A Naruto Fan-Fic

As the line thinned out, Ken and Naruto stopped talking. Naruto looked cheerful with his innocent and silly smile. While Ken also looked laid back.

Unknown to Ken and Naruto, the Kyuubi sealed inside Naruto kept observing him. As a creature made of Chakra itself, the Kyuubi could feel the terrifying suction force coming from Ken.

After all those years that it had been sealed, this was the second time it was rejoicing that it was sealed. It discovered that the seal Minato placed on him could block the suction force. This fact made it feel assured and happy at the same time.

It shivered at the thought of what had happened on that fateful night, three years ago.

...

"Next!" Finally, after minutes of waiting, it was Naruto's turn.

The moment the Chuunin caught sight of Naruto, she shivered and showed a look of hate and fear.

"Name?"

"Uzumaki Naruto," Naruto answered while clenching his fist. He thought he would get used to those kinds of stare, but nothing had changed. But recalling how he made his first friend, it put his mood back to normal.

"You may go now." The female Chuunin in charge directly passed Naruto after writing his name. It was an order from the Hokage himself, after all.

"Is that it?" Naruto blinked two times before a huge smile formed on his lips. He turned to Ken and said proudly, "Hehehe, I passed!"

"Mm, you did." Ken also smiled, affected by the pure and innocent smile.

"Next!"

"Name?" The female Chuunin blushed a little after seeing the cute boy in front of her.

"Uchiha Ken," Ken answered flatly.

"Age?"

"5."

"Come again." The female Chuunin raised her head and scanned Ken's physique.

"5 years old."

"Sorry, you just didn't look 5 at all." The female Chuunin apologized and went back to jotting down Ken's information.

After some more questions, Ken was finally allowed to pass.

"Next!" After a moment of silence, no reply came. "Everyone! Is there anyone else left who has not registered yet?!" The female Chuunin inquired.

She was met with silence confirming that there was indeed no one else left to enroll.

"Then, I would like all of the enrollees to gather!"

The parents urged their kids to go gather in the square to await further instruction.

Just then, a smell of tobacco wafted in the air. Stable footsteps echoed from inside the room. Everyone immediately turned silent as they knew who was coming.

"Lord Hokage!" The people all greeted the old man with a gray goatee covered in red and white cloth that looked like an oversized women's skirt. The old man also had a weird looking red and white hat that had the character "FIRE" written on it.

He puffed his tobacco pipe and greeted everyone.

"Good day, everyone." The Hokage smiled and looked at the kids.

He scanned all of the enrollees only pausing for a second when he met Ken's probing stare which made him curious.

After scanning all of the enrollees. The Hokage opened his mouth, "You are indeed children with great potential. However, having potential does not mean you will become powerful. That's why you enter the Academy. In here, you will be taught how to become a proper Shinobi. You are the future of our village!"

'This old man is strong, extremely strong. Sarutobi Hiruzen.' Ken thought after observing the Hokage. 'Looks like even Father can't beat him.'

Fugaku and the Hokage just gave out different feelings. Fugaku radiated cold and powerful aura, but this old man radiated no aura at all. Like he was just a normal old man.

'Unfortunately, his muscles and bones are already deteriorating.' This is the power of time, and no one can escape from it.

Physical and Spiritual Energies are needed to mold Chakra. As time passes, the muscles and bones would deteriorate which will also affect the Chakra, reducing one's Reserves and Chakra recovery speed.

"Congratulations on entering the Academy! Come, meet your teachers." The Hokage ended his speech and the new enrollees followed him inside.

The parents also waved goodbye and left one after another.

...

All in all, there were 21 enrollees, 14 boys, and 7 girls. They followed the Hokage in the college-like classroom.

"Today is the first day of class. Your teacher will come soon, wait for him. You must behave and listen to him. Then, I am leaving." The moment the Hokage left, the room instantly went rowdy.

"What's your name? Can we be friends?!"

"How old are you?!"

"Where fo you live?!"

The kids already created a conversation group except for the cold, unapproachable Ken and the feared and hated Naruto. The two sat together on the very back corner, watching all of the commotions.

"You, why don't you go you be friends with them?" Naruto asked.

"They are just a bunch of kids, not worth my time," Ken replied flatly.

"Ha?! Aren't you also just a kid?!" Naruto retorted.

"Well..." Speechless, Ken did not say anymore. He did not find the man described by Shisui. And watching those rowdy kids really made his head hurt.

If it wasn't because he met the Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki, Ken would have thought that the day was wasted.

"Say, why did you want to become friends with me? Other children are afraid of me and people don't like me. I don't even know why." Naruto leaned back and pondered why he was disliked by all of the villagers.

"You don't know why?" This fact really surprised Ken and confused him at the same time. In the end, what was the purpose of the higher-ups telling all of the people that the Kyuubi has been sealed inside a child?

'Are they just dumb? But that old man did not look stupid at all.' Ken pondered but he could not come up with a reason why. 'I have to ask Father about this.'

"Yeah, every time I try to make some friends, their parents would always take them away from me," Naruto said sadly.

"That is because you are exceptional." Ken suddenly replied in the way Shisui talked to him and Itachi.

"Exceptional? Me? So you also think I am exceptional?!" Sounding cheerful, Naruto turned to look at Ken with shining eyes.

"Yeah. Do you want to know how you are exceptional?" Ken asked.

"Of course."

"Then... follow me when class is finished," Len responded in a mysterious manner.

"Nani yo?! Can't you just tell me here?!" Naruto would have cursed if he knew some words.

"Behave, the teacher is already here." Ken pulled Naruto back to sit.

"Everyone!" With a single shout, the room was silenced. "Find a place you would like to sit." The teacher commanded and the kids returned back to the seats they picked earlier.

"Good! My name is Hide Miyagi, you will have to call me Miyagi-sensei. Starting today, I will be your teacher!" The all-around average-looking man who called himself Miyagi declared to the whole class. He wore the standard green flack jacket for Chuunins and he had his forehead protector, of course, tied around his forehead.

"Nice to meet you, Miyagi-sensei!" Like how their parents taught them, all of the kids stood up to greet their new teacher.

"What were are doing today is to introduce yourselves first. Starting from the front to the back. We are doing this so that we will get to know each other." Like every first day of class, all the students were asked to introduce themselves.

"You must

"My name is..."

"My name is..."

"My name is..."

"My name is S-Slim Shady!"

"My name is... and I like to... Nice to meet you, everyone." One of the girls introduced herself politely.

"My name is..."

One by one, the new students introduced themselves. Then it finally reached the last two, Ken and Naruto.

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto. Nice to meet you." infected by Ken's coolness, Naruto calmly introduced himself. Unfortunately, he was treated as usual. Even the teacher flinched hearing the name making Naruto saddened and disappointed.

"My name is Uchiha Ken. Nice to meet you." Ken said flatly, chill flashed in his eyes as he looked at how all of them reacted towards Naruto.

As for the teacher, his eyes widened the moment he looked at Ken. He blinked repeatedly, but no matter how he looked at Ken, he could see the uncanny resemblance to one of his students a couple of years ago. However, he withheld his curiosity and returned to talking.

After an hour of boring discussion, the class was dismissed. This is just the registration day, so tomorrow is the official start of the class.

...

"Say, where are we going?" Naruto enthusiastically talked as he followed Ken.

"Just shut up and follow me." Ken calmly responded.

After several minutes of walking, the two reached the entrance to the Uchiha compound. The moment they entered, Ken suddenly felt a looming stare directed at him.

However, the feeling disappeared in the next moment. Ken hurriedly focused on his surroundings, trying to sense other presence, but he could not find any.

'Is it my imagination. No, how could it be.' Ken trusted his instincts. It is after all one of his traits that helped him survive. Unfortunately, he could not sense a single presence nearby.

Unbeknownst to them, an old man with a smoking pipe is currently staring at a crystal ball laying on a red cloth in front of him.

And if Ken was here, he would have been shocked that Naruto's image, no, a live video of Naruto kept playing in that crystal ball.

And if Ken was here, he would have recognized the old man to be the... Hokage!