Toad Boy

AN:
'Thinking'
'Talking'

Chapter 2: Academy to Gennin

(Eleven Years, Fifty One Weeks After The Kyubi Attack Konoha)

A young boy could be seen running through the streets of Konoha on

the 3rd of October he was rushing to plan another attack on his
grandfather with a smirk on his face and a long blue scarf flowing
behind having escaped his sensei Ebisu long ago.
The boy rounded a corner just in time to see a foot tall frog hop out of
a well it was red with blue markings on its ears and the top of its head
where it wore a set of green goggles round its neck
"Yo Naruto hurry up"
As if in response a boy about twelve years old rose from the water
before coming to a rest on it the boy was about four foot nine inches
tall with long spiky blond hair that he wore back to keep it out of his
eyes, the boy had light blue eyes with two orange lines running from
the centre of his eye lids to his chin, cutting through three whisker
marks on his cheeks, he wore a mesh undershirt with a black jacket
which stopped at the bottom of his ribcage and just above his elbows
with the kanji for oil on both breasts in Orange he wore a necklace with
seven large white beads on it and the centre one had the kanji for
loyalty in black. There were two white bandages wrapped round his
waist serving both as a belt for his green three quarter lengths and a
tanto which ended in a flat tip, his trousers being taped off below his
knee in black tape and he wore a traditional set of black sandals.
"Yo munchkin which way to the academy?"

his query was only met with a shocked look on the boys face and
silence.
"Helloooo ? Ya deaf or somethin'?"
"No.. but no ones called me that before" the young boy replied rather
sheepishly
"What munchkin ? but your like two feet tall?"
"What! No am four foot two" he shouted stamping his foot
"Alright jeez, can you just tell me how to get to the academy"
"Yeah see that mountain with the faces in it, its right under it"
The boy nodded to show he understood "Cheers munchkin" he said
sticking his tongue out before hopping away to show the kanji for toad
on his back in Orange
'What a weirdo' the young boy thought before turning around and
walking straight into Ebisu
"I've got you now Honourable grandson"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Ten Minutes Later At The Academy)
Naruto wandered through the halls after having been given his class
number on a slip of paper but had managed to get himself not one
hundred percent comfortable in building, but hey that's what happens
when you live on a mountain your hole life.
'I'm pretty sure this is my class but hey whats the worst that could
happen'
They young blond knocked before easing the door open " Are you
Umino Iruka?"
"Yes I am, and who might you be" the tanned man with a scar across
the bridge of his nose replied before giving the boy a smile sensing his
nervousness
"uh I'm Uzumaki Naruto I think I was to join this class"

"Well Naruto-kun why don't you come in, give a short introduction
before taking a seat"
As the young boy entered the room Iruka's eyes instantly went to the
tanto 'Flat tipped?' that's standard issue for ROOT highly uncommon.
His fears where quickly put to ease as Naruto began,
"uh, Hi my names Naruto Uzumaki, i like bugs" a certain Aburame's
interest piqued at that" my Ba-chan, JiJi, Bunta, Gamma, Hiro, Ken,
Kichi and toads I dislike ehhh lots of people, buildings and people who
pick on toads" the entire room was looking at him oddly now
unanimously wondering 'Who has a friend called toad'
"Well Naruto-kun that was certainly... interesting why don't you go take
a seat next to Shino" he said indicating towards a young boy with spiky
black hair, wearing a grey high collar jacket and a pair of dark glasses.
Just as he sat down the boy asked "You like bugs as well?" a very
curious tone came across
" Yup love em" the blond said smiling
"What's your favourite type" this caused the Aburame to pause
"kikaich"
"kikaich? never heard of them before do they taste nice ?"
A look of abject horror appeared on the boys face as the boy fully
understood what was really happening, in his moment of shock a
rhinoceros beetle had flown in the window and landed between two
girls one with bright pink hair and the other with a long blond pony tail
spying it Naruto channel a little bit of chakra into his mouth.
Iruka sensed chakra being charged behind him curious he turned
round in time to witness Sakura and Ino scream as a twelve foot long
Studded tongue wrap round a rhinoceros beetle Naruto froze as Iruka's
eyes met his tongue still extended a moment of chaos ensued as the
pink one screeched like a banshee.
Naruto quickly retracted his tongue as the blond one tried to cut it off
with a kunai, it was only now that most of the class has realised where
the tongue had originated from the reaction was a mix of confusion,
curiosity and revulsion.

"What the hell is wrong with you!?" the pink banshee screeched, the
blonde's look was closer to curiosity than revulsion
Naruto finished his mouth-full of beetle and then responded with an
answer of total innocence
"I was hungry"
" What were you raised by frogs" this resulted in the whole class
starting to laugh at the ensuing argument
"No toads" the entire class fell silent looking at him as if he had grown
three heads
"I'm sorry Naruto what ?" it was Iruka questioning him now
"I was raised by toads?" not understanding the confusion on his class
mates faces
"Naruto where did you grow up?"
"Mt.Myoboku"

*FlashBack*
Iruka stood in the Hokages office as Hiruzen sat at his desk smoking his
pipe eyeing a foot tall pile of paper work evilly
"Oh yes Iruka about the boy transferring tomorrow he might be a bit....
unique"
"Unique Hiruzen? Care to elaborate" with a class full of clan heirs one
being the sole remaining loyal member he wondered how unique this
boy could be but had a sinking feeling it would be bad for him.
This was confirmed when a small smile appeared on his lips "Now Iruka
if I told you everything how could I ensure your keeping your wits
about you" his smile getting wider
*FlashBack End*

"Naruto we can talk about this after class but until then can you refrain

from.... whatever that was"

"But what if I get hungry"
"Then wait you mad freak! and don't eat bugs" came a now familiar
shriek. With Shino nodding in consent as he eyed him warily,
remembering him mentioning having tried kikaich.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Four P.M The Same Day Outside The Academy)
Naruto left the Academy building with the swarms of other shinobi in
training before studying the map that the Hokage had given him it had
several points of interest on it including his new house, it was at this
moment he realsied he should have asked how to read a map.
He looked up deciding to ask one of his classmates for directions he
noticed the blond one who freaked at him had ran up and hugged a
rather imposing blond man before chatting happily away, deciding she
was as good as any he approached the pair.
"Excuse me Yamanaka-san" At this both blonds turned to face him
" Ugh! what do you want Gama-kun" replied the young blond seeing
who had called on them
"Hey don't call me that"
"Ino don't be so rude!... and why are you calling him toad boy ?" her
father asked quite confused. Naruto chuckled sheepishly "Eh its cause
I can do this" the boy replied before his tongue shot out to touch the
wall ten feet away.
".......... well that certainly is.... unique?"
"thank you Yamanaka-san" The boy replied completely oblivious of the
stares he was getting from the other parents.
"And you wanted something?"
"Oh yes!" Naruto only now realising he had completely forgot his
original reason for approaching the pair, he quickly unfolded the map
and pointed to a location on it.

"Can you tell me how to get here?" the boy asked pointing to the map
The older man let out a laugh " I should hope so it's right across from
the flower shop I own, come on we're walking there any way why don't
you join us?"
"OK, thank you Yamanaka-san" the blond trio left the academy grounds
before heading down the winding roads of Konoha
"So young one I don't have a name to call you by yet?" the towering
blond asked
"Sorry Yamanaka-san my name is Naruto Uzumaki" The boy replied
with a smile.
Though his face showed nothing Inoichi's was running through a
hundred things at once.
So this was the nine tails jinchuriki, he's also been training with the
toads as well as being Kushina's son as she was the only Konoha
Uzumaki he knew of, mentally noting to ask the Third who his father
was he was one brave man he had been there the day she'd earned
the nickname Red Hot-Blooded Habanero.
"Don't call me Yamanaka-san, Inoichi's fine" the man replied with a
smile, he had liked Kushina and saw no reason to prejudice her son,
secretly fearing if he did she would rise from the dead and beat him for
it he didn't put it past her.
"Thank you Yam- Inoichi-san"
The rest of the walk went without much conversation just idle chatter
until eventually they reached his new apartment and he saw the flower
shop just across the road.
"Thank you Inoichi-san, Ino-chan" the girl blushed slightly at this
"It was no problem Naruto-san, in fact I have a proposition for you" This
caught the boys interest and he indicated to continue.
"Well after having having trained with the toads for so long I assume
your are quite good with Taijutsu"this earned a nod from the boy"well it
appears to be my daughters weak point would you be willing to train
with her"

The young blond smiled at this it was only his first day here and he
had managed to get a training partner. He nodded to show he agreed.
"But daddy I don't wanna do Taijutsu training, especially not with
Gama-kun"
Her father looked towards Naruto apologetically "Don't worry she'll
train with you, I'll make sure of it" the boy left and went up the stairs.
"Daddy! why do I have to train with him, why can't it be someone
stronger?"
"Ino whens the next Taijutsu tournament"
"Tomorrow, why?"
"Just pay special attention to that boys matches" then her father left
chuckling to himself.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(The Next Day At The Konoha Academy)

"Alright everyone settle down, I know you're all excited" 'Well maybe
not all' Iiruka thought as he saw Shikamaru Nara out cold on his desk
snoring.
"OK everyone we're going to go down to the sparring rings now, and
someone wake up Shikimaru for kami's sake"
Naruto hopped up from his seat over two desks and landed next to Ino
"Yo, you can't be looking forward to this" the blond rounded on him
"What makes you say that !?"
"Your dad said Taijutsu was your weakness"
"Oh screw you Gama-kun!" before the blond stormed off leaving a
confused Naruto he then heard some one snickering he turned to see
the Sasuke .
"Something funny"

"Yeah, you dobe"

"Oh I am gonna enjoy beating the shit out of you" this resulted in many
of the young boys Fangirls screaming at him he noticed the pink one
say something like Uchiha Elite.
"So you're an Uchiha?"
"Yeah I'm the last Uchiha elite so prepare to get your ass kicked, dobe"
"Yeah, yeah so can I see your sharingan ?"
The boys eyes flew open in surprise and fear
"Well I haven't awakened it yet" he replied quite angrily
"Wait so you say your the last 'Elite' and you haven't even awakened
it ? and you call me dobe" naruto hopped backwards onto the next
desk as Sauske took a swing at him.
"Now, now Sasuke save it for the ring" before hopping the full length of
the class room before following the remaining students he could see.
Sasuke stood in the room his fan girls silenced by the display of anger
there idol was showing but also that Naruto had dodged Sasukes
punch.
Naruto stood in the crowds as he saw Iruka approach a wooden board
with a knockout style tournament board in nails to hang name tags off
of. As the others went about picking out their boards from a box Iruka
approached him with a wooden plank with a hole in it in one handed an
ink pot and brush in the other.
"Now I know you're only here for a week so you'll only compete in one
of these but I'd still like you to make a board now you can draw
anything on it your name, a kanji or just a symbol just show it to me so
I know which one you are"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Five Minutes Later)
"OK everyone know that the tournament is decided lets get started
with the boys section first" Naruto took a glance seeing his Kanji for
'Oil' on the far left and the Uchiha's fan on the far right. 'I just hope he
can make it to the finals so I can beat some sense into him'.

"Alright for our first can we have Kiba Inuzaka vs Naruto Uzumaki" both
boys stepped into the ring and Naruto noticed that Kiba did not take
the dog off his head
"ah so that dog is you companion" Kiba looked surprised at this not
many academy students had realised that he and Akamaru fought
together, "Yeah! So prepare to get your ass kicked by the strongest
Inuzaka duo" the boy shouted.
"Kiba I don't know how many times I've had to tell you this but you
can't fight with akamaru in the weekly tournaments"
"Aw c'mon Iruka-sensei please?"
"No and that's final now put Akamaru down and get ready" the young
Inuzaka sat his companion just outside the ring before returning to
Naruto.
"Are both of you ready?" this earned a nod from both boys
"Ready to lose Gama-kun"
"Not you as well mutt?" he glanced at Ino, her grin confirming his
suspicion that she had spread his nickname about.
"Hajime!" As Iruka's voice brought him out of his thoughts he saw the
boy lower on to all fours before firing himself at Naruto trying to
vertically slash the boys face, Naruto catching his wrist and attempted
to knee Kiba in the solar plexus, Kiba caught it with his free hand
before springing back to the edge of the ring.
He once again flung himself at the blond but he managed to move just
out of the way of each strike at the last second.
This ended when Kiba over-stretched on a right hook, Naruto grabbed
the boys wrist the slamming his right knee into the others solar plexus,
he then spun and ended with a sharp left elbow to the back of the
Inuzaka's head.
Naruto felt Kiba's body go limp in his grasp he let the boy down to the
floor gently before stepping out of academy's medics way he heard
Iruka call out
"Naruto Uzumaki wins by knockout"

The rest of the tournament went without Naruto struggling too much,
being used to sparring against the powerhouses of Mt.Myoboku the leaf
genin weren't much of a struggle.
The tournament finally came to a close as the last two boards showed
the Kanji for 'Oil' and the Uchiha fan, both young boys stood in the ring
with.
Naruto noticed the sheer amount of girls squealing for the Uchiha he
also noticed that Ino Yamanaka was not one of them she had removed
herself from the group of fangirls and had placed a 'slightly' chubby
boy with swirls on his cheeks in between them, this resulted in Naruto
having a very fox like grin spread across his face.
"Hajime!" the young Uchiha quickly dropped into the Uchiha
Interceptor style but without a sharingan it wasn't as effective. Naruto
smirked at this as without sage mode the Toad Fu style wasn't as
effective either.
Both boys moved towards each other simultaneously before the Uchiha
broke first in a charge what resulted was a series of high pace strikes
with Naruto only moving out of the way at the last second.
Sasuke quickly grew frustrated and threw a wild right, 'Just what I was
waiting for', Naruto quickly caught it, spun and grabbed hold of both of
the boys wrists.
Iruka raised an eyebrow at this sure the Uzumaki had both of Sasukes
wrists trapped but at the same time his own hands were behind his
back leaving them back to back there was no real way to attack
unless?
Just at that moment Naruto shifted his weight to the front of his feet
bending low and pulling his arm up, before Sasuke had realised it he
was in mid-air above Naruto's head and if the throw was continued
Naruto would swing Sasukes head into the ground like a jack hammer.
Just before Sasukes head smashed into the ground Iruka stepped in
and caught the young Uchiha by the ankle stopping his head merely an
inch from the ground.
"The winner is Naruto Uzumaki, by technical knockout but Naruto we
try not to kill other academy students in spars"

"What are you talking about I can still fight!"

"Sasuke if I hadn't stepped in Naruto would have crushed your neck
ensuring the end of you career if not your life" the young blond only
smiled at his sensei
"sorry sensei I guess I'm just used to stronger opponents"
The other students gasped at this 'Stronger opponents' Sasuke was
easily rookie of the year but this boy had been sparing against stronger
people his whole life, they thought almost collectively but one blond
had a different train of thought ' I see what daddy was saying if I
sparred with him I could easily cover up that weakness.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Five Days Later Iruka's Classroom)
"Congratulations to all those who passed the genin exams I'll now start
the team assignments and then your jonin sensei will be hear at twelve
to pick you up first of..." Naruto decided to ignore him until he heard
anything of interest.
"And Team 7 will be Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha and Kiba Inuzaka
lead by Kakashi Hatake, Team 8 will be Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame
and Naruto Uzumaki lead by Kurenai Yhi"
If anyone had been paying attention to Shino at this point they would
have seen an odd mix of emotions across his face, happiness with two
Taijutsu specialists they would cover his weaknesses well but also fear,
he knew of the odd boys habits to eat bugs and when you're a living
hive this was particularly disturbing, more disturbing than having
hundreds of deadly insects living inside you.
Iruka continued to call out names but Naruto wasn't paying attention
any more instead he was focusing on remembering what Jiraiya had
taught him about the clans of Konoha.
If he remembered correctly the Hyuga's were Taijutsu specialists that
used their doujutsu the byakugan to strike and disable their opponents
chakra network, where the Aburames had a symbiotic relationship with
chakra eating bugs.

He thought on the combined teams ability's and decided they would

either be a combat team or a track and receive team.
"Now then I will leave you and your Jonin sensei will be hear to pick
you up within the hour I wish you all the best of luck"
Being left alone most of the newly promoted genin started sitting in
their teams.
"Naruto-san before we meet our sensei I must ask you to refrain from
eating any of my kikaich"
"kikaich? Oh is that the name of your symbiote bugs?"
"Yes I was not aware that you had knowledge of my clans ability's, I
thought you were new to Konoha"
"Oh I am but I was taught these things before coming here by my Jiji,
Just like I know Hinta's Byakugan can see through physical objects"
The young Hyuga grew nervous as the conversation turned towards
her but was saved as a young looking kunoichi entered the room with
shoulder length black hair, a white dress with a red sleeve and distinct
red eyes.
"Team 8?" Naruto, Shino and Hinata all raised there hands"
"Good I'm your jonin sensei so come on" All three of the genin getting
up and following her out of the room.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Ten Minutes Later At A Restaurant In Konoha)
Before the team had even sat down one of the waitresses had already
sat a sake bottle in front of the jonin.
"Thank you and I'll have some takowasa and they'll have..."
"wild grass salad "
"R-r-red bean s-soup"
"Eh.... sensei I don't know what to order I've never been here before"

"Don't worry Naruto this restaurant prides itself on being able to make
almost any dish"
"hmm then can I have grass hopper and bamboo worm ramen?"
The entire table fell deadly silent he was getting looks of revulsion from
the waitress and Shino where as Hinata and Kurenai were trying to
figure out if he was joking.
"He'll have some miso ramen" His sensei said before turning on Naruto
"Was that supposed to be a joke?"
"No?" Kurenai let out a long sigh, Iruka had warned her of some odd
behaviour but she didn't expect the kid to be ordering bugs in a
restaurant.
"Naruto if you could explain why you think that was OK?"
After Naruto's surprisingly short explanation Kurenia had to resist the
urge to slam her head off the desk, this kid had went his whole life
raised by toads and his only human interaction had been with Jiraiya
he was gonna be a handful.
"OK well lets get the introductions over and done with I'm Kurenai Yuhi,
I like having evening drinks and a certain wind user and genjutsu I
dislike cake and arrogant loud mouths, my hobbies are training and
inventing new genjutsu's and my dream is to become the strongest
genjutsu ever. Next up glasses"
"My name is Shino Abarame i enjoy Entomology, I dislike those who kill
bugs"he glared at Naruto,If that was possible with those glasses "my
hobbies is finding new species for my collection and my dream is to
become a successful"
Kurenai just nodded at hinata
"M-m-my name is H-hinata Hyuga I e-enjoy flower p-pressing, I d-ddislike a c-certain t-t-tradition in my c-clan my h-hobbies is flower
pressing a-n-nd my d-d-dream is t-t-to get r-rid of the caged b-b-bird sseal"
"Alright Blondie"
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki I enjoy Ma's food and Pa's training, I

dislike those who look down on toads my ambition is to master sage

mode whilst moving and my dream is to succeed my Shish as the
Toad sage" the blond said giving them a blinding smile reminding
Kurenai of a certain spandex wearing Jonin.
"Well now that there done I should inform you we have a second test
tomorrow at 7 am at training ground 8 if you fail you get sent back to
the academy" before any of them could react she had all ready
dropped the money and body flickered away.
The three remaining shinobi just stared at each other all thinking
different thoughts.
Naruto thought there was no way he could put up with the academy for
a year he'd been bored witless in less than a week.
Hinata was panicking about failing and disappointing her family.
Shino had similar thoughts but he was more worried about having to
be on a team with Naruto as it was a clan tradition to bring your genin
team home for dinner.
With there own thoughts the all went there separate ways, Naruto
looked in to the Yamanaka flower shop to see if Ino was there, she
wasn't he felt saddened 'wait why am I sad? its not like we're
especially close friends.

Responses:
sabilize: The tags are for the team did not mean to make you think it
was a Naru/Hina
leonardo.porto.almeida: hello to you too ?
Brehze: Thanks and hopefully I will
anarion87: Thanks :)
Nicholas: Thank god someone out there agrees with me also if anyone
knows any were the old monkey has a proper spine PM me them
please
Las: Thank you and I am hoping to keep it going that long and maybe

a little bit more depending on how it goes

AN: Hey guys so 8 days later and here it is I hope you enjoy
this as much as the first a few things to say I've decided that
its gonna be a Naru/Ino as I think they're not done enough but
i don't have any other pairings and i'm open to suggestions
other stuff for you to know is that Akatsuki probably aint
gonna be the bad guys in this one as i dont think i could right
them decently.
I hope to update this once a week ish with a variable of three
days.
Oh yeah story reccomendations some good ones to check out
are :
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8779174/1/Yellow-and-Red-makes
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8397420/1/Fang-and-Fox