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Warning: yaoi, don't like I don't care.

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Chapter 5

I knew I will meet her someday, but I thought because we were in different classes I will have at least another half a year before that.

Don't get me wrong I like Hinata as a person, a friend, a comrade, someone you meet and like talking to but forget the next day.

Not as a stalker that will follow me around 24/7, pass out when I as much as look at her and fangirl in a creepy way that people think is cute when they are not at the receiving end of it.

The other Naruto might have married her but it does not mean it will happen this time.

I'm not even sure what they had in the canon could be called a happy marriage.

For all that people said about Hinata, all I saw was a delusional woman that full in love with naruto's mask of 'not giving up no matter what' for nothing but her own benefits, consciously or not.

She was too weak-minded to find her own strength and stuck like a leech to someone she thought had it and ended up relying on Naruto for everything and becoming nothing but a housewife that couldn't teach her kids to respect their parents and waited for Naruto to solve the problems.

Ok, maybe my outlook was a little harsh, but I don't want to have an eight-year-old girl stalk me for years until she finally confesses to me while dying from being stabbed.

No, I really don't want this bag of problems.

So, when I saw her about to open her mouth and speak, I handled this like a man; I ran away as fast as I could without looking back and prayed to kami-sama she didn't notice me.

I might not be proud of what I did but it was necessary, or at least that what I told myself. I was also glad I was wearing my mask and hat which hid my identity.

When I got home, I just tried to calm myself and forget about it. I will just have to find a different training ground next time. One that wasn't close to the Hyuga compound.

The next day I went to train with Gai.

In the last three months, we didn't have a lot of time training together, only three or two times a week because he had to take missions, but when we did, we started to develop my own taijutsu and it was great.

I didn't want to brag about it, because I got most of my moves from break-dance and Zoro and Sanji from one piece, but let's face, can you blame me they both are awesome and my taijutsu is a total kick-ass, literally. And by combining both of Gai's and Sanji's fighting style with Zoro's three swords style we created a masterpiece. But I had yet to master it and with my body growing and changing every day I needed to work much harder.

Still, I was able to keep up with Gai for half an hour without my weight before I collapsed. Which saying a lot about my progress, even if Gai still had his weights on.

As for Gai, he was happy for my YOUTHFUL progress and gifted me again with weights, that unlike the first ones were activated by seals.

The first time I saw them, I didn't know about the seals and didn't understand why Gai was giving me some thin black straps with pretty design on them, until I wore them on my legs, arms and upper back and he activate the seals.

It felt like the biggest, fattest elephant was sitting on me.

The only thing that kept me standing on my shaky legs was my three month of training beforehand and the thought that if I fall now I will never get up.

Gai, the closet sadist, just laugh and said that the weights were specially made for jonin and Anbu to train their body and speed. He showed me how to deactivate and activate them or making them heavier with chakra which prompted me to fell down on the ground, hard (ouch).

After the brutal physical training, I limped my way back to my apartment.

On the way, I looked at all the shops that was decorated with the new year lights for tomorrow.

It was very pretty especially with all the snow.

As I looked around me I felt a small stab of loneliness for spending a new year alone.

Shino had invited me to celebrate with his clan and family, but I declined politely knowing for a fact that all the clans celebrated the new year together and I didn't want to bring the Aburame clan negative attention.

We still exchange presents the day before holiday started. I hoped he would like my gift for him.

Shaking myself off my thoughts, I continued my way to the apartment, I still had training to do.

After the new year celebration, classes started again.

Five minutes before the start of the lesson, me and Shino entered the classroom after greeting each other and wishing happy new year, then sat at our sites.

Once the entire class came in. Iruka-sensei told us to be quiet and started the lesson.

Half a way to the boring lecture about chakra, he informed us that the next two weeks will be devoted to fitness and taijutsu and by the end of the month we will have our physical tastes, so we better be prepared if we want to make the cut.

I noticed while some civilian students looked excited and started to brag about how great they will be, others looked worried.

I wouldn't be surprised if by the end of the two weeks there will be less students in our class let alone after the exams. After all, I already noticed that 3 students were missing, all of them with civilian background, meaning they all dropped out.

Soon it was lunch, and Shino and I made our way to sit by the tree in front of the academy that we claimed as ours while sharing our bento boxes. It was quiet and peaceful as we liked it, when suddenly it wasn't.

We both looked at the source of the noise and saw a group of older kids surrounding Choji and Shikamaru, on the ground between them was a ruined bento box. Choji looked like he was holding back his tears.

"Are you about to cry fatso? Hahaha… hey look Kenta the fatso is about to cry ha-ha…"

"Hey, I don't know why you are crying anyway, you were the rude one for not sharing your food with us." the smug idiot named Kento said.

Then it hit, those three idiots were the ones I met when I protected Hinata a few days ago, really don't they learn anything.

Dear kami save me from moronic children.

I sighed and got up "I will be right back." I told Shino. He didn't say anything only nodded, he knew I could take care of it by myself and if I needed help I would have asked.

"But hey look Sora, the stupid looking one still has his bento." the fat one said.

Kenta grinned and said "You are right Ryota, guess what losers because we are so kind we will make a deal with you. If you will give us your lunch, we may allow the fat one to apologize to us for not giving us his bento." the morons' leader said.

"…or he can keep his lunch while I punch your stupid faces." I said, moving closer to the group.

They all look at me.

"Hey Kenta it's this guy again." the Sora kid said, he was the tallest of them all.

"You don't seem to learn, do you?" I asked, shaking my head.

"Shut-up you mask-face." the shortest, Ryota, said while running to punch me.

Really? 'mask- face' that was the best they could do.

I easily moved out of the way and put my leg out making him trip on it. Then I turned around to face the others two, who looked frightened, and said in deep threatening voice, leaking of killing intent.

"This will be my last warning, if I see you bullying anyone again, I will make sure that each and every one of your bones will be broken."

They paled and runaway, just like last time.

"Really, so pathetic." I murmured under my breath.

I looked back at Choji and Shikamaru, seeing them look at me in shock and a little fear, and just sighed again and turned to walk back to Shino, when a hand shot out and graded my upper arm.

I look down at Shikamaru with an eyebrow lifted up, he removes his hand fast and started to rub the back of his head with his hand. Choji right behind him.

"I… I..," he stumbled on his words and then sighed "Troublesome, I just wanted to say thanks for helping us in this troublesome situation." he said, looking uncomfortable with my piercing gaze on him.

"Ya...aa tthaa...nnk yo..you." Choji said while trying to dry his tears with his hands.

"No problem." I said and putted Choji on the head "Next time this happens call me or just punch them in the face and they will run away. All the cowards are like that."

I looked down again and saw the ruined lunch and sighed for how many times today.

Looking back at the two, I said "You know if you want you two can come and eat with me and my friend over there." I pointed to Shino's direction.

They both looked surprised at my offer but agreed with a nod anyway.

I lend us to the tree and gave Shino a nod for his silent question if everything was alright, and took my sit under the tree.

After an awkward minute, I finally said "You are welcome to eat whatever you want there are enough for all of us.", Shino nodded in agreement next to me.

There was another awkward moment between us before Shino took matters to his own hands (bless his soul).

"We shall introduce each other, I will start. my name is Aburame Shino, the heir of the Aburame clan.", he said while objecting his glasses.

After murmuring a troublesome, Shikamaru introduced himself and Choji as the heirs of the Nara clan and Akimichi clan.

They all then looked at me.

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, just call me Naruto." I said with a shrug.

Shikamaru met my eyes and I could see him trying intensely to figure me out. I looked back at him, not one to back down.

Eventually he looked away, and as we all started to eat the air became less tense around us. While we ate, Shino made a small talk with Choji about bugs, and I took my book from my kunai pouch and started to read.

I felt Shikamaru's eyes moving to my direction now and then, but made no sign of acknowledging him.

It didn't bother me. I knew that eventually he will give up because of his Nara laziness.

Oh, if only I knew how wrong I was.

HELLO EVERYONE

I hope you liked this chapter because it took me a lot of time to write it.

For those who wonder about my origins; I'm half Korean and half Russian, and I was born in Ukraine. My first language is Russian my second is Hebrew and my third is English, I also know a little Korean and little Japanese and how to curse in Arabic.

So… ya… I am well educated and I hope it answers your question about my origins.

Now, my questions to all of you:

What do you think Shino's and Naruto's gifts for each other?

What do you think about Naruto's and Shikamaru's pairing?

And what do you think of my fanfic and what would you like to read next?

*Again, I open for ideas but even if I wouldn't write your ideas in the story I may still write them in an omake later

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