Chapter 5 First Day at the academy
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto because if I did I would've never had Hinata killed but she wouldn't be together with Naruto.
Bold letters inner Sakura.
(Time skip three months later)
Today was especial day in Konoha, it was the start of the academy year and new students were going to enter the ninja academy in order to become future ninjas of Konoha. They will become the next generation of ninjas that will continued protect the village just like their parents and their parents before them, and for one hyper blond knucklehead he was looking forward to this day. Naruto was walking the streets of the village with his new friends Seiryu, Ryo and Akeshi, they were on their way to the academy, and they were all looking forward to start their training as ninjas. During the three months that Naruto was staying with his new caretaker Genjuro he has grown close with the three older kids, they have become their closest friends and he couldn't be any happier to meet more friends who will care for him. Genjuro has also become close to him, the jounin has become a father to him of course staying with him had a few consequences that were a bit troublesome.
Every early morning Genjuro will wake him up to start his training, he was taught about chakra and basic chakra control exercises lastly he was taught target practice using shurikens and kunais. Even if he was still sleepy when you're woken at three o' clock in the morning for the training, he has a lot of trouble during the training thought. Genjuro has told him that he has a lot of chakra it was ten times than what the average ninja has in his body and it was difficult to perform the appropriate jutsu with his chakra capacity, that's why he was doing more exercises about chakra control than his three friends. Little by little he has manage to control his chakra, thanks to his new sensei and caretaker he found out that his element affinity is wind so Genjuro have him a couple of scrolls containing wind elemental ninjutsu it was his birthday gift to him. Of course he was still too young to learn any of them but that didn't give him an excuse not to continue trying to learn them. He was happy that he was going to get strong, the academy will help him learn more about being a ninja he should be happy, but there was one reason he was so down.
Seiryu, Ryo and Akeshi looked at him with worry faces seeing their new friend looking rather depressed he was supposed to be all happy and cheery because today is the first day at the ninja academy but that wasn't the case. The reason why Naruto was so down is during the past three months he hasn't played with his best friend Sakura, every time he sees her at the playground she ignores him like she doesn't knows him. He has try talking to her but she won't said a word to him, in fact she didn't even looked at him not giving a glance like she was disgusted by the sight of him. The thought of Sakura ignoring him was too much for the blond to bare, his heart was breaking into pieces it seems his worst fear has come true Sakura hates him just like the rest of the village. After three months he has missed her dearly he wanted to play with her make a prank on Sasuke, he miss her sweet smile that will melt the coldest ice it just wasn't the same if he wasn't with her his pink haired friend. Ryo couldn't take it anymore he could no longer see his friend down like his puppy just died, he went next to him making an attempt to cheer him up.
"Come on Naruto cheer up don't get so sad, how about when we get home from the academy I'll give you some of my ice cream cookies and cream what do you say?"
The young blond gave a faint smile" no thanks Ryo I just want to get to the academy that's all"
Ryo was shocked (yeah he's really depressed to turn down ice cream cookies and cream is delicious)
Seiryu and Akeshi looked at each other they were really worried for their new friend he has been like this for months. Whenever he was training with Genjuro he was his normal self all cheery and determine but after the training was over he went back to his depressed mode, they eventually found out what was the cause of his sadness their sensei told them about his best friend and that she was now ignoring him. They both felt pretty bad for him, they would feel crushed if their best friend will ignore them all of the sudden in this case each other. Ever since they left mist village with Genjuro they have become close like a family and they promise each other to always be together through bad times and good times.
"What are we going to do about Naruto? He's been like this for three months, I don't think I can't stand another day seeing him like this" Seiryu whisper to his two friends.
"We don't have to do nothing sensei said that he was going to take care of it, he said that after today everything will be fixed and Naruto will be back to normal" Akeshi said.
"I hope you're right Akeshi I'm really worry about him I mean what kind of person denies to have cookies and cream, is the best ice cream flavor there is" Ryo said.
"No Ryo chocolate is the best ice cream flavor" Seiryu interjected.
"No it's cookies and cream"
"CHOCOLATE"
"COOKIES AND CREAM"
"SHUT UP YOU TWO" Akeshi shouted breaking the boys argument" you two are unbelievable we were talking about Naruto and all of the sudden you bring up this stupid topic about the best flavor of ice cream" she glare at the two boys" you are both wrong strawberry is the best flavor"
"No it's cookies and cream" Ryo said.
"No it's chocolate" Seiryu said in a growl.
"It's strawberry" Akeshi said annoyed.
"COOKIES AND CREAM"
"CHOCOLATE"
"STRAWBERRY"
By now Naruto has stop walking and was staring at his three friends, he smile they were always get caught up on a topic and start arguing until they get tire.
"All right that's enough were going to be late for our first day of school" Akeshi said.
"Yeah I agree come on Naruto let's go" Seiryu said.
The blond nodded and they continued walking.
"I still say cookies and cream is the best ice cream flavor" Ryo said while Seiryu and Akeshi gave him annoyed looks.
Haruno residence
Sakura has gotten dressed to start her first day at the academy, today she was taking a new step into becoming a kunoichi of Konoha. She was wearing an orange shirt with a white skirt and her blue sandals she was also wearing her red ribbon that Ino gave her, she sighed she was supposed to be happy that she was finally entering the academy but apparently that was not the case. In the past three months she was so depressed because she miss her second best friend Naruto, she felt terrible with herself because she was ignoring him and not looking at him like she didn't care. Every time she had to ignore him she felt like crying, her mother has forbid her to be around the blond or she was never entering the academy and even if she did her mother wants her to continue ignoring him. A few tears fell from her eyes she was receiving the ultimate punishment, to ignore her close friend and prank partner she felt betrayed because she feels like she broken the promise they made to each other, to always be together no matter what.
She picked up her back pack with her books and went downstairs, she enter the kitchen seeing her mother making some breakfast she got seated on the table. She sighed while her mother hand her a plat with some fried eggs and bacon.
"Good morning sweetie here eat up you don't want to be late for your first day at the academy"
The little pink haired girl shook her head" it's okay mommy I'm not hungry"
"What are you sure you need to eat to get your energy and you will need it now more than ever since you're starting at the academy" Mrs. Haruno said getting worry for her daughter.
"Yeah I'll be fine I'll eat later" she got up from her seat.
"Here sweetie don't forget your lunch you will eat this" she handed her a paper bag.
Sakura gave her a fake smile" thank you mommy I'll see you later I love you" she left the kitchen leaving the house and heading into the streets of the village.
"You forgot to give me a goodbye kiss" Mrs. Haruno whispered feeling concern for her only child.
She wasn't surprise at all, her daughter has been acting like this for three months she was less cheery than she used to and less talkative than before. She didn't know why she would act like this, until recently she figure out why, three months ago she told her to stop seeing the demon brat and it made sense why she was acting so sad. She couldn't believe that her daughter would miss being with that THING, and she knew the truth about him she will hate him as much as she hates him but she couldn't say the truth it was against the law after all. However she felt terrible for her daughter to feel so sad and not act her usual self, she couldn't help but feel guilty and second thoughts came to her mind about making the decision to forbid her to see him.
(Maybe I made a mistake in not letting her see him again, oh please what am I saying he is not a child he's a demon nothing more)
While Sakura was walking the streets, she spotted her best friend Ino wearing her regular purple dress and a back pack she wave at her while running to her.
"Hey Sakura are you ready to go to the academy?"
"You bet I am"
"I'm feeling a little nervous our first day at the academy"
"Yeah but I can't wait to start, soon we will become ninjas"
The two girls started walking they took a turn in the street and Sakura gasp when she spotted a familiar blond haired boy. She gasped as tears form at the corner of her eyes seeing Naruto being accompanied by three other kids she didn't recognize, she quickly took Ino's hand and they hide in a corner waiting for him to pass by. Once they passed and they continued walking ahead she sighed in relief while feeling terrible to do this to him, Ino has also notice that she has been ignoring Naruto for a while not knowing why. She remembered that they were very good friends, and she also found out that the blond wasn't so bad he was a nice person.
"Sakura why are you avoiding Naruto I thought he was your friend"
Sakura's jade eyes softened hearing that" he is my friend Ino but I can't be with him, my mommy doesn't want me to be with him she wants me to ignore him"
"I guess your mommy thinks like the rest of the villagers, for some reason they don't like Naruto"
Sakura try to erase the pain she was feeling in her heart" come on Ino let's keep going we don't want to be late on our first day at the academy"
The blond nodded and they continued walking, Sakura was thinking about Naruto feeling bad with herself.
(I'm sorry Naruto-kun)
(Time skip: at the academy classroom)
The classroom was filled with fresh new students ready to start their first day at the academy, among the new students Shikamaru, Chouji, KIba Shino and Sasuke which a lot of the little girls were looking at him while giggling and blushing. Ino and Sakura were already present in the room, the young Yamanaka was also gazing at the Uchiha joining the fan girl club while Sakura was trying to look all cheery and happy but she was failing miserably. She was still thinking about Naruto she knew he was coming here and she just couldn't bared to continue to ignore him any longer, suddenly the door to the classroom opened revealing Naruto with the other three kids she didn't recognize. She try not look at him but she failed and kept her gaze at him, that is until he looked at her direction making her to look at her seat not wanting to make eye contact with the blond.
Naruto sighed sadly he was a bit happy that he saw his other friends in the room and he got seated in the first row, Seiryu Ryo and Akeshi wanted to be seated next to their friend but the row was full so they went somewhere else to seat. Akeshi got seated in the third row in the middle a few rows away from Sasuke, Ryo got seated in the second row to the left just a row away from where Ino and Sakura were seated while Seiryu got seated the last row to the right where he notice someone in particular. He saw a little girl who seems to be around six with short navy blue hair and pale eyes she was wearing a light blue dress that had a kimono design, judging from her clothing Seiryu could tell she was from a prestigious family. Five minutes later the door opened and two men enter the classroom, Naruto could recognize the first person to be Iruka but he didn't recognize the second man behind him. Like Iruka he was wearing a chunin uniform he had shoulder length silver hair and black eyes, he gulp when he saw him glaring at him it was the same look the villagers give him.
(Why do they always have to look at me with those eyes?)
(Argh….what's the demon brat doing here? This must be that senile old Hokage's doing because no one else wants him to become a ninja)
Iruka smile looking at his new students" hello everyone and welcome all to ninja academy I am Umino Iruka your teacher and this is my assistant Mizuki sensei, it will be my job to prepare all of you with the knowledge and the training so you can all become future ninjas of Konoha. I hope we get to know each other better until we finish the entire program, now I have the official list of this year's students I will mention your name and I will assigned you to your official seat for the entire academy program"
He started reading from the list" first we have Nara Shikamaru you will be seated at the fourth row to the left"
The lazy boy sighed at the distance" how troublesome" he left heading to his new seat while the other kids sweat dropped at his laziness.
"Next we have Uchiha Sasuke you will be seated in the third middle row next to the girl with red highlights" he sweat dropped hearing a couple of girls giggling when he mentioned his name.
The Uchiha left his seat and went to where he was assigned, the girl that was seated next to Akeshi blush seeing him and left giving her seat to him but not before giving Akeshi a jealous glare for having the Uchiha next to her.
Akeshi obviously saw the girls' killer glare (what's eating her?) she saw Sasuke staring at her with a frown on his face, she didn't like the way he was looking at her" what are you staring at is there something on my face that has your attention?"
"Hn" he said before looking back to the front of the classroom and Akeshi frowned at his answer.
(I don't like him already I hope Iruka sensei send me to another seat)
Sasuke didn't like the attitude of the girl seated next to him however as a boy he made one small mental note that she was the prettiest girl in the whole classroom, the only flaw she had was her bad attitude he was one to talk.
"All right now I have Hamachi Akeshi" Iruka said and Akeshi obviously got up immediately hoping that her teacher will get her to a better seat than being with the rude Uchiha.
(Come on Iruka sensei any seat is fine with me as long as I'm not with HIM)
Iruka smile" oh what do you know Akeshi you're already seated in your official seat next to Sasuke"
Akeshi's jaw hit the ground (NO WHY ME) she glare at the raven haired Uchiha who had a satisfactory smirk on his lips, she ignore him and got seated on her seat (great I'm going to be seated next to him for the rest of the whole program) she consider herself to be the miserable while others thought she was the luckiest girl in the world, at least the Sasuke fan girl club thought she was the luckiest girl in the classroom while they were feeling very jealous of her.
Akeshi felt a lot of killer intents coming from the room, she look around at some of the girls who were glaring at her (what is wrong with them? Maybe they ate something and it gave them bad indigestion)
Iruka continued reading the list, he called Chouji's name getting seat in the same row with Shikamaru he called Kiba's name getting seat in the same row as Shino. He call more name of other students while Naruto wanted to be seated next Sakura, even if she ignores him his heart broken thinking that she hated him like the rest of the village.
"All right now we have Ozoki Ryo" Iruka called the next name on the list.
Ryo got up while giving one of his cheery smiles" right here Iruka sensei"
"You're going to be seated in the next row next to Yamanaka Ino"
The boy who was seated next to Ino left his seat leaving Ryo to get seated next to the young Yamanaka, Ino gaze at him while he gave her a big smile" hi my name is Ryo"
Ino smile at him" I'm Ino nice to meet you Ryo this is my best friend Sakura" she pointed to the pink haired girl who smiled at him and he smile back.
"It's nice to meet you too, oh Ino-chan do you want to see something cool?"
Ino blush a little at the suffix she nodded getting curious until she saw him doing fart noises with his armpits she was really disgusted while Sakura was giggling.
(CHA that is so cool)
"Ewww gross you're disgusting Ryo" Ino said.
"You think that's disgusting check this out" he started burping the abecedary while Sakura was still giggling and inner Sakura was laughing hard.
(That is hilarious I wish I could do that)
"Eww Iruka sensei I DON'T WANT TO BE SEATED NEXT TO THIS PIG" Ino shouted in a banshee yell while pointing her finger at him
Iruka sweat dropped along with Mizuki" I'm sorry Ino but I have made my decisions you will be seated next to Ryo for the rest of the academy program.
Ino groaned in annoyance she really didn't wanted to have Ryo seated next to her while Sakura smiled at her" don't worry Ino you will get used to him"
"I doubt it" she muttered she notice that Ryo was still staring at her with a smile on his face" what?"she said annoyed.
"You're very pretty"
The young Yamanaka blushed at the sudden comment while Sakura giggle she quickly turned her head away so he didn't saw her embarrassment, a small smile was formed on her lips not knowing why.
"Next we have Suijin Seiryu" Iruka called seeing the young black haired boy getting up from his seat" you're going to be seated next to Hyuga Hinata at the last row of the middle section"
He nodded and went to the empty seat next to the same girl with the navy blue hair, she gaze at him and quickly turned her head away with a faint shade of pink on her cheeks.
"Hi" Seiryu greeted with a smile.
The girl known as Hinata looked at him with a bow" hello"
"I'm Seiryu and you must be Hinata"
She nodded nervously" y….yes I am I'm please to meet you Seiryu"
"I'm please to meet you too Hinata I hope we become good friends what do you say?"
The young Hyuga nodded with a small blush on her cheeks" yes I….I hope so too Seiryu"
(This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship and she seems to be the shy type)
"Let's see who's next" Iruka said continuing reading the list" Uzumaki Naruto"
The blond got up from his seat as soon as he heard his name being called" yes Iruka sensei"
"You will be seated in the third row on the left next to Haruno Sakura"
Naruto was shocked hearing that while Sakura stiffened, of all people why he was going to be the one to be seated next to her. Naruto felt bad, usually he will be thrilled to be seated next to his best friend but after she started ignoring him three months ago he was too sad to think about how he feels right now. He slowly left his seat and went to the row he was assigned to, he didn't even make eye contact with the pink haired girl he was afraid that she will ignore him like she has always do while Sakura was trying to hold her tears feeling so hurt for the blond. Ino and Ryo saw their reactions of the two kids and they didn't like it, they could tell that both were hurt they watched as Naruto got seated next to Sakura without her making eye contact with him. They stood quiet not looking at the other Iruka continued reading the list of students, until he was finished.
"All right now that I'm done placing you all in your permanent seats it's time to begin today's class, everyone take out your notebooks" he took the chalk and began writing on the board.
Naruto sighed while taking his notebook from his backpack, he gave one last glance at the haired girl who still didn't give him a glance and started writing in his book. Sakura gave quick glance at Naruto while holding her tears, she has missed him so much she really wanted to be with him if it wasn't for her mother she went back to write in her notebook while thinking about her best friend.
Haruno residence
Mrs. Haruno was doing the dishes as part of cleaning the kitchen she made a mental to later made dinner for when Sakura gets back from the academy she started thinking about her daughter. About her sudden change of behavior in three months after she has forbid her to see the demon brat, she has been thinking for a while now that maybe she was doing a mistake. She remembers how cheery and happy she used to look before finding out that she was spending time with him of all the children in Konoha, her train of thought was interrupted when she heard a knock on the front door. She left the kitchen and open door, she blushed slightly seeing a familiar figure it was Genjuro wearing his white cape over his jounin uniform and of course she has heard of the rumors that were going around the village which one of them stated that he was very handsome.
"Morning Haruno-san" the jounin greeted with a smile.
"I don't believe it Genjuro-sama what an honor to have you come to my house" she hold the feeling to squeal like a fan girl.
"May I enter?"
"What, of course please come on in?"
Genjuro enter the house and follow the adult woman into the living room where she lead him to a couch, he kindly got seated while he notice that she was twiddling her fingers a little while blushing a little. He rolled her eyes at her actions this wasn't the first time he has attracted women, back when he was living in the mist village he was number one single man and most desire and sexy man in the entire village making lots of the male population to be very jealous of him.
"I apologize for coming to your home Haruno-san"
"No please there's no need to apologize I am grateful that you have taken your time to come here Genjuro-sama, can I get you anything like some tea or coffee?"
"No that would be fine I'm not planning in staying her for too long but thank you for the offer"
She nodded and got seated in the couch with him, for a moment the urge to went closer to him crossed her mind at least so she can smell his heavenly manly smell she giggle in her mind while some inappropriate thoughts invaded her mind between her and the jounin.
She blushed while erasing those thoughts away" so what brings you to my home Genjuro-sama?" (Please tell me that you want to ask me out or at least seduce me you big hunk)
"Haruno-san I have come to talk about your daughter Sakura"
She looked at him with a curious expression" what do you want to know about my daughter?"
"It's between her and Naruto, by order of Hokage-sama I have taken the responsibility to look after Naruto and I'm worry about his change of behavior during the last three months he is not the same boy when he moved to my home I'm sure your daughter has been acting the same way too right?"
Mrs. Haruno didn't like where this was going" what do you want Genjuro-sama?" she said in a serious tone getting upset.
"I know that you must have forbid your daughter to stop seeing Naruto, I would suggest that you let her be with him and…."
"I am NOT letting her hang around with that demon" she growled with venom in her voice.
Genjuro locked eyes with her" Naruto is NOT the Kyubi he's its container, he's just the cage that keeps the demon fox from escaping by keeping the Kyubi locked within him he is protecting all of us he is a hero can't you see that?"
"I can't called him a hero because all I see when I looked at him is that demon, I despise the Kyubi he has taken my husband who I loved very much" tears were forming at the corner of her eyes.
"I know how you must be feeling Haruno-san, but you shouldn't be putting all of your hatred and anger on a six year old child it will only make him feel worse Naruto is just a victim like you and every person in this village"
"You will never understand how I feel" the adult pink haired woman said while tears started falling from her eyes" you weren't there six years ago when that demon attacked the village, so many people died on that day ninjas and civilians alike my husband was one of them he died protecting this village I remember the day they informed me he was dead. My heart was shatter like it was never going to be fixed, when I went to the morgue to see his body to give him my goodbyes I couldn't recognize his body because it was torn to shreds they told me the Kyubi killed him shredding him to pieces with its claws I was so devastated by the sight I missed him so much……" she started sobbing hard.
Genjuro took the pink haired woman in a warm hug letting her cry her heart out for the loss of her husband, she bury her face in his chest. Genjuro could tell that she needed this she was holding this grief and sorrow for so long and he was being her pillar of strength to help her feel better. He hold her for a couple of minutes before she broke the embrace, in truth she actually love the embrace and she wanted to hold him forever but it was better to break it before she lost control of herself.
"Are you feeling better Haruno-san?" as the worry Genjuro.
"Yes I'm feeling a little better now thank you Genjuro-sama" (I'm feeling a whole lot better with that hug he's really well build, I felt all of his muscles)
"Haruno-san I know you are experiencing a lot of pain for the loss of your husband but this is about your daughters happiness were talking about here, Naruto is always telling me how great of a friend Sakura is and how much fun he had with her I'm sure Sakura feels the same way about Naruto too are you going to let her feel depressed forever?"
"I don't know if I can't trust that boy I don't want to lose Sakura to the same demon that killed my husband" she said as a few tears fell from her face.
Genjuro sighed" Haruno-san please think if Naruto was really the Kyubi don't you think he would've destroyed the village long ago?"
"It may not happen now that he's young but when he grows up he might unleash the power of the demon fox putting the whole village in danger" she looked at him with fear in her eyes.
"That won't happen Haruno-san as long as Naruto has the seal of the Yondaime is intact he'll be fine, please give Naruto a chance"
Mrs. Haruno stood for a moment before letting a sigh" all right Genjuro-sama I…I will give him a chance but if he harms my daughter in any way I will make sure that Sakura never see him ever again"
"Fair enough for me do not worry I will take full responsibility for anything that happens you have my word" he got up from the couch" well I better get going thank you for listening Haruno-san you won't regret your decision I promise"
(I hope you're right) she thought worry she notice he was leaving" wait Genjuro-sama don't you want to stay I can make you something to eat if you want to" she blush slightly.
"That will be all right Haruno-san but I will have to decline your offer thank you anyway, take care Haruno-san"
Mrs. Haruno lead him to the front door before watching him leave the house, she kept her gaze on his back as he walk out of the house and into the streets she growl (damn why does he have to wear that cape , I want to know if the rumor is true if he has such a fine ass) she started giggling as she closed the front door (I can't believe Genjuro-sama was holding me in his strong arms, wait till the girls in the beauty parlor find out about this) she continued giggling to herself.
(Time skip: ninja academy noon)
Naruto was walking the halls of the academy holding his lunch box, it was time for lunch and everyone else was outside of the academy where they get together and eat their lunches. Right now he didn't feel like eating after all if he goes outside he will have to see Sakura, he didn't wanted to see her knowing she will ignore him and that feeling tears apart his poor heart. He was always hated by the villagers rejected by anyone that passed him by, beaten to almost at the brink of death that pain was nothing compare to the feeling of being ignore by his best friend Sakura. As too a turn into the hallway he was met by the last person he wanted to see, standing in front of him was the Sakura looking at him with watery eyes like she was ready to cry he didn't know why though. He got his answer when the little pink haired girl rush to him and embrace him crying on his shoulder, he felt like his heart was breaking he couldn't bear to see her like this.
"S…Sakura-chan…."
She continued sobbing on his shoulder" Naruto-kun I'm sorry for ignoring you I really wanted to talk to you and play with you but I couldn't, my mommy told me not to be around you anymore she even told me that I wouldn't go to the academy if I didn't do what she says I'm sorry for not talking to you for a long time, but I can't take it anymore I want to be with you you're my best friend just like Ino"
Naruto felt like crying he felt so happy, he was feeling so much better and here he was afraid thinking that Sakura hated him like everyone else in the village. He saw Sakura breaking the hug with him while looking at him with her jade eyes full of tear, she was afraid that he will hate her for what she did to him.
"Naruto can you forgive me"
"Of course I forgive you Sakura-chan you didn't meant to do this, it was your mother that made you to ignore me but what are you going to do now?"
"I don't care what my mommy says I'm going to keep on seeing you Naruto-kun I don't care if she gets mad at me"
"Are you sure Sakura-chan I don't want to cause you any trouble?"
"Yeah I'm sure remember out promise to be together forever right" she smile at him.
"Right and since were friends again I have a prank coming up" he smirk devilish.
Sakura smile all cheery" what is it Naruto-kun?"
He chuckle while opening his lunchbox taking a small crystal jar filled with some insects" these are fire ants Shino gave them to me they will bite anyone that they see and their bites are very meanie"
Sakure giggle" and I already know who's going to be the target"
"Sasuke" they said in unison.
(Time skip: outside of the academy)
The children were seated on a couple of tables on the corner of the academy building they were all enjoying their lunches, while others were playing tag. Naruto introduce Sakura to his new friends Seiryu, Ryo and Akeshi they were eating their lunches which Genjuro made for them and they all consider his cooking the best. Accompany them were Naruto's other friends Shikamaru, Kiba, Chouji, Ino and Shino, they got acquainted quickly because they were Naruto's friends. Naruto and Sakura were keeping the ir eyes on their target rather than focusing on their lunches, they saw Sasuke eating his lunch on a empty table after he rejected all of the girls from his fan club including Ino.
Ryo took another bite from his rice ball" mmm…I love sensei's cooking so much"
"Yeah sensei is not just strong but he's a very good cook" Seiryu said.
"No he is the best" Akeshi said taking a bite from her rice ball.
"I wish I could cook like sensei" Naruto said.
"Yeah right Naruto the only thing you can cook is ramen" Kiba said while laughing.
"Hey I can try if sensei teaches me" the blond pouted (and maybe I will)
Shikamaru sighed looking at his lunch" mom is always cooking the same thing why can't she change the menu or something"
"I don't care what my mommy cooks I will eat it anyway" Chouji said while eating some bbq pork her mother made for him.
The lazy boy sighed again" well I'm taking a nap before class starts I'm not hungry anyway"
"Naruto-kun" Sakura whisper to him catching his attention" it's time" she finished with a small giggle.
The blond gaze at the Uchiha eating his lunch and smile" right it's time to start ant attack on Sasuke" he took the small jar filled with fire ants and left their table heading to the Uchiha's table.
Shino saw the jar and sweat dropped knowing what he had in mind (I gave him those ants so he can take care of them not so he can used them on a prank)
"Hey what's Naruto doing?" ask Kiba.
"Yeah he's heading to the table where Sasuke's eating" Chouji said.
"Hey he better not be thinking in asking Sasuke-kun to eat lunch with him I want to do that" Ino pouted.
Seiryu Ryo and Akeshi smirk they already what Naruto was up to, after all the blond told them of his role as a prankster and they couldn't wait for the outcome.
(I am so going to enjoy this) Akeshi thought with a grin since she didn't like the Uchiha.
Shikamaru open one eye seeing Naruto heading to Sasuke's table he somehow got a feeling that something was going to happen" troublesome" he mutter.
Sakura was giggling while her inner self was cheering.
(CHA!!! Go Naruto-kun)
Sasuke took another bite of his sushi using his chopsticks, before realizing that there was someone next to him he frowned seeing Naruto. Or course he hasn't forgotten the day when Naruto called him names and made him chase him around the village, he growl seeing the blond and right now it was very tempting to punched his lights out.
"What do you want loser?" he said in angry tone.
Naruto smile nervously not like the way he was looking at him" hey Sasuke what's up?"
"Get lost before I punch you I haven't forgotten what you did to me, because of you I ended up in the hospital when you your other friend pushed me to the itchy plants"
"That's exactly what I wanted to talk to you buddy, I have come to apologize for what I did I'm sorry it was just a joke I didn't mean it so what do you say if we become friends"
The Uchiha frowned at him while returning to eat his lunch" no"
"Oh come on the least you could do is let me eat with you here" he got seated next to him, he took the jar with the ants from his pocket and slowly he opened the hatch letting the ants free they slowly crawl into Sasuke's clothes.
"I said no" Sasuke growl while pushing Naruto to the ground" now leave me alone"
By now the rest of the children that were eating were looking, the sight of Sasuke pushing Naruto like he was a bully brought their attention a lot including the Uchiha fan girls the same with Ino. They started cheering for Sasuke while Sakura and Akeshi were frowning at them.
(Naruto don't you dare let that jerk push you around) Akeshi thought.
(Naruto-kun beat him at his own game)
(CHA!!! Give him the ant attack)
Suddenly Sasuke gasp as he started yelling in pain, he scratched his whole body feeling lots of tiny painful bites hit his whole body, all of the children started laughing at the sight soon Naruto joined the laughter with Sakura and the rest of his friends. Minutes later Iruka and Mizuki arrived at the scene, they took Sasuke to the infirmary some of the children were able to see the bite marks from the ants and some of them actually felt sorry for him while others were still laughing. Naruto went back to his table giving high fives to all of his friends, Sakura was laughing and her inner self was yelling hell yeah while Akeshi was laughing harder than the others. One thing for sure Sasuke was never going to forget about this for the rest of his life, after the two chunins took the Uchiha inside the building the children went back to eating their lunches while some of them were still laughing.
(Time skip: hours later in the afternoon)
All the kids have finally finished their first day at the academy their parents came to pick up their children. Shikamaru left with his father Shikaku Chouji left with his dad Chouza, Kiba left with his older sister Hana Shino left with his dad Shibi. Ino left with her dad Inoichi Sasuke left with his older brother Itachi who was sweat dropping seeing his little brother cover from head to toe in ant biting marks, Naruto Seiryu Ryo and Akeshi left with Genjuro. Sakura finally left with her mother, she remember the conversation she had with Genjuro she sighed she did told him she was going to give Naruto a chance to be with her daughter.
"How was your first day at the academy sweetie?"
"It was great mommy Iruka sensei taught us a lot of things"
"I'm very glad that you like it" she said with a smile before looking back at her" Sakura….about your friend Naruto I will give you permission to continue spending time with him"
Sakura thought she has heard wrong, she knew very well that her father didn't like Naruto in the least so why would she allow her to see him all of the sudden" mommy you really mean it?"
"Yes I do sweetie you told me he's your best friend right, then I will let you see him again I'm sorry for not letting you see him in the first place I was wrong"
"Thank you mommy I'm so happy" she gave her mother a small hug while walking happily.
Mrs. Haruno smiled seeing her daughter being happy, looks like she was back to normal (I will trust Genjuro-sama maybe he's right about the boy after all)
At the academy classroom
Iruka was erasing the blackboard finishing the class for today, he was happy to see a lot of children this year the number of students this year has increased greatly. He saw that among the children there were lots of great candidates with a great potential of becoming future ninjas of Konoha, so he oath to do the best he can to teach them everything they need to know about the ninja world. Once he finished erasing the board he was ready to leave, Mizuki has already left since he told him to go on without him that he will catch up to him later.
"So how was Naruto's first day in your class Iruka?"
Iruka smile seeing Sarutobi at the entrance of the classroom" he seems to be liking the class so far, however he was been talking a lot I had a feeling that he's going to caused me trouble in the future"
The elder Hokage chuckle at his comment" typical for a child his age he's just overexcited that he has finally started at the academy just give him so time he will eventually come around"
"I hope you're right Hokage-sama, you know after getting to know him a little better I realized that the villagers were wrong about him they think Naruto is the Kyubi but it's not true he is just a regular child with a great burden who's very lonely without any parents"
"I'm glad you feel that way Iruka, he reminds you when you were a child am I right?"
Iruka started thinking when he was little how lonely he felt when his parents were killed by the Kyubi, how he wanted to get attention from everyone else so he could get acknowledge by them. He smiled looking at Naruto really reminded him of himself when he was a child, that's how he became close to the blond they are both alike because of their past Iruka because of the loss of his parents and Naruto for not knowing who were his parents.
"Yes you're right we both know what it was like to be lonely not being acknowledge by anyone, I can relate to him a lot but now he's not so lonely anymore he has made a lot of friends"
"Yes he has, I am glad for him the future generation are treating him like they should a hero and with Genjuro-sama taking care of him along with his training he will become into a strong ninja"
"I still can't believe someone like Genjuro-sama has joined Konoha with him our forces grown a lot more in power"
"That may be true but the important thing is not of his reputation or strength, is that we have a very reliable ally on our side someone who will always look after those he consider his friends"
"I guess you're right, I was going to ask Naruto if he wanted to go with me to get some ramen at Ichiraku's but with Genjuro-sama as his care taker I guess that won't be necessary" he sounded a little disappointed.
Sarutobi chuckle" not to worry Iruka you will have your chance" he then left the classroom.
(I hope your right I wonder if Naruto will come to Ichiraku's again)
At Ichiraku's
Naruto was having another bowl of ramen along Seiryu, Ryo and Akeshi Genjuro was also having his share of the ramen. They were all enjoying the food while at the same time their bond as a family was growing stronger, the only regret Genjuro will have is the great loss of money he will spend for all of the ramen that Naruto has eaten so far.
To be continued
Will that does it for this chapter, I am going to go back to Am I worthy to love you because I know that there are a lot of people who wants me to update that story. Also the pairigs poll I can't believe that the triple relationship is winning, remember to keep voting please read and review farewell until next time. One more thing Naruto is six along with everyone else except for Seiryu, Ryo and Akeshi they are eight older than the rest.
Next chapter: The savior that created a debt of the life time