The Academy

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Two Years Later

Naruto has finally completed his training with the Third Raikage. The old man has already set the foundation for the young Yotsuki's skills as a shinobi. Knowing that his Jiji cannot be his Sensei forever, Naruto will have to resume his training on his own until he is put on a Genin Team.

Ay, and A had already evaluated Naruto's skills and intelligence based on his short training regime and deemed him to be at High Genin Level.

After perfecting his chakra control, Bee taught Naruto several Ninjutsu based on his Elemental Affinities. Three for each, to be exact.

For his Water style, he had learned;

1) Liquid Bullet / C-Rank / Offensive = The user creates water in their body using chakra. The user then spits the water from their mouth as orb-shaped projectiles, whose destructive potential are determined by how much chakra is placed in them. The orbs travel quickly toward the target, dealing extensive damage upon impact.

2) Raging Waves / C-rank / Offensive = The user spews water from their mouth in a waterfall-like fashion to wash away the target. One can freely control the power of this technique by the amount of chakra kneaded and then released. While considered to be a basic Water Release technique, it has many variations.

3) Water Wall / B-Rank / Defensive = The user spits a stream of water from their mouth at the ground, which circles around them and rises upward to create a wall. If the user is standing on a body of water, they can instead create the wall from the surroundings. The water wall defends anyone within its perimeter from attack, with the wall's strength being determined by how much of the user's chakra is put into it. Users control how long the wall lasts as well as how much water it's made with. Because the water is clear, the wall doesn't obstruct the user's vision, allowing them to make their next move uninhibited. The wall's initial formation, if timed correctly, can be used to fend off opponents, flinging them away as the wall rises.

Naruto's Taijutsu and Chakra Control have also greatly improved over the months.

His friendship with Kyuubi had improved, but the giant fox had yet to tell him his real name.

It seems that Naruto had also inherited his birth mother's natural talent for Sensory. And when Naruto explained how he used it for the first time, A remembered how Kushina had used it once against them.

Kushina was an adept sensor. By touching the ground with just her finger, she could accurately detect the presence and location of targets in the surrounding area. She could also sense a person's chakra from countries away, identifying a target's ancestry from their chakra signature, and even pinpoint a target's exact location while blinded.

Naruto may not be at the same level as his legendary mother yet, but his sensory abilities are still strong enough to alert him when his friends are in danger.

Speaking of his friends, in the last two years, his friendship with Samui and Yugito has improved quite a lot. The second time they met, Samui had brought Yugito as well; after that day, every time they would hang out, it would be the three of them having fun together, this of course earned teasing from both Bee and his father, who kept insisting that he had two girlfriends despite being only six years old. The blonde would blush furiously before shouting at them that it wasn't like that. Just as they planned, they would enter the academy together, despite Yugito being seven years old and Samui being nine years old.

Naruto would even help train Samui with her Taijutsu and chakra studies.

Samui and Yugito are truly inspired every-time Naruto talks about achieving 'true peace' and realize that they want that for her village and the world too. Many of Samui's clan members died in the last war, including friends and cousins of her parents. She, too, wanted to make sure it never happened again.

KUMO STREETS - ENROUTE TO THE SHINOBI ACADEMY

It is finally time for Naruto to enter the Academy. His entry is a couple of months late due to his difficult long training with the Lightning.

Samui and Yugito had to start their first Academy days without him, despite her protest.

He knew they would be extremely mad, but he assured them that he would join their class soon and they will be together again like always.

Naruto is currently walking the streets of Kumo all the way to the Academy. But to his surprise, he wasn't alone. Two of his precious people decided to accompany him.

"Ummm, you know you guys don't have to come with me, right?" Naruto asks the duo.

"And miss my Brother's first day in the Academy. Never!" Bee yelled passionately.

"You sound like you're my mum, Bee," Naruto says, slightly annoyed by his big brother. But in his heart, he was happy that he cared so much just to accompany him on his first day.

"I might as well be, you know. And you, my little blonde, are our 'cute little Gaki.' And as good parents, we wanted to make sure your trip to the academy is safe and sound. Isn't that right...' father.'" Bee says teasingly at his brother, who grunts in frustration.

"Bee....you're an absolute moron." A says with a tired sigh.

"So Naruto.....you excited about your first day in the academy?" A asks.

"Yup, super excited, father. But...I'm a little nervous, though. What if I can't make any friends? What if they don't like me?" Naruto asks with worry and doubt in his voice.

"Oh, come on, Gaki. You have been raised by ME, the most wonderful man in Kumo. I have taught you all I know how to talk with People. I bet you can make friends with anyone." Bee boasted with a confident smile, much to A's annoyance.

"Don't listen to his stupidity is probably contagious. But he's right, Naruto. You'll be fine. So don't worry about it," A says with a smile.

"Plus, he has Samui and Yugito to keep him company," Bee says with a smirk and a teasing voice.

"S-Sh-Shut up, Bee!" Naruto says with an embarrassed blush.

"Hahaha, they grow up so fast, don't they, bro," Bee says with a satisfied smirk.

SHINOBI ACADEMY ENTRANCE

The trio had finally arrived at the Academy and were preparing to say their goodbyes before they departed.

"Alright, you be good now, Gaki. I don't want to hear you causing any mischief. You hear me!" A says with a smile and a surprisingly strict tone to the little blonde.

"Just be yourself, Naruto, and everything will be fine. Also, Lord Third, ask me to tell you not to show too much of your skills. And by 'too much,' I mean don't kill anyone in a spar," A says calmly.

"But my 'Wing Fist' is meant for Self-defence, father. How can I kill anyone with it?" Naruto asked, with a fake-innocent tone to his father.

"Right....and you're 'Chain of Jabs' at your opponent's face won't cause any head traumas," Bee says with twice the sarcasm as the little blonde.

"Hahaha, fine, fine. I promise I won't go overboard." Naruto says with an embarrassed laugh as he rubs the back of his head.

Feeling very grateful for their concern and kindness for his well-being, Naruto wraps both Bee and A in a tight hug. They, in turn, return the hug to him.

"Thanks for coming with me, uncle, father. I promise I will make you both proud. See you later!" Naruto says with a bright smile. He then releases them from his embrace and waves them goodbye as he continues to walk towards the entrance.

The young Yotsuki then enters the academy doors, leaving his uncle and father by themselves with proud looks on their faces.

Bee couldn't be more happier for the little blonde, as he is about to start his journey as a Kumo Shinobi.

"SEE! He said MY name first. I'm clearly his favorite." Bee says with a proud smirk as he punches the air.

"Sure...Whatever," A says with a tired sigh. He knew Bee just wanted to challenge him like he always does.

ACADEMY - C's CLASSROOM

The class is about to begin, and all the students are preparing to take their seats.

Some of the students were now just arriving in the classroom and began to chat with each other.

The students turn their attention to their Chunin Instructor, C Katio. C is a young man with dark eyes and short blond hair, which he wears parted in the front. He wears the standard attire of the Kumo-nin: a sleeveless, black shirt with a one-strap-over-one-shoulder white flak jacket, black forehead protector, characteristic black, elbow-length arm guards, and the red and white Kumogakure shin guards along with pair of sandals.

He then begins to address his students.

"Okay, class, please be on your best behavior. We have a new student joining us today." C says with a smile.

But his smile immediately faded as his students continued to voice out loud their questions and opinions.

"Who is it, C-Sensei?!" ask by one boy.

"Hah! I hope it's a pretty girl! If it is, I bet I can make her my girlfriend before the end of the day!" says the over-confident-looking boy.

Samui, Yugito, and two other students were calm. Unlike the rest, they knew who was arriving today. Omoi was quite looking forward to this one.

Samui and Yugito couldn't wait to see how powerful Naruto had become.

Naruto had told Yugito that he would enter the academy by this week, but he didn't specify which day. He thought it would be fun to annoy her a little as she continued to wait impatiently for him, not knowing exactly when he would come.

C is becoming annoyed, so he uses his special Jutsu to silence his loud, talkative students.

"SILENCE!!" C yelled out with a very cartoonish big head, causing all the students to gulp and stop talking immediately.

"*Cough*cough* Anyway....please be nice to him. You can come in now!" C calls out to the person on the other side of the class door.

The door opens, and who should walk in but the whiskered-face sunny-blonde boy. Everyone was now staring at him with wonder, waiting for him to speak up.

"Now, please introduce yourself." C politely asks.

"Hello. My name is Naruto Yotsuki. It's nice to meet you all. I hope we can get along," says the blonde boy with a respectful bow at the end while flashing one of his infamous bright smiles as he looks out to his new peers with his beautiful blue-colored eyes. The room fell silent for a moment, especially C.

'I see, so this is why A-Sama wanted me to teach this one generation before going back to ANBU!' C thought, now understanding why his friend wanted him in the academy for now.

Many of his female classmates, however, have one thing in common in their minds.

'Yotsuki? Wow, he must be a clan heir or something!'

'Forget clan heir! Yotsukis are considered royalty! He must be a Prince!'

'Holy crap! He's so handsome!'

'Those whisker marks are so cute!'

The boys, however, are not too keen on his arrival though.

Well....only one In particular.

'Damn! He's stealing all the attention. What's so special about him anyway?!" thought the envious Atsui as he glared daggers at the blonde Yotsuki.

'He doesn't look so troublesome,' thought the still drowsy Omoi.

'Not even a minute here, and he's already stealing everyone's hearts! Samui thought, getting annoyed by the looks the other girls were giving Naruto, she wasn't bothered if Yugito did it, but all those whores needed to keep their hands down.

"Ok, Naruto, please take any available seat you want," says C to the young blonde.

Naruto was then greeted by the LOUD MULTIPLE SCREECHES OF GIRLS asking desperately for him to sit with them.

Naruto saw Samui and Yugito, who were giving him a very pointed look, but he returned it with a smile.

Samui was already sitting between two other girls, Yugito and Karui. The latter was analyzing the blonde carefully. So sitting with his favorite blondes is not an option at the moment.

He then saw an empty seat right next to a black-haired boy who looked bored more than anything.

He then decided to sit next to him, which caused many of the girls to disappointedly stop their screeching, and Samui to roll her eyes at them since Naruto wasn't sitting next to another girl.

As C continues his lecture, Naruto decides to pay attention, despite Chunin's 'Boring-ness.'

However, he did not fail to realize that many pairs of female eyes were still lurking on him.

Naruto turned his head back and saw the many girls behind him, blushing and giggling at the sight of him.

Samui wondered if she should use her Bloodline on all of them to teach them some manners. Yugito was thinking of using her blue flames on them.

LUNCHTIME - OUTSIDE THE ACADEMY BUILDING

Naruto was doing his best to avoid all the girls that are were hounding him. They REALLY wanted to have lunch with him and learn more about the mysterious, handsome Yotsuki.

Naruto is very flattered and grateful for all the attention he is receiving from his female peers. But he didn't want this sort of attention, especially when he noticed the cold glare they were receiving from Samui and Yugito. They looked ready to scorch them.

He wanted to have lunch with his friends so badly, but he had to exit the classroom quickly. Otherwise, he will be caught in the stampede of his new.... 'fangirl club.'

He then saw the same dark-haired boy sitting in a shade under a tree. He was enjoying his homemade lunch made by his mother.

Naruto then decides to approach him, to introduce himself to his seatmate officially.

"Hey, can I join you?" Naruto asks with hope in his voice.

"Ummm, really? No offense, but why would you want to join me?" Omoi asked out of curiosity. Given his new classmate's growing popularity, he thought the blonde would rather sit elsewhere.

"Well...this spot does seem like a good place to enjoy your lunch and just relax, don't you think?" Naruto asks with a smile.

"Mmph, can't disagree on that. Have a seat." Omoi smiled and invited the blue-eyed blonde to sit down with them.

"Thanks...um..." Naruto waited for him to give his name.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Omoi," He introduced himself with a gesture of his hand. Omoi is a young, dark-skinned Kumo-nin with short, spiky, white hair and dark eyes accentuated with eyelashes curving upwards from the corners. He wears a dark outfit consisting of an overlong shirt with a hood, with red bandage hand guards, Kumogakure shin guards, along with a Kumogakure flak jacket.

"I'm Naruto, Naruto Yotsuki," Naruto said with a smile.

"Yeah, I know, almost every girl in class can't stop whispering and yelling out your name. It's very annoying." Omoi says with a tired sigh.

"Hahaha, sorry about that..." Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "So, why are you here alone?" Naruto asked, sitting beside him.

"Well. Sometimes I like to be alone, but usually, I'm with Karui,"

"Karui?" Naruto asked, not recognizing the name, as he took a bite out of his sandwich.

"You haven't met her? Good, the longer you stay without the knowledge she exists in our world. The Better." He finished with an overdramatic voice as if he was talking about the end of the world or something, and Naruto could have sworn his face had gone pale.

"You okay, man?" Naruto asked, waving his hand in front of his face, which seemed to break Omoi out of his dark thoughts.

"...I'm fine." He reluctantly said, taking deep breaths. Naruto seriously doubted that.

Eventually, they started talking about more regular things that didn't involve the end of the world. Naruto learned that Omoi enjoyed using his sword to fight rather than Jutsu or any other way of fighting.

"I use Kenjutsu too. My father told me that I needed to learn it in order to become stronger." Naruto said this earned Omoi's interest, and they kept talking about different Sword Fighting styles, that was until their friends were brought up.

"So, you know Samui and Yugito?" Omoi asked, drinking water from a glass bottle.

"Yes, we have been friends for two years now," Naruto replied, wiping his lips with a napkin after he finished the sandwich.

"Well, I have known them for two months now, except Karui. I have known her for three years." Omoi said before looking over the blonde's shoulder.

"Oh, well, perhaps all five of us can become friends," Naruto suggested since he enjoyed the time he spent with Omoi until he noticed that he was looking over his shoulder.

Before Naruto could look behind him to see what Omoi was looking at, he got his answer in the form of a redhead girl accompanied by Samui and Yugito.

"Hello there!"

"Naruto, this is Karui, don't let her fool you. She's the devil." Omoi warned with an overdramatic tone as Samui and Yugito sat to Naruto's right and left.

"Whatever, Omoi," She said, annoyed, moving a strand of her hair behind her ear before turning to Naruto, and extending her hand. "Name's Karui, strongest future Kenjutsu user." She introduced herself, and Naruto shook her hand, smiling at how she introduced herself.

"Thanks. I'm Naruto Yotsuki." He said as she sat down in a crossed-legged position.

"Don't worry. I won't forget that until the day I die." Karui said with annoyance, pointing at the many fan girls looking at them, more at Naruto, who rubbed his head in embarrassment.

"Sorry about that."

"No worries, if we are lucky, they will fall from the Academy soon," Karui said dismissively before she started eating her lunch. Knowing fan girls like them were the first to drop, the Academy in Kumo was nothing to take lightly, and even Omoi had made his calculation, saying at least seventy percent of the students won't even pass the first year.

The five ninja-to-be kids continue to converse among each other and enjoy every second of their lunchtime.

Both Karui and Omoi are getting to know Naruto a little better, and Samui is pleased that her blonde friends are making new friends.

The blonde Yotsuki is really enjoying his time with his new friend and the redhead, crazy-looking Karui.

They were genuinely good people, and he just knew that they could be his new potential best friends. And he was right.

It was the perfect first day for the young Yotsuki. But will tomorrow be the same? Or will trouble eventually find its way to him?