Chapter 5: First Academy Day (2/2)

As everyone entered the class room and found a seat, Naruto studied his peers. He knew quite a few, and some of them were his friends, the most noteworthy was of course Nara Shikamaru, someone who he held facinating conversations with and had great Shogi games against, their current record was 64 victories to him and 39 victories to Shikamaru, each of their games lasting at the very least an hour. The other is Akimichi Chouji, a slightly plumb boy, who most deemed unfit to be ninja, though if you knew the strength the boy packed you wouldn't question it, just like the rest of the Akimichi clan. He of course brought along his most trusted companion, a bag of chips. As he walked up to the same row his friends sat at, he slipped into the seat next to Shikamaru and greeted them both with a raised hand, a wide grin and a "Yo!" every eye in the room still on him, well, not him per say, but on his greatsword.

As everyone had settled into a seat, the teachers stepped forward and began speaking "Hello everyone, my name is Umino Iruka, and I'm your teacher for the next four years. The person next to me is Mizuki, who will be acting as a back-up teacher, meaning he will help but I do most of the talking" he concluded with a chuckle "Let's begin with the introductions first, so everyone knows eachother, starting from the front row up here" pointing to a student in the class.

"[I'm using one of these talk bubbles to put an AU in here, I will skip the characters that are 'secondary' meaning aren't really mentioned, and only focus on the rookies we really know]"

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"Inuzuka Kiba and my companion Akamaru! I want to become a strong ninja and good clan head!"

"Haruno Sakura, I want to become a good kunoichi I guess"

"Aburame Shino.. .."

"Yamanaka Ino! I'm going to join T&I like my daddy and become a strong kunoichi!"

"Uchiha Sasuke. My goal is to kill a certain man."

"[Quick AU again to explain above: The academy doesn't have an exact entry date, though I personally believe 7 to be the canon entry, so here where they enter at 8, I have the Uchiha massacre happen between the age 7 and 8 to make things 'fit' so to speak. I might cover more about it later on to explain why it really has no relevancy to the family themselves. Also, it is obvious to everyone that Sasuke has a glaring superiority/inferiority complex, which will be fueled a bit more here to force some interactions (honesty is a pot of gold)]"

"H-Hyuuga H-H-Hinata... uhm.. uhh.. uhm..."

"Akimichi *munch* *munch* Chouji. *Munch* I'm going to be strong like my dad *munch munch"

"Troublesome.. Nara Shikamaru.. My goal is being average"

"YUNO Naruto. My dream is to be Hokage, stronger than all the previous ones!"

There was a few different reactions to everyone introducing themselves, Kiba got silence, Sakura likewise got silence, Shino got a few coughs, Ino's however got a scoff from one of the boys in class who said "Girls aren't as strong as boys, so just give up now" which pulled out a few laughs from the other boys. Surprisingly to most, Naruto also laughed, but it was a bone dry laugh, and they didn't have to ask for him to explain further, as he did just that "Your claim is both right and wrong. In physical aspects of pure strength, men are generally stronger than women, yet this can also be turned around, as women are more flexible, nimble and dextrous on a general level than men are. Strength, referring to in-combat situations, both are equal" this got a few nods from Iruka, the girls and some of the boys. Sasuke got some cheers, Hinata got curious looks, same as Chouji, Shikamaru got sweat drops and Naruto.. well, Naruto got a verbal response from Sasuke "Hn. YUNO? Never heard of them. Were they talentless nobodies like you, dobe?" before Iruka could scold him, Naruto in a calm and collected tone answered "Dobe, eh? Fair enough, if that what you'll label me as. YUNO is an abbreviation of all the names, saying all of them would simply be mental. And if they were talentless nobodies, I guess the Uchihas were mere flies on the wall passing gas. Are we clear, you muppet of a bozo?" he stated all in a calm and collected tone, all but the last sentence which was laced in proverbial ice. The statement did cause a few Uchiha fangirls to start screaming bloody murder, loudest of them all was one Haruno Sakura. "If you wish, I can write each one up for you, so you can begin comprehending what my last name means. Can I use the blackboard, Iruka-sensei?" once again back to the level volume and character of speech "Yes, you can Naruto, even I myself am curious now"

"Listen closely, for I'll only explain this to you once. I have four parents. My birth parents are dead, and before anyone says they probably died falling on their own kunai, wait till I write their names up. My current parents adopted me the day I was born, and using a Kinjutsu, otherwise known as a Forbidden Jutsu, only known to my Tou-san, so I have the blood of all four of my parents coursing through my veins."

When he finished talking, he also finished writing up the names in order, and their bingo book rank.

Yuhi Kurenai S-rank nin

Uzumaki Kushina S-rank nin

Namikaze Minato SS-rank nin

Otsutsuki Hanra SS-rank nin

Silence. Absolute silence. Broken only by Shikamarus low voiced "troublesome" from the back of the room.

"Currently I am only able to use three bloodlines I have inherited from my Tou-san, Otsutsuki Hanra, which are Mokuton, Sharingan and Shikotsumyaku to a small degree. Though I am told I have inherited my Fuuinjutsu genius from both of my birth parents, collected together" he finished with a smile, further causing everyone to reel back in shock.

"So.. the question now is, to you, muppet of bozos, am I still a dobe, or not?" he cast an uncaring glance towards Sasuke and before he got a response continued "Also, before you ask, dobe means idiot. That's all it means. Muppet refers to a stupid person or an idiot, whereas bozo refers to an incompetent person or.. an idiot. So your best case scenario would be a stupid person from a group of idiots, or in your worst case, you'd be an idiot amongst incompetent people. Choose carefully" he finished with a grin that practically yelled 'this will decide your fate'. Yes, maybe he had spent too much time with Aunt Anko he mused.

As if he weren't capeable of proper train of thought, Sasuke blurted out "Of course you're a dobe, none of your parents could stand up to an Uchiha!" which only got a laughter from Naruto and a "Okay, whatever makes you sleep peacefully at night, muppet of the bozos" who walked back up to his seat and highfived Chouji above Shikamarus back, as he was already 'resting his eyes' on the table.

Time quickly trickled by as they were being tested in various things, and each of the things tested, Naruto reigned supreme. Picture perfect display. Zero faults all around, if you ignore the minor incident with the clone technique that everyone else could do.

"YUNO Naruto, please create a working Bunshin" Iruka said, to which Naruto sheepishly rubbed the back of his head and replied "I might not be able to do the Bunshin, Iruka-sensei, however if I do kill the Bunshin, would I be allowed to rectify it with another?" his teacher simply raised his eyebrow at the question and nodded hesitantly.

Naruto summoned a pale white clone that flopped onto the floor like it had no energy left before it started shimmering out of existance, to which everyone laughed, but none more than Naruto who was literally on the floor next to the clone rolling around with laughter, and that quickly caused everyone to stop laughing to look at him and he just wheezed out while gasping in any air he could "Hehehe.. it looked.. huff.. like.. hah.. Tou-san.. hehe.. after Kaa-chan.. hihihi scolded him... hahahahaha!" it took a few minutes before Naruto was done laughing again, to which he explained "Tou-san told me it might be physically impossible for me to create a regular bunshin because it requires so little chakra, and I have yet to start the high-end chakra exercises, even with tree walking and water walking the bare minimum I can summon is a good few hundred of these things before the start to resemble me" crossing his fingers and slowly saying "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" a perfect replica of himself popped out next to him, giving a bored wave and a "Yo!"

Needless to say, Iruka and Mizuki were both shocked. A first year academy student using Kage Bunshin? Unheard of! "So how much Chakra would you estimate you have at the moment, to cause this effect?" Iruka asked "Tou-san said that I should be around the Chakra level of Jiraya of the Sannin" was the response he got back, leading to everyone that knew what that meant to draw in a deep breath.

Class continued as normal, except for the few times where Naruto explained things in deeper context than even Iruka understood.

[AU: For full intended effect, I recommend listening to Yasuharu Takanashi - Fairy Law for this.]

As the first day of school was coming to an end and just after Iruka called it a day, a massive flash from the windows caught everyones attention. A distinctive dark and powerful melody started playing over the academy speakers, drawing all to look out the windows and gape. The skies in the heaven was as if cleaved apart. A few seconds.. nothing happened. When everyone expected everything to be over, a bright white pillar appeared in the middle of the academy grounds, creating small shockwaves of wind and dust to whirl around at the bottom, and everyone quickly realized it was a pillar of pure chakra. A silhuette became visible however inside the chakra pillar, it was darkened out all you could see was a pair of glowing bright purple orbs representing eyes, slowly floating downwards in the center of the pillar, all while a dark tattered cloak billowed from the power. Nobody knew who it was, except for Naruto who could tell from the chakra signature. As the figure neared the bottom, the chakra pillar slowly became smaller but denser around the person, ending in an upwards and outwards flow of pure raw chakra as the person simply stood there. "School's over for today. It's time to head home kiddo, your Kaa-chan is waiting for details" the voice rung out, it was deep and powerful. Everyone, regardless of what class they were in were stunned into silence, yet a voice broke that in Narutos classroom "Sweet, Tou-sans here and he kept his side of the deal!" that was naturally Naruto himself saying that "See you tomorrow guys, Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei!" and with that he leapt out of the window.. they were on the second floor, not something a newly enterred person in the academy should be able to do just yet. He landed graciously and walked towards the figure who lowered the chakra output untill he became visible. Standing there was of course Otsutsuki Hanra, the current highest ranked ninja in the world, the inspiration of many new atendees of the academy. When Naruto arrived at his fathers side, they both simply vanished as if they were never there. Everyone stood stock still, their bodies refusing to move, only Shikamaru commenting a barely above whisper "Troublesome" before everyone caught up and got out of their funk, and prepared to head home themselves while pondering the display.

As soon as they disappeared from the academy grounds, Hanra and Naruto reappeared in front of the front door to the house. Hanra pondering how Narutos day was, and if his earlier display was 'cool' enough for Naruto or not. Said person was just thinking 'Yep, Tou-san is the coolest, definately. Now to prepare how to answer Kaa-chans questions about the day and checking if Ena-chan had a good day'.

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Another AU! Wooo! We're on a troll.. wait I mean roll!

So, just to further clarify why I put in the "boys are stronger than girls quip" is that in this world, strength is key. However, there are countless ways to measure strength, so I used a few simpleminded children to put Naruto further into the spotlight. To mention a few, there's physical strength, strength of will, mental strength (different from strength of will, in the sense that strength of will is having the strength to believe in something to a powerful degree, whereas mental strength is just a raw and pure mental breaking point), strength endurancewise and so on and so on.

I find it important to elaborate on this since many often just bulldoze over and 'refrain' from understanding what is actually meant in the statements or messages, so to speak.

My personal opinion is that men and women are fundamentally and genetically wired differently, each having certain general points of brilliance the other does not, making, over-all, one gender the better performer in certain areas, though not to say that the other can't perform equally if not better given the chance.

Men are men, women are women, both are human, regardless of color as well, human is equal.

-P4TH rant of epic proportions signing out (this was longer than expected tbh lol!)