Chapter 6: Ch 6 - Team Placement (Part 1)
It was morning and Naruto wakes from his bed and did his morning routine. After that, Naruto was now picking out a new set of clothes from the closet that he made since today was the team placement. He was really thankful that he picked up some of Trish's hobby for sewing because most the clothes shop that he went to (when he was using a transformation jutsu) wasn't suited for his taste. He was now wearing a black open collared waistcoat with a sleeve covering his right arm. On the back it had picture of a sword with a skeleton/devil on the guard of the sword. He was wearing black Anbu pants, pair of fingerless gloves, two golden bracelets, and instead of Shinobi sandals he was wearing a pair of boots. He tied his Hitai ate on his right arm, making sure it didn't hinder his movements.
Naruto looked at himself at the mirror and smiled at his new appearance then went to his desk and grabbed Yamato, placing the O-Katana at his waist, before disappearing.
He was going to be genin today. That's the first thought that came to his mind and he couldn't be any happier. He'd have missions that would take him out of this village and away from his 'parents'.
He got out of his bedroom, finally ready for the Academy, made his way to the entrance and opened it..... surprised to see none other than Ayame herself on the other side, which was weird because she rarely visited his place.
"Hey Ayame-chan" Naruto greeted enthusiastically; he was just too happy on the prospect of being a ninja and missions to care about anything else.
"Awww, look at you Naruto-kun! You already have your hitai ate on and you look so cute!" Ayame gushed.
"Thank you, Ayame-chan" Naruto said as he blushed from the honest compliment.
Ayame giggled and then smiled warmly at him. He deserved to be a shinobi. He always trained himself to exhaustion and now it was paying off. While many other's had tutors, he always trained alone and that made her frown.
"Naruto-kun, I really need to talk to you, if it's okay right now," Ayame said.
"Uhh...sure Ayame-chan. What is it?" Naruto asked curiously.
"...It's about Naruko,"
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"Okay everybody, I want you to settle down," Iruka said to the excited academy graduates, who were busy chatting amongst themselves. He looked around and noticed that Naruto hadn't arrived yet. He would have just gone ahead and started classes but he decided to wait a little longer for the boy who always dreamed of being Hokage.
'It seemed just yesterday when you were just a hopeless knucklehead, eh Naruto?' Iruka thought and smiled fondly. Naruto had really grown into an exceptional person from his early days in the academy. Iruka knew Naruto struggled in the beginning because he had no one else to teach him, and even if Iruka would pitch in here and there to educate the boy, other teachers would sabotage or teach Naruto the wrong things. That made his blood boil.
You know what else made his blood boil? Naruto's parents, not siblings but parents. He wasn't at all angry at Naruto's siblings because he knew they couldn't have a say in the abandonment of Naruto. No child could ever be that cruel and from what he heard, Naruto would often be seen with his baby sister, both of his sisters yesterday eating food together, if the information he got from Teuchi was correct. That was proof enough to Iruka that Naruto's sisters wanted to be with their brother. So how could Minato and Kushina, as parents, leave their own child like that, their blood? For God's sake the other was an Uzumaki. Uzumaki's were supposed to be all about family, but even she didn't think twice when they left their child at the mercy of the villagers. It was inexcusable. They didn't have the right to call themselves parents after that. Iruka flopped in his seat and opened a book as he tried to drown out the chitter-chatter of his former students. Worried as his favorite blond has yet to arrive.
'Just give him a few more minutes before you start the speech' Iruka thought.
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"Hello, is this seat taken?" Naruko asked, staring down at a shy Hyuuga girl, if those eyes were anything to go by.
"Uhh..N-N-o-o," The girl stuttered and looked away.
"Hey Naruko! Come sit with us!" Ino screamed to the girl.
Naruko made no indication that she even heard Ino. She knew all their names because her father told her on the possible candidates of people who she will be teamed up with and she hoped it wasn't any of those group of girls. She had been in this academy for five days, in which Naruto was absent, and she had a definite picture on who acts like what here. She knew their kind, fan girls. She hated girls who disgraced themselves as kunoichi just for an idiots attention, that idiot being the Uchiha.
Sasuke Uchiha, she only had one word when it came to that guy, Bastard. He was an egotistical attention seeker who relished the spotlight and loved to show off, but what's worse was he was a brooder. She didn't like him at all and ever since she joined the academy, she had become the most popular girl, in male opinion, much to the chagrin of all those fan girls and herself. She had seen Sasuke checking her out a number of times in which she would always feel filthy when she caught those onyx eyes looking at her like she was a naked target for his pleasure, he wasn't the only boy doing that but he was the most noticable since he didn't seem ashamed of his tactics...Bastard.
Of all the people around here, she noticed Hinata a lot. The girl was so shy that no one would even make an effort in talking to her. There was also the days when Naruto was absent when she saw Hinata looking at the door, as if she was waiting for someone, and then sighing in disappointment when Iruka would mark Naruto as absent from the roster. The team placement had to be postponed because of the surprising arrival of her father, which was six days ago. But today was the day; she will be included in a team and Naruto had no choice but to be present or miss out.
"Thank you," Naruko said.
Hinata just nodded her head with her eyes downcast. She wasn't expecting anything from Naruto's sister sitting next to her, but was surprised when the blonde initiated conversation.
"Uuuh... Well, you already know my name and I know yours... I was wondering if you'd like to be friends. I see sometimes you're alone and I'm alone too so..." Naruko trailed off awkwardly. She knew how to make friends, but she didn't exactly know how to interact with a shy girl without possibly saying something offensive. It was easier talking to loud girls who loved to chat because they were more of an open book then a quiet person, but she would not let that stop her. She genuinely wanted to be Hinata's friend.
"Y-You...w-want t-to b-be f-friends...w-with m-me?" Hinata stuttered, looking anywhere but the girl, trying, in vain, to hide the blush on her face.
"Yeah, if that's okay with you," Naruko said.
She was rewarded with Hinata nodding her head, albeit crazily.
Hinata couldn't say anything. She was friends with Naruko, her crush's sister? She never expected that to happen. She didn't even have friends since no one could stand her shyness. She didn't know what to make of it, so she settled for looking in front of her and keeping quiet.
"Cool," Naruko said sweetly and allowed herself some time to think with the silence. Then she glanced at the door as if waiting for somebody.
"Well, I gave him time. Maybe he isn't coming," Iruka muttered sadly and was about to start his speech when he was stopped.
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