When Naruto got back to ANBU HQ after dropping offiruka at the hospital streamers fell right when he opened the door.
"Surprise!" yelled all the ANBU members who were at the HQ.
"W-what's this for?" a stunned Naruto asked.
"This," said Yugao "is a congratulation/going away party. Congratulation because you are now officially a leaf ninja. Going away because you can no longer live here anymore since only ANBU can live here, and you're a genin.
"B-but I d-don't w-want to l-leave!" Naruto said with tears threatening to leave his eyes.
Yugao touched his nose in a playful gesture while saying "Careful, your starting to sound like Hinata."
Naruto stood up ramrod straight. Yugao was referring to Hinata Hyuga. She was a quiet girl with lavender hair and eyes. She would constantly stare at Naruto which he thought of as weird. What Cat was referring to was her stutter. But, he had never told anyone about his class. That's when it hit him.
"YOU'VE BEEN SPYING ON ME!"
"Of course Kit." Yugao said while holding in her laughter. Others on the other hand, were failing miserably and were on the floor laughing. Those would be the males in the room. "but we liked to think of it as protective surveillance. We don't want our little bundle of joy to get hurt do we?" By now all the males had stopped laughing and were now nodding with Yugao's statement. Over the years Naruto had worked his way into all of the ANBU's hearts. He had made their job more enjoyable. Either by his youth or his natural cheerfulness. Either way. All the ANBU were sad to see him go.
"Hey!" an ANBU with a salamander mask shouted "I don't know about you, but I didn't finish my two week mission three days early for sappy talk! I came here to say goodbye to a close comrade, and then party and get drunk off my ass!"
Once he had finished his statement Yugao punched him into the wall. While rubbing her fist, she said "I don't agree with how he said it, but I think he's right. Everyone, let's say goodbye to Kit and then party!"
Everyone cheered and said various forms of goodbye to Naruto, then left for the party.
And party they did. The next day would be the day that all ANBU were off duty due to organization wide hangovers.
It was currently two days after the party and everyone was cured from their hangovers. Naruto was currently packing the things out of his locker so that he could move back into his old apartment. Last night he had learned that all the ANBU had helped with the cleaning of the apartment so that it was livable again.
Naruto was surprised to see Yugao in his room in civilian clothes. "Cat? I thought you had border patrol today?"
"I did. But I asked the hokage for the day off so I could help you get settled."
Naruto lost it. He started crying and ran into Yugao's arms. Yugao was more than surprised by this action. That was, until she heard what he said.
"Thanks. Thanks for everything Mom."
It clicked in Yugao's mind with that. In ANBU, you weren't allowed to form close relationships with your comrades so you could easily move on if they were killed. The fact that he thought of her this way, despite how she had taught him not to, caused her to loose it.
Naruto felt something wet touch his cheek. He looked up and saw Yugao crying and saying with a smile "Did you really think this was the end son? I'll constantly be by to check on you. Plus, you're always welcome here, no matter what. If you ever need me I'll be here."
Once they both had gotten it out of their systems, they got Naruto completely packed. With that done, they set out to get Naruto settled into his new home.
It was four days later (a week since the graduation) and everyone was back at the classroom. Even Iruka, who had been discharged from the hospital but was currently in a wheel chair. There were many things going on.
Sauske was quietly fuming that that the looser had graduated.
The girls were fighting over Sauske.
And of course, Naruto and Shikamaru were napping with Kiba in between them. Kiba was glad that Naruto finally didn't smell like blood, but didn't voice it since he was afraid of jinxing it.
Finally Iruka had had enough and used his big-head jutsu while yelling his attention getting line for this years class "WAKE-UP, SIT-DOWN, AND SHUT-UP!"
The class instantly Did as their teacher commanded.
"Now with that out of the way," Iruka started saying while canceling his jutsu. "I will now start reading off the teams. Team one will be …" everyone then proceeded to space out until they heard their name.
"Team seven will be Sakura Haruno, Sauske Uchiha, an-" Iruka was cut off by Sakura's squeal of delight "and Naruto Uzumaki. Team eight will be Shino Aburame, Hinata Hyuga, and Kiba Inuzuka. Team nine is still in service. Team ten will be Choji Akimichi, Shikamaru Nara, and Ino Yamanaka. Team elev…" Naruto then proceeded to tune out again.
"Now your jounin teacher will be hear soon to pick you up. Please wait here patiently until then." were Iruka's parting words before he left.
One by one all the other teams left. Eventually two hours later Naruto heard the patting of footsteps.
Once the door opened Sakura yelled "Your late!"
Naruto, who was going to join her was to shocked to even breathe. His first thought was "Dog?" he then did a double take. Gravity defying silver hair at a 45 degree angle: check. Slouched posture: check. One eye covered with his headband: check. Face mask pulled up over his nose: check. Reading porn: check. Chronically late: check. It was definitely Dog
"Meet me at the roof of the academy in five minutes." was all he said before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
Kakashi was sitting on the roof of the academy. He was currently remembering why he was a jounin teacher.
*Flashback*
"Listen Hatake. You are going to be Naruto's jounin sensai!" Yugao said while punching him into another wall leaving another Kakashi Hatake sized crater. "if not for you, then for Naruto. He thinks of us as parents and I'll be damned if I let his 'father' die. To him, you've been dead since you will earn back his respect or else! Do you understand Hatake!"
Kakashi could only nod and hope nothing was too severely broken
* End Flashback*
His musings were ended when Naruto appeared at the top of the stairs with a frown and a cold look on his face. He said "Just because you're dog, that doesn't mean anything to me anymore."
Kakashi now understood what Yugao was talking about. Naruto no longer held the respect for him he used to have. Looked like he was going to have to earn it back. He was about to start an apology before he heard a banshee like shriek from Sakura of "YOU'RE LATE!" as she and Sauske entered.
"So are you." Kakashi saw her puzzlement and elaborated "You got here seven seconds ago, which was five minutes and two seconds after I told you to meet me here in five minutes. You don't want to be a hypocrite now do you?"
Sakura just grumbled about evil teachers before sitting down in between Naruto and Sauske who had just humphed and sat down.
"Now, let's get to know each other a bit better with an introduction. State your name, hobbies, likes, dislikes, and dreams for the future."
"Uh, excuse me? I don't really understand." said Sakura ever the student. "Could you give us an example?"
"I don't see why not. My name is Kakashi Hatake. I have a couple of hobbies. I also have lots of likes and dislikes. My dreams for the future are none of your business!" Kakashi said with a smile under his mask.
"All we learned was his name!" Sakura and Sauske thought while giving an anime sweat drop.
Meanwhile Naruto had a blank look on his face. On the inside he was smirking and thinking "Clever Dog. That's what you did to all the new ANBU recruits. What's your game?"
"Okay, enough about me. Your turn Pinky!"
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Sakura shrieked in her banshee like voice. "Anyway, my name is Sakura Haruno. I like…" she said before looking at Sauske and blushing. "My hobbies include…" she started to say before looking at Sauske and blushing. "I hate…" Sakura started to say before taking a deep breath and yelling "INO-PIG!"
"Okaaaaaaaaaay. Your next emo boy. Yeah, you with the duck-butt hair cut."
"YOU CAN'T CALL SAUSKE THAT!" came the banshee voice.
"No, no. Not you Pinky. It's Duck-Butt's turn."
Sauske went "Hn." before saying "My name is Sauske Uchiha. I don't have any hobbies besides training. I like very few things and dislike a lot of things. I do not have a dream. Dream implies that it won't come true. My ambition is to revive my clan and kill a certain man."
"Cool!" Sakura thought.
"Alright Blondie, your turn."
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki. My hobbies are… uh…"
A/N: uh-oh. Looks like ANBU hasn't given Naruto a lot of free time. How will he respond? Hit the next button, and I'm sure you'll find out. THN out!