Chapter 5: Chapter 05
Ah, how proud baa-chan would be.
Same could definitely be said for Sai, for that matter.
"Enter please, Uzumaki Naruto!" the teacher repeated from inside the classroom, tone impatient after having to call twice.
Naruto just grinned in response. It was about time for him to make an entrance, one that would give everyone a good impression of him from the beginning.
If he was going to do this 'school' thing again, then he was not gonna have a repeat of his Ninja Academy years, definitely not!
So with that ambition in mind, the shinobi slid the door open and entered the classroom, making sure to take note of his soon-to-be classmates' expressions.
Most of them were completely indifferent so far, some girls gave him shy smiles and some of the boys gave him challenging stares for whatever reason.
Weird. He didn't even do anything yet...
The young man moved to stand in front of the chalkboard, preparing to give his introduction to what would be his class for the foreseeable future.
Welp, he'd better make sure that everyone knew exactly what he was about.
"Yo!" Naruto shouted without hesitation, an upbeat tone to his voice. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto! I like ramen, my friends, those who are friendly to me, and those who I consider precious to me! I hope we can all be good friends, and if not, I will just beat you up so we could become good friends later dattebayo!"
To end his declaration, he made sure to give everyone a thumbs up and a winning smile. Blinding everyone there with his happy demeanor.
Though their reaction was not what he expected, as everyone present gave him incredulous looks, while outright gaping at him for his unknowingly provocative speech.
...Did he say something weird?
The teacher eventually got over his own shock and coughed into his hand to get everyone's attention. "That was...nice, Uzumaki-san, now can you please take the seat next to Nonaka-san near the window?"
The shinobi just blinked at the teacher's total lack of enthusiasm but eventually shrugged it off and walked to the classmate he was directed to. Figuring that there were simply some people that he couldn't get a rise out of.
He'd break him in, he was sure of it.
The girl he was directed to go to was wearing the typical female uniform of Kuoh Academy and was quite the pretty girl.
It wasn't even something he noted out of admiration, it was simply a fact.
She had neck-length light blue hair with a braid on the right side of her face and a white headband to keep her hair in order, despite the fact that she had an 'ahoge' on the crown of her head.
Her vivid yellow eyes, framed by the soft features on her face, locked onto him as he was making his way towards her.
The girl, Nonaka was her name, nodded to him in acknowledgement as he sat down to her left near the window.
First impression; a good person.
Awesome.
Despite this positive development, he still had to actually listen to a lecture by his new teacher, meaning that he had to do his best to not fall asleep from the lesson that was being thrust to him.
He failed utterly.
Naruto woke with a start with some drool on his chin, his eyes snapping to check his surroundings, only managing to take in the empty classroom that he was occupying.
...Oh shoot.
The blond forced himself up, a little confused and disgruntled, until he realized that he wasn't alone in the small room.
Blue eyes moved to the right, catching the calm and collected gaze of his new class neighbor.
"Wuh...what happened? Where is everyone?" Naruto asked, his words slurred as he tried to wake himself up, he forgot how ridiculously boring school was but he was sure that not even Iruka-sensei was that bad before.
It was like watching paint dry with how entertaining it was to listen to the teacher's lecture. How long did he have to do this again?
"The period ended Uzumaki-san, just now. Before he left, our teacher asked me to give you a little bit of a tour around the school since this was your first time here at Kuoh Academy." Nonaka stated simply, that calm air of her's firmly in place.
Wait, the period ended?
How long was he asleep exactly!?
Wait, more importantly, he couldn't have this girl just follow him wherever, he had his own ways of finding out more about places, and he didn't need a babysitter.
Namely; clones. But he obviously couldn't do something like that near her.
"Hey, don't worry about it, I can find my way around just fine." Naruto explained with a cheesy grin on his face, confident as always.
He hoped that his words would convince the strangely stoic girl that he was fine, but his hopes were dashed by her next statement.
"I am the class representative, this is my duty, not a favor for you Uzumaki-san, and I am adamant about completing my duties." Nonaka stated with her intense gaze staring him down.
Naruto stared back, if only out of pure stubbornness, but he eventually gave in regardless.
There was no point in arguing against something so small, he'd just let her have her cookie, and then do what he had to do afterwards.
What did he have to lose? He would just be killing an hour, nothing important.
"Ok, ok, you win Nonaka-san, please lead the way dattebayo." Naruto relented easily, offering a small smile in order to hopefully lower her tension.
It didn't work, as Nonaka just stared at him for a few spare seconds before she turned around and grabbed her bag to leave.
The blond watched her go, sweat-dropping at her attitude, but followed after her regardless.
So Nonaka followed through with what she was assigned to do; taking him around Kuoh Academy to see all that the high school had to offer. Introducing him to all of the facilities and important areas.
Naruto had to admit, he was impressed at the sheer size of the place, even though it was ostensibly just a high school so far. Though apparently there were other parts of the Academy that extended beyond high school, though he wasn't sure.
The entire tour took only about a half-an-hour due to her quick and efficient introductions to everything they saw, causing him to suspect that she wasn't that much happier to be there herself than he was.
It didn't really offend him or anything though, he has gone through much worse and learned to not take things so personally as a young adult.
Heh, he was sure that his twelve year old self would demand what her problem was with him though.
"Uzumaki-san."
Naruto blinked, forcing himself to come back to reality as he realized that he must have been musing to himself for a while, since Nonaka was just staring at him, waiting for an answer to whatever she had just said.
He took a quick look around and realized that they were at the rooftop of the building, with a beautiful view of the rest of the academy grounds available to them.
Actually, why were they even up here? Was this a part of the tour?
Naruto then turned back to Nonaka, who was still waiting.
"Sorry, sorry, I was just thinking about something. Can you repeat...uh...whatever you just said?"
Nonaka sighed, but did as was asked and repeated herself. "I said; is this is a good place to stop the tour, Uzumaki-san?"
On much firmer ground now that he knew what was asked, he grinned and nodded. "Yep! Thanks for showing me around the school, Nonaka-san! It was a real help! I'll see you around in class, alright?"