Ohayo minna~ I'm back!

I want to thank you guys for all of the reviews, favorites and follows on Starting Over! Without all of your supports, maybe I already discontinued this fic :D

Damn you teachers. Why did you all have to give the students so much homeworks and assignments?! I've been SUPER busy this month working at all of those shits.

'Kay 'kay~ without further ado, let's begin chap 3~

Disclaimer: I can't speak Japanese and yet you still think I own Naruto? Idiots...

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Chapter 3: Teams

Everyone in the room fell in silence after hearing Naruto's story.

"So, let me put this simply..." Inoichi suddenly said, "you said that all of the Five Great Shinobi Village will make an alliances to defeat this Madara guy who were supposed to die? But you all lose and the bijuus suddenly do some kind of time-space ninjutsu, and so here you are? With ALL nine bijuus stuck inside of you?"

Naruto just simply nodded.

"Naruto, this is not the time to fool around," the Hokage said seriously.

"Wha-? Jiji, I'm telling you the truth! This is not a joke, -ttebayo!" Naruto yelled.

"It really does like a joke, Naruto," Iruka said.

"Not helping, Iruka-sensei," Naruto groaned.

"Well then, to prove that you're not lying, I suggest Inoichi to do some mind-reading technique on you," Hiruzen said and Inoichi walked towards Naruto.

Inoichi then put his hand on Naruto's head and started to do the technique. Not even five minutes later, and Inoichi's body jolted and he gasped, sucking as much air as he could, forcing him to stopped the technique.

"H-he's telling the t-truth," Inoichi barely able to speak. Of course, seeing a veteran of great war's mind would cause big trauma. Not to mention that you saw your own death.

Iruka and Hiruzen's eyes widened. Naruto just hung his head down in shame.

"See?" he said, "I'm telling you the truth. I couldn't lie to you guys, especially you, jiji."

Sarutobi then looked at Naruto's blue eyes. And he realized that Naruto's eyes held much pain, even too much, that there's no way a 12-year-old teenager knew all about those pain. The pain of a war veteran.

"I believe you, Naruto," Hiruzen finally said.

Naruto smiled at that, "thanks jiji."

Naruto's smile then faded, "actually, I want to say sorry for not being able to save you all. I-If I were stronger... t-then you all wouldn't be..." at this time, Naruto's eyes were filled with tears.

"Naruto..." Iruka said, "this is NOT your fault. Look at the bright side, you could still save the one you love now. Cheer up!"

Naruto's eyes widened in realization as Iruka's words hit him hard.

"I guess you're right..." Naruto said, regaining back his usual cheery mood.

"That Iruka guy is right Naruto. Besides we're all here to stop this Madara asshole," Kurama said.

The rest of the bijuu nodded approvingly.

"Now then..." Hiruzen suddenly said, "I will clarify this meeting as a SS-class secret. Whoever besides us that tells people about this –under Naruto's or my permission- will be executed immadietly. Do you all understand?"

"Hai, Hokage-sama!" the three other occupants in the room said respectfully.

"Very well then," the old man said, smiling for the first time after the meeting started. Naruto then deactivated the seal. Inoichi and Iruka bowed to Sarutobi, then left the room.

"I'll see you tomorrow at the academy Naruto," Iruka said before closing the door.

Naruto just smiled at his (former) teacher.

"Hey, jiji?" Naruto suddenly said. Hiruzen threw a questioning look at him.

"Can I get a hug?" the blonde said, smiling shyly.

Hiruzen's eyes widened, then he smiled and opened his arms. Naruto immadietly threw his body towards the Third's hug. At that moment, Hiruzen almost missed the soft sobs flying from Naruto's throat.

**uzumakiheiress**

Naruto woke up at the sound of the alarm besides his bed. Groaning, he slammed the button to stop the annoying voice.

"Geez...I really hate morning..." thought Naruto while slowly made his way to the bathroom.

"Idiot. Did you forget? Today is the last day you'll be in academy! Of course you have to get up early," Matatabi taunted in his mind.

"I still can't believe that this knucklehead and lazy jinchuriki will become the strongest shinobi in the world. That's definitely the last thing I thought," Kurama said chuckling.

"Oi! I hear that!"

The blonde then proceeded to wear his new ninja attire. He no longer wore orange, instead he wore a black, sleeveless shirt accompanied with white jacket with red stripes. He also wore long black pants with white strap on his right thigh. He also wore standard black shinobi sandals and the blue hitai-ate Iruka gave to him on his forehead.

"Where's the orange Naruto-kun?" Chomei asked teasingly.

"I'm tired with that color. I'll be spotted easily by the enemy if I go on to the missions," Naruto answered.

He quickly ate his bread –this time he didn't want to drink the milk. He knew that it was already expired a long time ago- and after locking his apartment door, he shunshined to the academy.

**uzumakiheiress**

Naruto slowly opened his classroom door, only to find out that the occupants in the classroom were Shino Aburame, a boy that he remembered as the wealthiest merchant's son in Konoha, and...

Hyuuga Hinata.

When they saw him, they showed different expressions. Shino looked impassive, the boy just raised his eyebrow, signaling that he didn't recognized him with the new outfits, while the shy Hyuuga heiress's face reddened. She admitted that he look pretty hot with the new attire.

Naruto nodded at the Aburame boy and Shino returned it. Naruto then sat beside Hinata.

"Hey," Naruto said softly.

"H-He-hello, Naruto-kun," Hinata squeaked, shyly twirling her fingers.

Naruto smiled at her reaction, "damn, she's so cute..."

"Aww...!" Matatabi and Chomei giggled like fangirls, while the other bijuu laughed at their container.

"Finally today is the last time for us in the academy," Naruto said, "how are you feeling, Hina-chan?"

"I-I'm good. I-I just hope I wouldn't be a burden f-for my team," she said, fidgeting her fingers nervously. She also couldn't help to blushed hardly after hearing Naruto's affectionate way to call her.

"No way! You're one of the best kunoichi in the academy, Hina-chan! Actually I'm sure you could graduate as the best kunoichi of the year. It's just surprising that the pinky-haired girl is the one who earn that title," Naruto said, shaking his head. Hinata, on the other hand, was very surprised to hear her crush saying that.

"N-Naruto-kun, d-did you just call Sakura-chan 'pinky'? I-I thought you l-liked... her?" she said confused.

"Nah, there's no way I ever like that girl. She can be really annoying sometimes," Naruto said, waving his hand off, "don't you know that actually I like another girl in this class? Um, sorry, maybe you could say that I... love her?"

Hinata was astonished. All along, Naruto didn't like Sakura? Hinata admitted that Sakura is one of the most beautiful girl in the class. And Naruto said that he love someone else?

"B-But why?" Hinata asked, "I-I think she's g-good enough for you."

"Meh, the girl I love is really strong and such a capable kunoichi. Not to mention that she's extremely cute and beautiful. Sakura is just a useless fangirl, she's nothing compared to that girl," Naruto said.

"O-Oh..." was the only Hinata's reply. Was it Ino? Hinata thought sadly. Whoever that girl is, there's no way it would be her.

Or maybe that's what she thought.

The classroom soon started to filled with the students, chatting and laughing like crazy. No one could help it, they all were extremely happy to finally become a ninja.

A moment later, the almighty Uchiha Sasuke entered the classroom, followed by his fangirls, including Sakura and Ino. This time, Naruto didn't received any punch from them because of 'that' accident.

"You kissed Sasuke~" Chomei said cheerily.

"Oh~ was it good? How's his lips~?" Matatabi asked mischivieously.

"Stop it guys, I don't even want to remember that anymore," Naruto groaned tiredly.

"Morning class," Iruka suddenly entered the classroom, followed by the chorus of 'morning Iruka-sensei'.

"Today is the day you all will become shinobis," the class erupted in cheer, "however, you're still in genin rank, the lowest rank in ninja rank system. So, you all will be divided into three-man teams with a jonin sensei. I'll start to call your teams and you respective senseis. Team 1..."

Naruto just yawned and put his head on the table. On the other timeline, Iruka probably will shout angrily at him to wake up, but then the scarred teacher realized who Naruto is, so he let him be.

"Team 7, Naruto Uzumaki, Haruno Sakura..." Sakura hung her head down,"...and Uchiha Sasuke." All the students in the class have to bring their hands to cover their ears upon hearing Sakura's loud cheer.

"...your jonin will be Hatake Kakashi," Iruka said after a moment of silence.

"Team 8, Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuuga, Shino Aburame. Your jonin sensei will be Kurenai Yuhi."

"Team 9, still in circulation. Team 10, Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akimichi. Your jonin sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi," Ino groaned while mumbling something about 'lazy and fatass teammate'.

"That's all for today. You can have a 30-minutes break, after that your sensei will come to pick you to the training ground," Iruka said and left the class.

"Hey, Hina-chan, do you want to eat with me?" Naruto suddenly asked.

"S-S-Sure, Naruto-kun..." Hinata said, a bit surprised that the blonde wanted to eat with her.

Naruto grinned at Hinata's answer (which caused the girl's face red like tomato) and motioned her to follow him.

The Kyuubi jinchuriki knew that this will be the best break he ever had. Of course, eating with the girl you loved will be very pleasant, don't you think?

TBC

UWAAHH! I'M VERY SORRY!

I want to apologize for not updating this fic for a long time. Recently, I just recieved my mid-term report. And my scores are bad, so my parents decided to take my laptop! Fuck.

Luckily, they're now are going out to buy some supplies in supermarket, so I'm alone in my house. I use this opportunity to type this chapter 3 of Starting Over :D

Please review! I'll see you again in the next chapter! :)

Sayonara,

uzumakiheiress

08-11-2014