work hard not to laugh at the old man. The Hokage fell out of his chair while fumbling with the book, and his eyes almost popping out of the sockets. Naruto shook his head. "You really are a perverted old man, Old Man." Sarutobi glared at Naruto for a little bit before returning to his chair and hiding his book in a hidden drawer.

"I guess you are here for the note to get you into the exam?" Sarutobi asked. Naruto lazily nodded his head yes. Sarutobi shook his head before giving him a small slip of paper. "Your last name here is now…"

"Nara, yeah I know now when do I have to be at the Academy?" Sarutobi hung his head.

"You are trying to figure out how much sleeping time you have left, aren't you?" Naruto simply nodded a bit. "Be there at eight, and don't be like Kakashi and appear late."

Naruto nodded before leaving the office and returned to walking the streets. The stars had finally disappeared to reappear the next night, and in its place was a beautiful arrangement of orange, violets and reds. The sun was raising itself up on the sky and before long it would hang over the world, as if watching it with a careful eye, not wanting to miss anything that happened on the floor below it. Then something had to ruin the view. His treacherous stomach let loose a hollow growl, indicating it wanted something or someone to feed it.

"What to eat?" he asked himself. His head turned towards the closest eatery and he shrugged. The sign said 'Worlds Best Dango', and I guess he will be the judge of that. As he walked in he was looking at the sky and evidently he bumped into someone who was about to walk in at the same time. The two landed on their butts while rubbing their heads. "Gomen," Naruto said while getting up. As the blonde got up he got a good look at the woman he bumped into. Her messy coal black hair was about waist length, her skin as fair as on a porcelain doll. Her eyes were a deep crimson, and he guessed her to be about eighteen or nineteen years old. She wore a dress that was made mostly out of medical tape. Her womanly curves were sensuous, and he felt himself force off a heavy nosebleed and a blush to match.

Kurenai looked at the teen she bumped into and stared at him blankly before she heard him speak.

"Are you okay?" she heard the teen ask in concern. She nodded her head dumbly before getting up from the ground. She saw him extend his hand and help her up.

"Thank you," Kurenai said.

"Welcome," he said. Then the awkward pause set in. Both were just staring at each other blankly before someone saved them form ht silence.

"Hey, Kurenai!" Naruto turned towards the source of the sound. He saw a woman who seemed to be about twenty years old. She wore a short orange skirt, a fishnet shirt and a tan trench coat. Her shoulder length purple hair was tied into a high ponytail. Her eyes were a deep almond color. "Let's get going," she demanded as she tugged the poor woman in without giving her a chance to retort, all along completely oblivious to the teen right in front of her. Kurenai tried to get the woman to stop, but she was paying no heed to her pleas.

The purple haired girl stopped at two empty bar stools and plopped onto one of them. She quickly yelled out her order. She turned to her friend with a big smile. Her smile instantly dropped when she noticed her friend's expression.

"What did I do?" the purple haired woman asked.

"I was talking to someone when you rushed and grabbed me Anko," she replied in a cold tone. Anko's eyes seemed to widen a little bit before her face twisted into a devious grin.

"Was this "someone" a guy?" she asked with a sly smirk plastered on her face, only to receive a nod from Kurenai.

"Really now, what did this person look like?"

Kurenai adopted a speculative expression. "He was about five foot five with long blonde hair, and he wore clothing that showed off his great muscles. He carried a large sword that seemed to be of demonic nature. Too bad he was only thirteen or I would have snatched him right up." Anko was nodding at every word while looking at said blonde who was sitting down at the other end of the bar, slowly eating his Dango.

"Hold on a second." The purpled haired woman got up and walked towards Naruto. When she was right behind the blonde she tapped him on the shoulder. When he turned around she put up a smile.

"Hi, would you mind coming with me." She saw the blonde eye her lazily before answering.

"Is it necessary that I sit with you?"

His tone sounded both lazy and tired, as if the effort to speak was a strain in itself. She almost dropped her composure due to his lazy attitude… almost.

'Well at least he is not a pervert like most of the other males in Konoha,' she thought. Then she produced a kunai form Kami knows where and held it against his throat, cheeky grin now plastered all over her face. "Yes it is."

He sighed and sluggishly grabbed his Dango before following the grinning woman. When the two reached where she was sitting, he sat down in the only open seat, which happened to be the one next to a red-eyed woman who was now sporting a deep crimson blush to match her eyes. Being the social person of the lot, Anko decided to do the introductions. "This is Yuuhi Kurenai, and my name is Mitarashi Anko. And you are?"

He yawned a bit before answering. "Nara Naruto."

"So, I will leave you two to talk for a bit," the purple haired woman said before leaving with a big smile on her face. 'Traitor' Kurenai thought before turning back at the blonde who was staring off into space and looked as if he was about to fall asleep. "So are you going to be a ninja?" she asked, trying to start up a conversation.

He nodded his head. "Yeah I am going to be a ninja, why do you ask?" he responded in his usual lazy droll.

'Maybe I do have a chance to be with him.' she thought. She then looked at the clock and realized the time. "Oh my, I have to go to a Jounin meeting about the genin teams." She shot out of her chair and left with a quick 'good bye'. Naruto just watched her leave with a lazy look before looking at his clock. It read Seven Thirty, plenty of time to walk to the academy.

Naruto walked into the classroom exactly on time. No one really expects a person to arrive on time. They usually expect a person to arrive a little earlier or perhaps a few seconds later, but never exactly on time. He looked at the class and started to inspect his peers. Only eight students out of the whole class seemed to be anyone important. One was the Hyuuga-heiress. She had pale eyes that seemed to hide the pupil. Her hair was short and midnight blue in color. She wore a big white coat which made it easy for hiding her face, sporting the Hyuga symbol on the left shoulder, and she finished her ensemble with a pair of biker shorts. Of course she had the basic ninja equipment to sustain herself. Her skin was extremely pale. The way she held herself told the lazy blonde that she had little to no confidence in her own ability, and severely lacking a sense of self worth. Then there were the two boys who were conversing in the row above her, or it was easier explained as one guy trying to converse with an emotionless brick wall. One of them was an unnecessary loud boy. He had two red fangs tattooed on each cheek. He wore a gray hoodie with fur lining the rim of the hood and the cuffs of the coat, and brown pants. A white puppy rested in his lap as he slowly stroked its fur. The other boy was the previously mentioned brick wall. He wore a white trench coat with a tall collar as if to conceal his facial expressions. His dark sunglasses made it impossible to see any expression in his eyes. His pants were black and his spiky hair was a very dark brown, almost borderline black, but not quite. Then he noticed two boys that he knew all too well. One was Akimichi Chouji. His brown hair was spiked up into two different directions due to some kind of panty he wore on his head. Two swirls marred his cheeks. He wore a white shirt with the Akamichi symbol in the center of the stomach and a green over shirt. He wore brown pants and a white scarf as well. The one he was talking to was someone Naruto considered to be his brother. He wore a fishnet short sleeved shirt with a gray shirt over it with green outlines and the Nara clan-symbol on the shoulders. He had black hair that was tied up in a high ponytail, making his head look almost like a pineapple. He also wore black pants.

Then he saw someone he knew he would have a hard time getting along with. He could tell the kid was the last Uchiha by the arrogant way he held himself. Naruto learned about the Uchiha massacre from traveling with the old hermit. He may be a pervert but he did know everything that went on in the village, and that really means everything. The young Uchiha had pale skin, coal black eyes and dark black hair. He wore white shorts that ended right below the knees, a blue shirt with a high collar and the Uchiha-fan on the back and white arm-warmers with blue elastic to keep it in place. The black haired teen seemed to demand the attention of a lot of the female populace in the room, especially the two girls who were squabbling for the empty seat next to the brooding Uchiha.

One of the girls wore something that could get her into danger fast. She wore a red dress with a circle design on it and a pair of blue biker shorts. The colour of her hair was a shade that made his own hair colour seem normal. It was bright pink and about as long as his own, which went down to about his waist. Her eyes were bright emerald green. She seemed to be a little too skinny for her own good which probably meant that she was anorexic. Her forehead was a little big. The girl next to her seemed to take care of her body a little better, but her attitude was the same obnoxious fangirlism as her friend. She was a blond like him and kept her hair tied in a neat ponytail with one bang covering her right eye. She wore a purple outfit that at least was not going to get people on her team killed. She had tape tied around her legs till about mid thigh, and bright blue eyes.

He was inspecting the class so long that he did not notice Iruka stare at him. The man wore standard shinobi gear and clothing. He had his hair tied up in a high pony tail and he had a scar running across the bridge of his nose. Iruka coughed to gain the teens attention. When he saw Naruto's gaze land on him he only had one thought- 'Not another Nara.' He looked at the boy and broke the silence, "May I help you?" Naruto took out the slip of paper that the Hokage gave him and gave it to the man. Iruka scanned the paper, and then looked at the class. "Class this Nara Naruto and he has joined us for the genin test so he can graduate with his generation." The class started to murmur and whisper amongst themselves about the new student. That was till one of the genin hopefuls yelled in protest.

"Why does he get to waltz in here when we had to bust our asses off studying this shit?" The brat yelled angrily. It just didn't seem fair in his eyes for someone to just come here for the test alone. Everyone else started to see the reasoning behind it. How could this blonde teenager walk in and take a stupid test?

Iruka sighed. He should have known that there would be some kind of complications. "He was training with someone for almost half his life and his teacher apparently worked him to match his expectations for a genin, which is apparently tougher than ours." That seemed to get everyone whispering again. "Now everyone be quiet. Naruto, please take a seat next to Shikamaru."

Naruto lazily walked up to the seat next to Chouji and Shikamaru. "Hey Chouji, hey Shikamaru," Naruto lazily drawled out before slumping in his chair.

The other Nara turned to him a little bit. "You know that kaa-san was pissed when you didn't come to the compound when you first got back, right?" the black haired teen asked. Naruto just nodded.

"Yeah, I kind of got the impression when she came in with a gong" he responded. Shikamaru shook his head.

"She told you about your living new arrangements?" Naruto nodded and Shikamaru let a hint of a smile grace his lazy face. "Looks like I finally have someone to play chess with." Naruto nodded before looking at the purple clad kunoichi hopeful.

"Do her parents know about her sudden love interest?" the lazy blonde asked while he pointed at Ino.

"Yeah they do," Chouji answered. "They have been trying to break her of the habit, but there has not been any signs of change as of yet." Naruto shook his head before deciding to take a nap, only for his name to be called a few minutes later.

He walked into the rooms that the teachers indicated. It was a simple room with a large desk with several teachers behind it, including Iruka, and a bunch of forehead protectors lying in front of them. The blonde lazily sat in a chair before looking at the teachers. "Alright, there are three parts to the test. One is your common knowledge, one is for your skill genjutsu and the last one is for Ninjutsu," Iruka said. "First question, what are the ranks of ninja in a village." Naruto listed them easily. "Next question, what is the purpose of putting people on teams?"

"The teams may seem specialized, but that is not the case," Naruto started. "People are put on to teams because if they do not have someone watching their backs, there will be a higher possibility of death than there would be if they had someone to back them up." The teachers seemed to accept the answer.

"How many ninja villages are there?"

"There are five great ninja villages, and several smaller villages scattered around the Elemental Nations," Naruto answered. The teachers nodded their heads, obviously pleased with the answer.

"How was the Kyuubi defeated and who defeated it?"

"The official story about how she was defeated is that the Yondaime killed it, but the real story is that she was defeated by the Yondaime Hokage and me." The teachers looked shocked before shaking their heads. None of the teachers in that room hated him due to the fact that everyone who did and messed up, ended up on the wrong side of a kunai. They may have been ninjas, but even they can never escape the Sandaime's gaze (and his cheating crystal ball).

"Alright, then let's start the genjutsu part. I want you to turn around and face the back wall." Naruto did as he was commanded. A few seconds later he was allowed to turn back around. At the first glance, nothing seemed to be different. Then he looked closely before taking in every little detail. There was a magic light source in the corner that seemed to come out of nowhere, and two of the teachers seemed to be switched around. He did a quick hand symbol to concentrate his chakra, and with a quick 'kai', the genjutsu ripped. In a puff of smoke the lamp in the corner was visible again, and the teachers switched back to their original positions. "Good, now it is on to the final part of the exam, ninjutsu. We want you to do the two mandatory jutsus and one jutsu that is not taught in the academy." Naruto sighed before doing the standard Kawarimi no Jutsu and the Henge no jutsu. "Good, good, now for the last jutsu."

Naruto stood up and walked to the other end of the class room before placing his hand on the wall. "Furoamasutaa no Jutsu." Five streams of shadows extended from the tips of the fingers and ran along the wall in five separate directions before five hands lashed out of the ends of each shadow and lashed out at the teachers. Before they could touch the teachers, he removed his hand from the wall and they dissipated into thin air. The teachers looked stunned. This kid just did a technique that was thought previously impossible. Iruka was the first to recover.

"Very well done," he started. "Come up here and pick up your forehead protector, and come back to the school tomorrow morning at eight so we can take your picture and sort everything out, and then you will have the rest of the day off. As for today, you have the rest of the day off as well." Naruto sighed before reaching out for the headband, before walking out of the room allowing Shikamaru to enter. He looked at the headband before smiling slightly.

"What do you know," he said to himself. "They can shine like a star." He then pocketed the slab of metal with a rough leaf imprint attached to blue fabric and sat down to wait for his brother.

A/N Well my fellow readers, this is the real chapter two. I messed up on the pasting and everything like that so it ended up as it did. Oh yeah before I go, I got a beta so yeah, bye.