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Chapter 16: Rivalries

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Naruto got into a stance. His hands where clenched lightly and had his arms up in a boxing like guard. His left leg was forward and slightly bent and he was lightly bouncing from foot to foot. "Sure Teme, when your ready to give up, just say the word," he replied returning the smirk. Sasuke snarled and charged the blonde.

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As the Uchiha charged Naruto smirked. The other boy tried to hook a kick towards Nartuo's head but he back stepped out its range. As soon as the kick past, Naruto dashed forward.

He got into the off balance boy's guard and delivered a few quick punches to his chest and finished the combo with an elbow to the temple. Sasuke was dazed and knocked on his ass, but still in the ring. Naruto just got back into his mobile stance, waiting for his opponent to get up. Iruka noticed that Naruto was giving Sasuke the chance to get up and keep fighting. He would have to get him to not do that. If a shinobi has the chance to finish his opponent, they take it. He made it a mental note for now.

He was still wondering what kind of taijutsu Naruto was using. It had quick movements like the cheata style, but had powerful hits like the strong fist. He didn't have much time to keep pondering what it was because Sasuke finally made it back to his feet.

Sasuke. Was. Pissed. Who was this idiot. Where'd he come from. All Sasuke ever heard from the Uzumaki clan was that they were near extinct and that the head of the clan was a civilian. He glared at the calm expression Naruto was giving him. "Dobe, why'd you let me get up?"

Naruto just shrugged his shoulders and calmly replied, "My dad said you were strong, so I want to see how strong. So far, not very impressed." This made Sasuke charge at him in rage. Punching, kicking, combos. Nothing hit. Naruto just bobbed and weaved around every attack, never taking his eyes off of Sasuke. Naruto finally retaliated when Sasuke through a punch at his face. Naruto simply moved his head out of the way and used Sasuke's momentum to make his cross counter even more painful.

Sasuke didn't have time to even think of what to do as Naruto's fist collided with his face. He was hit with so much force he felt his nose give way and break. Not only that but he was launched back and out of the ring were he skidded across the ground till Iruka was able to catch and stop his movement before he got hurt any further. He checked the student for the damage and noticed the worst of what he had was a broken nose. He looked over to his class and said, "OK, everyone wait here while I bring Sasuke to the clinic. Naruto, come with me." With that he picked up the unconscious boy and walked to the clinic with Naruto following behind him.

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"Naruto," Iruka asked him as they walked back to the other students, "What was that taijutsu style you were using? I haven't seen any quite like it." Naruto smirked and said, "My dad taught it to me. He called it Muay Tai. It uses a lot of strikes from both the Cheata and Strong Fist styles. But it also makes the use of grapples and elbows and knees."

Iruka gave a impressed 'huh' to this. "I thought you father was a civilian?" He had heard of the rumors about the Uzumaki clan head. He had killed eleven people on night and the one survivor could have sworn that he took their souls right out of their bodies. But that was eight years ago and he highly doubted the man, who has done nothing of the sort since, would be able to do something like that.

Naruto nodded. "Yeah he is," he paused for a second, "But he can be very scary sometimes. He started training me when I was seven. He showed me how to control my chakra and perform some simple jutsu. You wouldn't guess it, but if you have ever seen him train, he is a completely different person. He doesn't rely know how to hold back. We sparred once had he knock me through a wall by accident once." Naruto shivered a bit at the thought. He was glad that after that his father thought it would be a bad idea for them to spar until he got better and could keep up a bit more. Not saying he didn't like sparring with his dad, it's the whole 'knocked through walls' business that offset him.

"Really? Huh, no wonder Anko likes him so much." Naruto shivered a bit, "Don't get me started on how Anko-neesan acts during training, I think see likes seeing people bleed..." Iruka laughed a bit but cut himself off. "Wait, what am I doing! This kid is the Kyuubi! I can't become friends with him!?" Iruka shook his head and told Naruto to get back with his classmates. Naruto happily complied, but noticed the shift in tones and wondered what happened. He made his way back to Hinata.

A kid with a little dog was trying to talk to her, but she was obviously uncomfortable and when Naruto showed up she gave a sigh of relief. She turned to her friend, "G-Good job Naru-kun." The other boy looked at Naruto with slight glare and introduced himself, "Sup, I'm Kiba." Naruto matched his look and introduced himself as well. They continued to stare each other down and Hinata was getting a little worried. They finally looked away when Iruka called them over for Kunai and Shuriken practice and lessons.

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"Alright, three at a time come up and take a shot at hitting the targets." Iruka said as he set down crates of kunai and shuriken. Naruto and Hinata went up first and Kiba decided to go up too. They each took three kunai and through them at the targets. Kiba hit two of them while Hinata hit all three, one of the kunai hitting the bulls-eye. Naruto also hit all three and had two hit the bulls-eye while the third was just slightly off. Iruka was generally impressed that three new students were able to hit the targets, and hitting the bulls-eye no less.

As the rest of the class went through many hit the targets but no one else got a bulls-eye. When Sasuke came back out they were on shuriken. About the same thing happened with the shuriken that happened with the kunai, except Hinata didn't hit a bulls-eye and Naruto only hit one. When Sasuke got up he was able to pin all three shuriken into the bulls-eye. This made his fan girls go crazy and he gave a smirk to Naruto, basically saying 'What now?'. Naruto just gave a half impressed 'huh'.

After a few more rounds of throwing the day of academy came to an end and everyone started on their separate ways.

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Cole had been waiting for Naruto's first day of class to end. He knew that originally, Naruto would become depressed seeing everyone go home with their parents, so he made it his personal mission to not let him feel like that ever again. He saw Shikaku, Choza, and Inoichi waiting outside as well. "Hello Shikaku-san, Choza-san, Inoichi-san. Are you waiting for your kids aswell?" Shikaku smirked at the Uzumaki. Shikaku actually had a liking for the Uzumaki for showing up Fugaku all those years ago, and for being a pretty lax kind of guy, a Nara could support that kind of thinking. "Hey Seinaru-san. Yeah we're waiting for the little brats. I swear, if Shikamaru is anything like me, Yoshino is going to kill the kid before he graduates." Cole openly laughed at that. He had met Yoshino a few times and completely agreed that Shikaku and Shikamaru have it pretty rough. "So," Choza cut in, "How are things with Anko?" Cole turned to the hefty shinobi and explained the wedding would be in a month. "Well, good for you Seinaru-san. Just one thing, don't let it end up like the Nara over here. I swear, if anyone else bickered and complained as much as him and his wife, they would have divorced a while ago." Inoichi and Cole laughed and Shikaku looked a little peeved at what his friend said. But before he could come up with a comeback the so called 'brats' showed up.

"Hey kids, how was the first day of Academy?" Cole asked the kids. Choji and Ino looked at the stranger a little confused, wondering who the giant man was. Their question was answered when Naruto ran up and hugged his dad, Hinata following close behind him. "H-Hey Naruto. How was it, I hope it wasn't too boring?"

Naruto released him and shook his head 'no'. Hinata was giggling lightly because she knew that Naruto was bored out of his mind most of the day. Naruto started telling Cole how his day went. "So yeah, that Sasuke kid you told me about wasn't all that tough. I accidentally broke his nose in a spar..."

Cole just let out a sigh when Ino started to yell at Naruto for breaking 'Sasuke-kun's' nose and talking bad about him. Iniochi looked very sad that his daughter was apart of that little fan club and just hung his head and sighed. Cole turned to him and put a hand on his shoulder and shook his head slightly, matching his sigh.

"Hey Hinata," Kiba said as he walked up to the girl. "Mind if I walk you home?"

Naruto stiffened a bit and Cole saw that. "Oh, boy. Kiba, you done fucked up..."

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(A/N): And scene! Alright guys that's chapter 16. I just want to say thanks for the awesome support and reviews I've been getting so far. You guys are the best! :)

So, stick around for tomorrow, I'm gonna try to get two chapters out tomorrow and another two on Sunday. But this is a TRY kinda thing. IF it happens it happens, if not...oh well.

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