A Family Of Foxes & Snakes: Rewind!

It was a great few days but Naruto was ready for his days as a ninja. He sat next to Hinata who greeted him. The two talked for a while when they heard a commotion coming from the entrance. It was Sakura and Ino arguing about who entered the class first. After a while, Sakura made her way over to Sasuke. This did not sit well with Ino who attempted to stop her. That's when everyone in the fan club attempted to get the seat. Naruto saw this was the time to cause some mischief. He got on the desk and faced the class.

"People, we have ourselves a 'Sasuke' cat fight about to happen. Place your bets on who gets the seat next to Lord Emo. Do I have any takers?" Naruto asked.

"I've got five ryo on Sakura." One guy shouted.

"I've have ten on Ino." Another shouted.

"Fifteen on the red-head." Kiba shouted. Naruto just kept taking bets, not knowing that he was now the attention of the Sasuke fan club. They did not enjoy how Naruto made jokes about the object of their affections. Hinata saw this and attempted to warn him but Naruto wasn't listening. After a while, Naruto stopped taking bets.

"Okay, we've got 2 to 1 odds on Ino, 4 to 1 odds on Sakura and the underdog is the red-head with the ridiculous hairdo." Naruto said out loud. That's when he felt the spike of killer intent and turned to see the group of girls. The red-head looked especially angry at his comment. Everyone held their breath as they wondered what Naruto would do next. Naruto faced the girls. He looked directly at them without fear.

"Okay, I know that you're upset but I have a good reason for what I did. It's because you are all pathetic and easy marks." He said with a grin. "Also, your hairdo is ridiculous." That was all that took before he was attacked by the girls, the red-head reaching him first. Shikamaru raised his head slightly to watch as his friend got pummeled by the enraged girls. He sighed and placed his head down again. He was pretty sure that Naruto would be alright. He'd survived worst.

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Iruka walked into the class room five minutes later. He saw that Naruto was handing out money and that he looked bruised. He just sighed and didn't even ask as it was probably the Sasuke fan club that did it. Naruto never really got along with any of them. He called for attention and everyone faced him.

"I would like to congratulate you on passing. You have done well and I am proud to call you my comrades. From now on, you are shinobi of Konoha. Uphold the name and protect the village with everything that you got." Iruka said with a smile. "Now, we will be assigning you to teams and a jōnin instructor. So listen up for your names. Team one…" Iruka called out the name of teams one through six. He got to team seven and gave out a sigh. He knew that a headache was about to come.

"Team seven will consist of Haruno Sakura, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke. Your instructor is Hatake Kakashi." Iruka said.

"Yes! True love conquers all! Suck on that Ino-buta (pig)!" Sakura cheered.

"What the hell man? You're putting me on a team with the banshee and Lord Emo? I thought you liked me? What did I ever do to you to deserve such a cruel twist of fate?" Naruto asked.

"That'll be enough Naruto. While there is no dead-last this year, you were placed on this team because of your skills." Iruka said.

"What's that skill? Personality?" Naruto asked, making some people snicker.

"Moving on, team eight will consist of Hyūga Hinata, Aburame Shino and Inuzuka Kiba. Your instructor is Yūhi Kurenai." Iruka said. Hinata was happy and sad. Happy that she would be with people she knew but sad that she wasn't with Naruto. Naruto grumbled about how lucky they were and that he could have used Kurenai's help. Iruka ignored the comments and continued on.

"Team ten will consist of Yamanaka Ino, Akimichi Choji and Nara Shikamaru. Your instructor is Sarutobi Asuma." Iruka said.

"What? Why am I put on a team with the sloth and fatty?" Ino shouted. She got a glare from Choji.

"Hey, never call Choji that word. Besides, he isn't fat. He's big-boned with amazing ninja skills. That's why the ladies love him." Naruto said in Choji's defense.

"I wasn't talking to you Uzumaki!" Ino exclaimed.

"When are you not talking? Everyone has been trying to find an off switch to your mouth since the beginning of the academy." Naruto commented. Ino shrieked and lunged at Naruto. Naruto just smirked and replaced himself with the nearest person, which happened to be Kiba. Ino straddled the dog using ninja. While Kiba was miffed at what Naruto did, he could forgive him this one time. "Wow Ino, I didn't know that you liked Kiba like that? Aren't you a little too young for such displays of affection?"

"I don't mind." Kiba said with a smirk. Ino glared at the both of them and was about to unleash her fury when Iruka spoke up.

"Okay, that's enough! Get back to your seats and Naruto stop causing trouble!" he shouted. Ino got off Kiba and stomped back to her seat. Kiba gave Naruto a hi-five. Iruka just sighed and continued to list the teams.