Naruto found himself wondering around Konoha, as he tried to clear his mind from his conversation with Tsunade. He knew that there was something important he was not getting, but he also knew that right now he would not get anything out of it by thinking about it. Shaking his head Naruto looked up and blinked as he found himself standing at the gates to the academy. He smiled as a moment of nostalgia hit him, walking towards the academy doors Naruto decided to see if Iruka was in.
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"… and that is how the Shodaime Hokage…" Iruka trailed off as he noticed that none of the kids were paying attention to his lecture. Most were talking to each other, whispering about whatever took their fancy, while some were even sleeping. Several tic marks appeared on Iruka's head, "QUIET DOWN AND LISTEN YOU BRATS!" Iruka yelled out as he used his Oni Hitsu no Jutsu (demon head jutsu). All of the kids instantly shut up, staring at him wide eyed. Iruka nodded his head in satisfaction; he was just about to restart his lecture when another voice spoke up.
"Tsk tsk Iruka-sensei, it seems your lectures are as boring as ever."
Iruka and the class turned as one, to see Naruto looking at them with a smirk as he leaned on the door frame. Naruto grinned as he got up and walked into the room, noticing how all of the kids there had stars or hearts in their eyes, depending on their gender.
"You should make your lectures more fun sensei," Naruto said with a grin, "that's why everyone never pays attention in your class."
"And I suppose you're an expert on teaching?" Iruka asked with a tic mark on his head, though truth be told he was happy to see Naruto. The scarred Chunin smirked as an idea came to him, "well then sense you're here, why don't you answer a few questions? That way the students can learn what it's like to be a real ninja of Konoha."
Naruto tapped his chin in thought before grinning, "alright then, that's sounds cool."
Almost as soon as he said that several hands shot into the air, with almost every child shouting for his attention. Iruka tried to calm the class down, and get them to ask their questions one at a time to no avail. He was just about to use his jutsu again, when Naruto decided to quiet the kids himself.
"Quiet."
Naruto had not even raised his voice when the words were spoken, yet every child there had heard it as clear as day. The tone of voice and presence that single word projected, was so commanding that none of them could help but obey him. Iruka stared at the quiet kids and Naruto in shock; he had never been able to get them to be this quiet so fast.
Naruto grinned, "alright if you have a question simply raise your hand, I'll call on you to ask."
Every hand was raised into the air; Naruto looked at the kids before eventually picking a young boy in the front row. Said boy put his hand down as he asked his question, "was it true what you said about your dad sealing the Kyuubi inside of you?"
Iruka stiffened at the question and was about to lash out at him, however Naruto merely raised a hand to stop the scarred Chunin. He gave the young boy a small smile, "yes it is true, because Kyuubi cannot be killed due to the fact that it's simply a mass of chakra with a conscious, my father did the only thing that can defeat such a creature. He sealed inside of me, his own son who had just been born only a few hours before."
This time Naruto chose a girl in the back row, "but why did he seal it inside of you?" she asked.
Naruto ran a hand through his hair as he spoke, "to be honest I don't know. I am unsure if he just chose me because I was the only child available, or if there was some other purpose. But if you were the leader of your village, could you really ask someone else to sacrifice their own child in such a way? A Hokage's job is to protect the village, even if it means sacrificing yourself and the things you hold dear to protect it."
He looked at chose another boy, this one sitting over by the window. "Does it bother you that he chose you?"
"For awhile it did," Naruto replied with a shrug, "you have to understand that until I had turned twelve I never even knew about the Kyuubi. It was only when a traitor had tricked me that I found out, he had told me about the Kyuubi being inside of me and how a law prevented any one but me from speaking about it. In fact if not for Iruka-sensei here that man would have killed me," several of the kids looked over at Iruka as Naruto spoke. "For awhile after that I did blame my father, how could I not. I had no clue why he had chosen me; in fact I did not even know he was my dad until a year and a half later. But it doesn't affect me anymore; I know that if there was another way he would have done it. To be honest I'm glad he chose me, since it means no one else has to suffer like I did."
Many of the kids stared at him in awe, while some of the girls were actually crying. Naruto smiled as he chose another child.
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"Ah!" Naruto said sighed as he finished gulping down the broth from his Ichiraku ramen. "Now that hit's the spot, eh sensei?" Naruto asked as he turned to Iruka.
Said man just looked at Naruto and the thirty two bowls in exasperation, "you know despite how much you've obviously matured, it seems that some things never change…"
Naruto gave the man a grin, "well you know the old saying, 'if it's not broken, don't fix it'. Besides I don't eat ramen nearly as much as I used to, I've got to make up for lost times."
Iruka simply laughed as Naruto inhaled another bowl of ramen, "I suppose it does…"
"Now," Naruto said as he set his last bowl down, thanking a blushing Ayame before turned a mischievous grin on Iruka. "Why don't you tell me how you and Anko got together?" the blond asked in an innocent tone.
Iruka choked on the noodles he was eating, causing Naruto to laugh while he blushed in embarrassment. "Well I… you see it was… uh…"
Naruto chuckled at seeing the man with a beat red face, as he stuttered over his worse than a certain Hyuuga use to. "Wow Iruka-sensei, I don't think I've ever seen you so flustered."
Iruka scowled for a moment before sighing, "I suppose I could tell you… it actually started when I found her at the bar completely drunk…"
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