A True Godfather
Ch3– A New Life: Shinobi Academy : First day!
"Naruto!" Normal speech
'What is he doing?!' Thought
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Techniques
"KILL,KILL,KILL!" Demons
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"What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning." Chuck Grassley
Last time on: A True Godfather
As he went out to the training field, where Jiraiya had asked to meet him, many thoughts went through his head, thoughts like, 'Is he gonna teach me a awesome jutsu, or maybe he's gonna teach me taijutsu!' What he wasn't expecting, was Jiraiya sitting at a picnic table, surrounded by books. BOOKS! What was he gonna use those for, boring people to death?!
When he made an attempt to get Jiraiya to change his mind, the old sannin just told him something his sensei once said.
"If qualities of Heaven are what you desire, acquire wisdom and knowledge to take your mind higher. If Earthly abilities are what you lack, train your body in the fields and prepare to attack. When both Heaven and Earth are opened together, the path of peril will revert to the righteous path forever. This person is the secret way... that guides us on from this place today."
Of course the meaning flew over young Naruto's head, and so he just kept on complaining, causing Jiraiya to laugh.
Naruto: Age 7
The sun rose over the land, illuminating all in its wondrous presence. As the first rays hit the rooftops of the hidden leaf village's buildings, shadows appeared and disappeared, as the Shinobi who once were hidden by the night were revealed, only to disappear again, as they continued there patrols.
All throughout the village, amongst all the clans and many amongst the village's civilian households, children awoke and scrambled for their things, excited for this day, their first day at the Konoha Shinobi Academy. All but one.
At the Namikaze residence, on the top floor, snoring could be heard, and rather loudly too.
"ZZZZZZ-mimimimimimi –ZZZZZZ- Mimimimimimi"
Lying in the bed was a cocoon, from which the sound originated, and lying on the floor, broken beyond repair, was an alarm clock. Suddenly heavy footsteps could be heard, marching towards the door. With a loud bang, the door flew open, revealing a rather untidy and sleep depraved Jiraiya. Still the cocoon slumbered, the noise never fading.
Grumbling to himself, Jiraiya stomped towards the bed, grabbed the underside of the frame, and lifted. With a massive heave and a shout of "WAKE UP!" Jiraiya toppled the bed.
As the cocoon hit the floor, the creature inside of it yelped, the started to move around inside. Like a butterfly emerging from its pupae stage, first blond hair, then a face with blue eyes emerged. Once his body had fully escaped the confines of the blanket, Naruto scowled at his adoptive father.
"Hey! What was that for!" "You're late" Jiraiya deadpanned. Naruto paused in his reply rant, looked about, then widened his eyes. He immediately started running about the room, looking for his stuff. Jiraiya just rolled his eyes. With a yawn, he turned around and proceeded to live the room.
As he reached the door, Jiraiya stopped, turned around and grabbed the blond blur by the back of his shirt. "Baka, don't you remember? You left it all in the kitchen last night!."
Still holding the little blonde, Jiraiya went downstairs and entered the kitchen, pointing out the small bag and holster lying on top of the kitchen table. Scratching his head, Naruto just laughed until Jiraiya let him go
"Hee hee, guess I forgot! Thanks tosan!" With that the boy shot out of the house, sprinting as fast as his legs could carry him. Jiraiya just sighed, thinking about the past four months as he stood at the door, watching the boy race towards the Academy
While Naruto was still too young to learn any ninjutsu or do any extreme exercises, Jiraiya had taught the boy the basic frog kata's, as well as giving him some light training exercises meant to prepare the body for later exercises in life. Most of their training however, consisted of book work. Jiraiya soon found out that Naruto had too much energy to sit still and learn in the conventional manner, and so had devised a way of teaching him those much needed skills. He would pick a topic, and then work it into a scenario that Naruto had to solve, such as…
Flashback: "Naruto, you are surrounded by enemy nin, and you have been separated from your squad. The leader of the nin is an elite shinobi, who says that he has captured your teammates and is threatening to kill them unless you give them information about the village, what do you do?" Naruto stopped his exercises to think. "Well, I could do as his says, but that would risk the village, and I don't know if he really has my teammates. Hmm, maybe I could sneak back and find out if what he says is true, however that runs the risk of capture, and if he doesn't have my teammates, then I'll be the one he uses as bait. Uhm, ah, I know! I'll create some bunshin and have them disguise themselves as my teammates and me and distract him. If he has my teammates, he'll be surprised and will look to see if they are still where he left them. Then I'll know where they are and I can think of a plan to get them free. If he's not surprised, then I'll run back to the place where the leader told us to regroup in case of separation's!" Flashback end
Another thing that Jiraiya learnt about Naruto is that he had the uncanny ability to make up great plans on the fly. However, this only happened when Naruto was sparring or exercising. If he was not active in some way, his plans were mediocre at best. However, Jiraiya didn't mind, as he knew from personal experience, premade plans hardly ever lasted after contact with the enemy. You just couldn't predict what was going to happen when and who was going to do what.
With his ability to make up plans in an instant, he would be a great asset towards his team. Not only that, Jiraiya had sensed just how large his reserves were at this age, rivalling most Jonin and even some Kage, and knew the boy would be a powerhouse and a half.
Just as he turned back into the house, an ANBU appeared in front of the house, and informed him that the Hokage had summoned him for an emergency. As he left the house, Jiraiya wondered what the old man could need him for, and what the emergency was.
Naruto kept running, moving between bodies as he raced towards the Academy. Suddenly he tripped, but managed to right himself before he fell. However the momentary distraction caused by the trip interrupted his smooth movements through the crowd, and as he looked up, he saw a street vendor in front of him. Unable to do anything, Naruto collided with the trolley, sending cabbages flying everywhere. Quickly getting back to his feet and, with a quick "Gomen", Naruto continued on his way, ignoring the cry of "My cabbages!"
As the strange vendor bemoaned his fate of always having his cart destroyed and his precious cabbages ruined, Naruto finally arrived at the entrance to the academy.
Speeding into the main lobby, Naruto asked the lady at the front desk the directions to the first years' class. Looking up from her Sudoku puzzle, the lady sighed and shook her head at yet another late comer, and pointed down the hall. "Down the hall, up the stairs and first door on your left, can't miss it." With a quick thank you, Naruto left, leaving the old lady to her puzzle.
As soon as he reached his destination, Naruto heard noises behind the door. Realising he was really late, he reached for the door handle, before pausing, taking a breath and knocking. The voice on the other side paused for a second, before moving towards the door. As the door opened, Naruto looked up to a young man with brown hair done in a ponytail, with a large scar across his nose.
"Yes? How can I help you?" asked the man, smiling. Naruto just smiled, scratched the back of his head and replied. "Uh, Hi, uhm is this the first year class?" The smile faded slighty as the man replied in the positive. "Uhm, gomen sensei, I'm Uzumaki Naruto. Uhm how late am I?" "Very" replied the man, Eye twitching and smile seaming more strained the man moved aside, allowing Naruto his first glimpse into the classroom
It was a tiered structure, with rows of desks at each tier. Behind most of the desks were the different students. At the front of the class were two desks, one for the man in front of him, the other for a shinobi with shoulder length white hair and a friendly look on his face. All in all there were about fifty students in the class. Looking for someone in particular, Naruto soon spotted his best and only friend, Sasuke. Running towards him, Naruto was about to sit down when the teacher stopped him.
"Uzumaki-san, please come up to the front." Turning around the boy did as he was told. As soon as he was by the teacher's desk, the teacher continued. "Now, please introduce yourself"
"Uh, Hi! My name is Uzumaki Naruto! Pleased to meet'cha!" At this, the exuberant boy stuck out his thumb in a pose he had seen and older man and his son use. The Teacher just sighed "Thank you Uzumaki-san, now you may take a seat, and in future, don't be late" "Hai, sensei!"
With that, Naruto once more moved towards Sasuke, who was trying hard not to laugh. Naruto just scowled.
"Now, as I just said, my name is Umino Iruka, but you shall call me Iruka-sensei and this is my friend, Mizuki-sensei. From this moment on, until your graduation, we shall be your instructors, teaching you everything that will be required of you as ninja of the village hidden in the leaves. As ninja, you will be expected to know certain things, as well as perform certain things."
"Before we begin, I would like to point out that if at any time in your training, you decide that you are not cut out to be ninja, you may leave and join the local school." At this, most of the kids looked confused, before Iruka continued. "I say this because being a ninja is not like the games played in the street, there is no do overs. If you are killed, there is no coming back. As Ninja, you will be expected to kill, and be killed, for the sake of the village. Now, if anyone wants to leave, they may."
When he said this, the children looked at each other, before slowly, one by one, some left. Once the last to leave was gone, Naruto counted the numbers again. There were now 38 kids left in the class, 12 had left.
Scratching out the names of those that had left, Iruka continued the lesson.
"Ok, I'm now going to explain how this school u\year, and the ones to follow, shall work. On the first and last day of every year, we shall test your abilities in Taijutsu, your abilities with weapons, your intellect or how smart you are and in your final year, your level of Ninjutsu."
Stepping out from behind their desks, the two teachers looked towards the students. Mizuki spoke. "Please follow Iruka and I to the courtyard."
As the teachers left the building, students in tow, Naruto took the time to talk with Sasuke.
"Why were you so late, I know you were excited for today" queried Sasuke. "I musta broke my alarm, so I slept in, tosan had to wake me." Naruto replied bashfully. At this Sasuke snickered. Naruto just looked away, blushing.
Naruto was about to ask him something when they reached the courtyard. Mizuki moved off towards the target range while Iruka stood by a square marked in the dirt. "Ok, the first test of the day, Taijutsu. Now, I don't expect any of you to be any good, so don't be angry if you lose. This test is more to find out what needs to be worked on and what you are good at. Now, when I call out your names, please step into the square. Once inside the square, you are both to form the seal of confrontation, like this." Iruka formed the seal by forming a fist, with his middle and index fingers stuck out, side by side. "When I tell you, you may begin the spar. I will judge the victor, so when I say stop, you stop. After the fight, you are to for the seal of reconciliation." At this, Iruka showed them how it was done, by interlocking your seal of confrontation with that of the opponents. "This shows that you both acknowledge each other as comrades, Now, would Aburame Shino and Akimichi Choji please step into the ring."
A boy wearing and overcoat that covered his entire body and dark glassed stepped forward on one side, while a rather large boy with swirls on his cheeks and a packet of chips in his hand, stepped into the other side. Forming the seals, the two began the spar.
Naruto watched the spars interestedly, seeing how each student fought and at what level. Most of the spars were just plain old brawls, but the spars that included a member of a clan were more precise, as each clan child had been taught the basics of their clan's taijutsu style. Some of the civilians put up a good fight, with one or two showing prior taijutsu training.
One name caught his attention however, that of a girl with short, hime-cut blue hair and pale eyes with just a hint of Lavender in them. Naruto was sure he recognised her, but for the life of him, couldn't remember. As he racked his brain for information on one named Hyuga Hinata, the spar ended with the blue haired girl's victory.
Unfortunately, Naruto didn't get any more time to ponder how he knew the girl, as his name was called, along with that of Sasuke's
All thoughts of blue haired girls left his mind as he entered the square. Forming the correct seal, Naruto smirked at Sasuke, who smirked back
At the call of Hajime the two boys shot forward, each attempting to get in the first strike. Sasuke was slightly faster, and moved in to deliver a straight jab at Naruto's face. Shifting his body as Jiraiya taught him, Naruto dodged the blow and aimed one of his own for Sasuke's ribs. Using his elbow, Sasuke knocked the fist off course and raised his leg to kick Naruto's stomach. Sasuke smiled as the blow landed, until he realised that instead of Naruto's stomach, his leg was connected to Naruto's arms. Twisting, Naruto threw Sasuke to the side. Regaining his balance, Sasuke was just in time to block one of Naruto's kicks. Before Naruto could react, Sasuke jabbed him in the ribs. Trying to take advantage of Naruto's lowered guard, Sasuke performed a high kick, intending to end the fight, However Naruto recovered faster than expected, and ducked under the blow, while simultaneously kicking Sasuke's remaining leg out from under him. Sasuke rolled along the ground, avoiding a fist, before standing back up.
Once more the two stood opposite each other, except on opposite sides this time. The two were about to continue before Iruka interrupted "Yame!" At this, both students relaxed, face each other and held out the seals. Intertwining their hands, they formed the seal of conciliation.
"Impressive you two, your technique is way above this level, probably around fourth year. However, that does not mean that it was perfect, and I expect each spar to be an improvement on the next. Am I understood?" "Hai, sensei!" they replied at the same time. "Now, all of you, head towards Mizuki, who will oversee your weapons technique. As with the spars, it is just a test of your level, so that we may better understand how we can help you to improve"
As the group moved towards the target area, Sasuke moved next to Naruto. "Nice spar" "Thanks, you to" Naruto replied. Sasuke smirked "I would've won you know" Naruto just rolled his eyes and replied, "sure you would" laughing, the two continued to bicker, until Mizuki called out their names for the test.
"Now, as I told those before you, this is not a competition. Just try your best. Good luck" With that, he moved aside. "Please stand on the white line, and use the five shurikan and kunai provided to hit your target. Begin with the shurikan, and move on to the kunai at my command. While today they will not be used, the scoring for future tests is as follows; Non-vital area's count one point. They are scratches, hitting the hand, arm, foot or leg. Hitting the stomach or chest will award you three points, and the heads and heart, five. Missing a target will cost you two points per miss. Now, at my signal, begin. Hajime!"
As soon as the words left Mizuki's mouth, the two began. Naruto managed to get two shurikan into the chest, 1 into the dummies left arm, one scratched its side and one narrowly missing. Smirking, he turned to Sasuke. However he soon turned back, grumbling at Sasuke, who had gotten three in the chest, one of which was in the heart zone, one in the head, and one on the dummies lower right calf. "Now kunai.", called Mizuki
As Naruto tossed the blades at the dummy, he continued to grumble about show off Uchiha's, which just caused Sasuke to laugh. At the end of the toss, Naruto had two kunai in the dummies head, one in its chest, one in its right shoulder, and the throw that caused all the men gathered terrible pain, including himself, one in the dummies groin. Sasuke had gotten three in the head, one in the heart, and one miss, due to Naruto's groin shot.
"Congratulations to the both of you. Uchiha-san, excellent throws, however you still need some work. Uzumaki-san, well done to you as well, however, in the future, please avoid that specific area while here, as you may have noticed the reactions of those around you." Naruto couldn't help the blush that came up.
At this point, Iruka spoke up. "Alright class, it is now time for the written test. As with the previous two tests, we are not looking for marks, but rather what you know and don't know. If you get a question that you don't understand, you may ask us for some help. If however you still do not know the answer, you may skip the question. Please make your way back to class."
As the children re-entered the classroom and sat at their desks, Mizuki began handing out test papers.
"Please write your name on the page in the marked box, and when I say so, begin. Do not cheat, as that will only harm you, as this test is meant to find out what you know and do not know. At the end of the test, we shall collect your papers and then you may go out for recess." As Iruka finished explaining, Mizuki finished handing out the papers. As soon as he was done, Iruka gave the command to begin
Naruto finally put down his pen, and looked at the test in front of him. Many were left unanswered, and those that were, were messy scratches on the paper, barely eligible. He would have done better, the questions asked for clear answers, something he could never truly give. Fortunately, he noticed that he was not the last to be finished, as one or two other students were still busy scratching on to their papers.
As soon as the final pen was down, Mizuki stood up and proceeded in the collecting of the papers. Once he was finished, Iruka let them out, telling them to be back in about half an hour.
As Naruto left the building, following Sasuke, he felt a tingle down his back, as if someone or something was watching him. However, turning around he saw no one. Scratching his head, he continued moving with the rest of the class, talking with Sasuke about the test.
Outside, the weather was warm, will a slight breeze in the air. Finding an unoccupied bench, Naruto sat down with Sasuke and together the two ate there lunch. As they ate, they discussed the day, and what it all meant
"I think," spoke Sasuke, "That with our performance today, and if we keep it up, we will be the top students." "Maybe." Answered Naruto, "But I'm not sure, I mean yeah, we did great on the Taijutsu and Kenjutsu courses, but when it comes to written tests, I know I suck, while your actually pretty good at it." "Heh, then I'll just take the top spot, and you can be dead last" teased Sasuke. Naruto growled at Sasuke, but he just continued, packing his lunch at the same time. "Ya know what, I think from now on, I'm gonna call you dobe. Yeah, Naruto-dobe!" At once the two shot up out of their seats, and Naruto began chasing Sasuke around the grounds screaming, "Sasuke-teme!" "Ha ha, catch me if you can Dobe!"
When Iruka left the building to call the children back inside, he was met with the sight of a blonde blur chasing after an even faster blue blur. He heard some noises coming from the two blurs, and gathering from that their identities, he called for the two to stop. Unfortunately, the two friends were moving too fast and yelling too loudly for them to hear.
Forming a special set of hand seals taught to him by his sensei as a genin, Iruka added chakra, enlarging his head comically and screamed "NARUTO! SASUKE!"
Instantly the two stopped. This caused the two idiots to crash into Iruka, who had stepped rather foolishly into there path.
Groaning, the two rivals stood up, and looked down, paling, at Iruka sensei, who just glared at them. Getting up, Iruka pointed to the doorway, in which the rest of the class had scrambled too, when Iruka used his big head jutsu.
A nervous laughter came from Naruto as he scratched his head, then began moving towards the door.
The class was quite when they entered, a drastic change from the beginning of the day. At his desk sat Mizuki, wondering what was going on, when Iruka entered behind the too boys.
Iruka sat down, took a calming breath, and began to speak, telling them that from then onwards, the academy would truly begin, and that they were free too go. "Not you too." He pointed at Naruto and Sasuke. "You two have detention. And I know just what to give you." Smiling evilly, Iruka lead them down a passage and into a room. A room filled from top to bottom with dusty chalk board erasers. "You two are going to stay in here until every single one of those dusters is clean, do you hear me?" "Hai sensei." The replied gloomily. "Good, now over there is a window with a balcony, you are to clean the dusters out there. Understood?" once again the two replied with a "Hai, sensei." Satisfied, Iruka left the two to it.
As the boys looked around the room, Naruto smirked. "The one who cleans the least dusters has to treat the other to lunch?" "You're on!"
The sun had set, and all was quite in the village of Konoha, when two white spectres exited the Ninja Academy. As the spooks wondered through the streets of Konoha, citizens were tormented by the moaning wail and dreadful coughs of the undead. As the civilians trembled in their beds, the ghostly duo separated, one heading for the Uchiha district, the other for the nearby forested estate belonging to Jiraiya and the Demon Child.
For the next few days, the Hokage would be plagued by terrified civilians, all the while being terrified himself, by the growing stacks of paperwork.
AN
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