Next chapter... I do not own Naruto in any was shape or form you can mold it.
"Speech"
"Whisper"
Stressed word
'Thought'
Demon's speech
-Discovery-
"Evil!" Looking back the blond could have sworn his day had gone down with that question. 'How was I supposed to know it was 10!' But to the matter at hand, it turns out that Mikar had been serious about getting rid of him, he was now in the hands of the crazy physical instructor for another hour with the third years, the sight of them made a tick mark appear on his head. 'Why am I running while they're relearning which way not to hold a kunai!'
"Keep running, we've still got some time before lunch!"
"Slave driver!"
"Just for that your going to love the rest of this hour!"
'Uh oh... run, run, run,run, run!' Joubu had decided to have to other kids use him as a moving target for kunai practice with the claim, this is part of his training, he's trained so there's no danger, none of the children bothered to question a living target and some even grinned, with their best aim they tried to impale the blond teen. "You're using children; you freakin' lunatic!"
"Just ignore the sloth here kids, he's trying to get out of work, as always!" Not even paying attention to the yelling, the third years kept throwing and more grins could be seen in the group, apparently they had begun to think of it as a game, Naruto's anger grew.
"Who raised you people!" He had to jump at that moment, even if they were young and fairly untrained, having over thirty people throwing knives at you means some of them have to get close. 'That last one almost got my...' He shuttered, Naruto was still in the air when more of the weapons flew at him. "Aw man..." He tried to dodge as best he could but it was more or less flailing as he tried to get back to the ground.
'Great, a repeat of last night.' He could feel the cool metal grazing his skin or coming close, his back took most of the attacks but several had shaved off skin from his limbs. Fortunately the projectiles hadn't been a clean hit nor did any get his head but it was no less painful. 'How much longer is it going to take for gravity to work!' Finally feeling the soil under his feet he took off running but this time not in a circle.
"Hey Uzumaki, get back here!" The kid had run to the safety of the tree line, his current plan... to get the heck out of there.
"Never!"
"*Sigh*, lazy brat..."
*Gong!*
"Alright kids, get to lunch, periods over!" With shouts of joy the students rushed inside to get their food, the teacher slowly followed, looking forward to a meal. 'I'll look for the brat later, I have to whole year to torture him anyway.' Only one boy still stood on the track angrily staring at the trees.
'He got away, I was so close to hitting that guy and he takes off, well, I'll get him soon enough and then...' Konohamaru let his cheeky grin appear. "Once I can hit him I can hit any moving target I want, then I'll totally be able to beat my old man and become hokage, muahaha!" He didn't care if anyone heard him yelling or his maniacal laughing at his simple plan; no one would dare say anything even if they did.
"That's right, I'm the third's grandson no one has the guts to disrespect me!" He would have continued his ego feeding if another part of him hadn't voiced it's hunger; rubbing his stomach he turned around and headed to where the rest of his class had gone. 'I'll get him tomorrow.'
"What the heck is wrong with everybody!" Naruto leaned against a tree and began panting slowly, shaking his head the blond put his hands together in a single seal and added some chakra, seven orange clad copies appeared. "Whoa." He looked at his clones then at himself. "My clothes are really messed up... hehe, shadow clone use three, personal mirrors." Well at least the original thought it was funny, the clones took to glaring at their creator, the laughter died when he saw the looks.
"Ahem, right well, all of you go and try to find a team, if you find one stay hidden, and try to memorize what is being taught, if the lesson ends dispel yourselves immediately."
"What if the jounin notice us?"
"Good question... you all can henge right?" The response were nods of approval. "Alright if you're caught by anyone I want you to transform into logs."
"Why logs?"
"It'll look like either part of the scenery or that someone just ran away using kawamari when really you're still there, worst case scenario you get stabbed and i still get the info." A mischievous smile formed on the creator's face, this felt more and more like the complex pranks he loved to play, his doppelgangers once again glared at the boy, one decided to voice his thoughts.
"Oh is that all we are to you, disposable creations you can order around like your own personal army, why don't we all transform into dog and follow you around indefinitely obeying your every command!" The original could only gape at the mass of chakra.
"You know that's not a bad idea..." The resounding sound of knuckles cracking came from the group. "I- I mean the animal part, if you change into animals while looking for teams you have less chance of being caught!" The proposal stopped the advancing group of himself, realization showing on his faces. 'What kind of technique have I learned, they have their own consciousness, their own ideas, emotions; are they really simple solid copies or something more?'
"Fine I'll be an animal but I'm choosing my own, none of you copy!" Executing several hand sings for precision the clone was washed away with smoke and in it's place a large black wolf sat. The real Uzumaki sweat dropped.
"That's great and all, but could you be smaller, that seems too obvious."
"Screw you!" With that the copy took off into the brush.
'Why's he acting like a stupid... teenager.' The word made his eyes widen, he looked among the remaining six, the first was looking up to the clouds a lost look in his eyes, he changed to a small bird to try and find a team. The second, third and fourth stood straight and attentive, waiting for any extra command, when none came they each henged into squirrels. The fifth stood shaking his head, he had been the one to ask about the jounin, after a quick mutter of 'idiots' he transformed into a rabbit. The last watched the others leave with a large grin on his face, he pumped his fist repeatedly at the sky.
"Hell yea, let's do this!" He became a dragonfly and was gone in seconds, the remaining original rubbed his head in frustration.
'Great only three of them were normal, the rest were like different sides of me: hormonal, lazy, smart, hyper, heck the other three may have just been loyal... at least they each did as I asked, sort of... am I really like that?' While he was thinking over this headache a pair of eyes were watching him intently.
Anko leaned against a tree hidden in a genjutsu soaking in the sight before her. 'This kid just keeps getting more and more interesting, he just used a jounin level jutsu, how wasn't he promoted to genin!' Whoever couldn't see this kid's potential was obviously blind, she shook her head at the stupidity of Konoha. She casually snaked her arm into her kunai stash.
Naruto sat on the ground and stared onto the surrounding forest. "I sure hope I get a jutsu out of this." Falling from a lazy arch even the blond couldn't detect it, the blade fell to the ground cutting said boy's cheek. "Gah!" He fell backwards and landed in a heap on the ground, he quickly recover himself into what he hoped was a defensive posture. Looking first at the weapon his eyes narrowed then darted around the forest. "I've had enough of these things! Where are you, show yourself coward!"
"My my that's no way to speak to a lady..." She enjoyed the way the boy recoiled when she released her illusion and appeared from thin air.
"Y- you're..."She grinned at him.
"Oh you remember me." Anko grinned his darting eyes, his frozen features. "I left quite an impression huh?"
"It was an accident!" He remembered all right and started to slowly back away. 'Maybe I can run for it?' It would have worked perfectly had she not followed him step for step. 'Dammit!' He couldn't help but swear... his back had just touched a tree.
"Where are ya going, you're not scared are you?" To emphasize her point she rested one hand on the tree's trunk the other on his cheek and slowly leaned forward; with a long deep lick she gathered the blood that the boy had on his face, savoring it; he shivered the entire time. Anko moved back and eyed him while she hungrily wet her lips. "Not bad kid..." She removed her hand from his face and pulled out another knife. "I may have to have more." The blade glinted as the sun found it's way thorough the leaves; Naruto's eye twitched.
"I've... had... enough of this today!" This was all he needed; he still had to piece together his life, fathom what shadow clones are, discover his own personality, deal with all of the teachers, villagers, and councilmen that hated him, retake the entire five years of ninja academy, and lets not forget keeping an all powerful demon inside of his gut without it possessing him. 'Now I've got to deal with an insane and literally blood thirsty woman... what the heck am I doing standing here! Screw you life, I'm not taking this anymore!'
"Get away from me!" Regaining control of his arms he pushed her away as hard as he could. Anko slid back several yards and blinked in surprise, she didn't expect him to recover so quickly or like most people at all. "What the hell's wrong with you!" He furiously rubbed his abused cheek, the cut now gone. "Do you get some sort of sick kick out of scaring people for life?" Anko merely shrugged.
"Yea pretty much." The young sacrifice face palmed at the nonchalant answer.
"Who exactly are you again...?" Folding her arms across her chest, she spoke proudly.
"Anko Mitarashi, interrogator jounin of Konoha; also known to all as Anko-sama!" Naruto's face once again met his hand on that last part.
"And you're in an academy full of young children because...?"
'Wow, he's actually got a brain cell.' "Because deep down I am really a very caring individual and stress child education above all else." She was met with a dry look.
"And the real reason?"
"Alright, I got in trouble with the council and got temporarily demoted."
"You killed someone?"
"Well..."
"You know what I really don't want to know; what I do want to know is why are you harassing me?" 'Is it because of...'
"Wouldn't you like to know."
'Wrong answer!'
*Poof* The snake summoner went slack jawed at what had just happened, the boy had made not one, not seven, but over one hundred copies of the boy surrounded her.
"Yes I would."
"Then this is your answer..." Anko composed herself and waved her arm at the mini army. "You've just pulled off something most jounin couldn't dream of." He didn't get it.
"You mean the clones, what about them?" Ignoring the countless annoyed faces of his copies and killing intent, he focused on the smug face of the woman in front of him.
"Do you know how much chakra these things take?" Naruto shrugged. "The hokage in his prime could only make about ninety while still being able to stand, and you've made well over that easy." She gave him a moment to let it sink in, when his eyes widened in shock she continued. "I'm stuck here for a while and you're turning out to be interesting... you see where I'm going with this or do I have to say it slowly."
After getting over the initial shock of his chakra reserves he caught up with the conversation. "I'm entertainment to you, you're attacking me for fun!"
"Yep."
'This chick's crazy!' "Leave me alone, I am not dealing with a clingy psychopath!"
"Too bad kid, I'm not going anywhere."
"Then I'll make you!" The clones attacked and Anko couldn't have been happier.
'I'm finally going to see what this kid's been hiding, come on, do your worst!' Never in her life has she had to fight so many opponents by herself, she soon found herself moving quicker than she had ever thought possible. 'I have to react everywhere at once, I love this, and there are no restrictions just clones; I can go all out!' The kid may be impressive in chakra reserves, running speed and direct dodging but as she soon found out, he ad a long way to go in fighting.
'He's only rushing me, there's no strategy or style... you can't win against someone like me like that.' To prove her point the snake mistress made a simple hand sign within he sleeve. "Hidden shadow snakes!" Seven snakes appeared from her covered arms, three on the right, four on the left; using her summons as whips she easily dispelled twenty clones. "Going to have to do better that that!" The original Naruto stared in shock from a tree branch.
'She really is a jounin, what do I do now!' He looked over to the remaining copies. 'Maybe if I make more... no if they maybe I don't know attack while using each other... Ah, if only I had a fighting style!' He focused back to the fight and once again this technique surprised him, below the clones had began to throw one another at the woman while others used the smoke of the defeated to surprise attack. 'They're using each other to fight... just like I thought about... so I don't have to tell them new orders, this is one in-depth technique.'
The new battle tactics didn't go unnoticed by Anko either. "Finally serious huh, this is more like it!" A smoke hidden punch from her side caught her cheek, she dispelled the attacker with a pivot of her foot and an elbow to the face; the second her counter attack hit a flash of orange alerted her to a doppelganger above, continuing her spin she slammed the clone to the ground with snakes from her other hand then jumped back to dodge a kunai. The manic grin she wore grew at each kill, the adrenalin from a completely outnumbered fight surged through her system.
Seeing the fight grow more intense each minuet, the hits, the punches, the sight of himself dying over and over again; the original Naruto stood from his crouched position and rolled his shoulders. 'I'm going to enjoy this.' Getting a satisfying snap in his neck he too jumped into the fray.
Naruto lay on the ground, hopelessly beaten. Anko stood over him, a satisfied smirk on her face. His orange jacket was caked in grass and dirt, new holes littered it's frame, his face swollen and bruised as was the rest of his body.
'She's too strong, I didn't stand a chance.' Anko had several scratches on her and a bruised cheek, her over coat had received some grazing cuts but they were mainly along the sleeves, all in all she was fine. She feel to her knees seconds later, ragged breathing followed; the fatigue had gotten to her the woman didn't have the will to stand anymore.
'T- this is new... I'm so tired, I can't believe an academy student had me fighting for 45 minuets straight.'
"Y- you going to leave me alone now?" She looked up surprised, Naruto was staggering to his feet. he didn't seem tired, in pain yes but not burned out. She could only question his stamina at this point.
"What?"
"I said, are you going to leave me alone now, I'm not some kid you can just mess with, I'll fight back!"
"After turning on me like that..." She forced herself to her feet staring him down. "Yea right, this only makes things more interesting!" Naruto feel to his knees, the rest of his body followed until his hands caught himself.
"I got myself beaten up... FOR NOTHING!"
"Yep!" He allowed himself to his the ground, mentally exhausted, Anko sat down to joined him, her body unwilling to continue moving. The cool earth relaxed their tired bodies, the temptation to close the eyes overwhelmed them, the cool breeze lulled th-
*Gong!*
"Gah!" The sound of the bell rang through the trees; the duo jumped to their feet, exhausted fighting forms followed. Seconds later the meaning of the bell dawned on them.
"Shit..." Anko forced her movement, in a swift motion she jumped to a tree branch; she looked back at the panicked boy. "See you later!" And with that she was gone.
'Great...'
"Hey!" Naruto jumped again and turned to his left... Joubu was storming up to him. "You better not think I'll let you skip you lazy brat!" The boy was grabbed by the collar roughly. "I wouldn't want you to miss out on the fun..." A loud rumbling sound came from Naruto's stomach, he hadn't eaten at all.
"N-noooooooo!" The man dragged Naruto to class, ignoring the boy's struggling and shouts of ramen.
That's the chapter, man I've been lazy this summer... don't worry I am working just give it some time, please review! FlareXD.