Chapter 22: New Generation

ACHOO!

Ugh! I'm sick! I should've kept my pants on yesterday instead of changing into shorts.

ACHOOOO!

Dang, and doesn't seem like its going to stop, either.

I sighed.

Well, good thing its just Tou-san and I at home.

I went to his room and knocked on the door.

"Come in," he said.

I slowly opened the door. I peeked my head in between the little entrance.

"What's wrong," he asked.

ACHOO!

Tou-san raised an eyebrow a little confused.

I opened the door all the way and went inside and stood before him.

"What's wrong?," he asked again.

"I'm sick," I whined.

Tou-san sat there for a minute. Then, he crooked his finger at me. I walked towards him. He put one of his hands on my forhead. He lifted up my shirt and put his hand on my side.

I jumped.

"Is my hand cold," he asked.

"Mhm, very," I told him.

"Yeah, that's it."

"What? I'm sick?"

"Yep. Kaa-san had a feeling you were going to."

"Kaa-san knew?"

"Yeah. You forgot to sneak back in your room once we got home."

I slapped my forehead.

"Can I come to the office with you?"

"Its just a common cold. You can still go to school."

"Okay, but if it gets worse, don't be surprise if I show up in my office."

"Okay. (mumble) Just get Yamato to watch ya."

"What?"

"What?"

I sat there, seeing if I can process what he just said.

"Hey!"

"What?"

"You said you were going to get Yamāto-senpai to watch me!"

"Well, your on suvelliance anyways."

"Tou-san!"

"What? I'm telling the truth. Well since your sick, he can stay far."

"And I'm not on suvelliance. Its Sasuke-teme your after."

He hit me on my head.

"Hey! That hurt!"

"It was suppose to. Watch your language!"

Oh yeah, I forgot I'm still speaking with Tou-san.

"Er...okay, but you know its true."

Tou-san sighed.

"Go get ready. I'll take you to school."

"Okay."

ACHOO!

I opened the door to his room and went to my room across. Since its still winter, I put on a white long sleeve shirt and my blue hoodie. I decided to be smart, and put on blue jogging pants this time. I grabbed my googles and slung them side ways on my head. I put on a orange hat that had long strings attached to them, that had fuzz balls on them. I grabbed my katana and slung that over my back. Nobody has seen me with it yet, except Mayumi. I want to show Lee Sensei. I already showed them Raiton: Kobushi no Dankou. Of course, my so called classmates, HATED it. I had to eat outside in the snow on a tree because they didn't want me around. Lee Sensei loved it. He ate outside with me and gave the whole class except me, homework. A lot! But I don't care if my class mates don't like me. I want to keep showing them all the things I know and have. I want them to accept me as a person and a ninja!

I came out of my room.

"What's wrong," Tou-san asked.

"Huh?," I asked confused.

"Why are you looking so sad?"

"I... am I?"

"Yeah. What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

I smiled a soft smile to reassure him nothing was wrong. He looked at me for a minute before nodding. He opened the door and we walked out.

Gosh, I feel like today's gonna be a long day.

ACHOO!

I sighed and rubbed my small runny nose.

ACHOO!

Why isn't snot coming out? Eh, I'm not complaining.

"Your really sick, huh?"

I shrugged.

"I guess."

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you I'll be observing the academey's sparring tournament today."

"You will?!"

"Yeah."

"Awesome!...But it doesn't matter. This cold isn't going to pass by the time we spar."

"I wouldn't be too sure about that."

"What are you talking about, Tou-san?"

He took a left and I followed.

"Where are we going?"

"To the hospital to see Sakura-chan."

"She'll help me?"

"Yeah."

"Oh! That's why we left so early!"

We walked into the hospital. Nobody was really there, so Sakura came pretty quick. She gave me a shot and some thick liquid blue medicine. It was disgusting! But it was worth it! The medicine worked instantly.

"Nice. Now I can beat my opponents in my sparring match," I said throwing my fists in the air, with my elbows bent.

"Oh yeah, I heard. Its like a tournament thing, right?," Sakura asked.

"Yeah, but it doesn't matter if we hurt them, Sensei said fight as we're fighting an enemy. First one to knock out their opponent, wins," I said.

"Who made the rules?," Sakura asked.

"Lee Sensei," I told her.

"Of course he would do something like that. Anyway, are you going, Hokage-sama?," Sakura asked Tou-san.

"Yeah, I want to support her," Tou-san said ruffling my hair.

I giggled.

"Will you come, Sakura-chan?," I asked.

"Yeah sure. I don't think they'll need my help today," she said.

I jumped with joy.

I looked at the clock.

"Come on, its time to go," I said pulling on Tou-san's hand.

"Alright, alright," he said.

We left the hospital and went to the academy. When we got to my classroom, there was a note on the door.

"Huh? What's this?," I began to read the note.

GO TO THE FOREST NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE VILLAGE

-Lee Sensei.

"It says that we have to go to the forest area near the village gate," I told them.

"Okay," Tou-san said.

We went to the forest area near the village gate. We got there and there were parents all over to support their child. Support their child when they lose!

Nah, I'm just joking.

There was a chart hammered onto a tree. I walked over to it and read the battles. Looks like I'm in the second battle. Old friend vs. Old friend. Mikoto vs Me!

This is gonna be a interesting battle. A horn blew, and it rang my ear drums. Tou-san gave a speech about doing our best. I went to go stand next to Sakura and she wrapped an arm around my back. Tou-san came back and stood with us. Okay, first battle. Dai vs. Hideki. A loud mouth and the one constantly picking on me. Kunais and shurikens crossed each other.

Naruto's POV

Wow! This generation is amazing. Much stronger than when I was a Genin. Hell, even when Sasuke was a Genin.

I tapped Sakura on the shoulder. She turned around and looked up at me.

"Yes, Hokage-sama?," she said.

I chuckled.

"Sakura-chan, you don't have to call me that. We're friends," I told her.

She smiled.

"So, what's up," she asked.

"These guys...," I drifted off.

"Yeah, they're pretty amazing."

"Stronger than when we were Genin."

"That's for sure. I'm just can't wait to see little Suko fight."

"Yeah. She's really good. And I'm not just saying that because she's my daughter. She injured me."

"When?"

"We sparred yesterday and she used her new jutsu on me and it injured me pretty bad."

"Oh wow! If she was able to injure the Hokage...did she use Kyuubi's chakra?"

"No."

The first fight was quickly ended, with Dai standing victorious.

Alright, show them what ya got, Atsuko!