Chapter 23: Chapter:23 COUSIN!
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Much to his lack of surprise, a window popped up in front of him.
[Welcome!]
Welcome to the Konohagakure Shinobi Academy.
Here, you will be learning the basics of the basics of the Shinobi Arts. Study hard and you will be rewarded for your hard work.
Currently you are in the academic position of [Dead Last]. Should you graduate at this level, you will automatically be assigned to the same team as the two holding the positions of [Rookie of the Year] and [Top Kunoichi].
"Oh, hell no!" Naruto muttered, "I am not going to be assigned to the same team as the Teme, even if Sakura-chan is there too!"
"Oi, Dobe." Sasuke called, "What's with the new clothes?"
Naruto looked down. He was wearing his black Amakusa Style Trousers and Shirt, and his shower had started working properly, so he didn't smell. He hadn't even had to clean up a mess this morning as his window hadn't been smashed.
Discarding his jumpsuits and putting his new wardrobe on had finally gotten rid of the [Eyesore] Flaw, which was a big relief for Naruto.
"Meh. Decided it was time for a change, Teme." he replied cockily, "You might wanna consider a new style as well; those little boy shorts of yours make you look like a kid."
"Naruto-baka!" Sakura shouted, "Stop talking to Sasuke-kun like that!"
"C'mon Sakura-chan." Naruto whined, "Even you have to admit that they make him look childish."
"Troublesome." Shikamaru mumbled, "Naruto's right; so please be quiet."
"Shikamaru!" Ino scowled at her childhood friend, "What about Chōji? He wears shorts!"
"Yeah, but now Naruto mentions it, I should be wearing trousers." Chōji spoke up as he munched on chips, "Tou-chan and Kaa-chan have been after me to wear some armour on my legs, so this is as good a time as any to update my stuff. Naruto, where'd you get the duds?"
"Higurashi's." Naruto replied.
"Wow. You like the high-end stuff, don't you?" the rotund boy asked, slightly impressed at Naruto's choice in clothes, "That's where I'll go then."
Another window popped up once the conversation shifted away from Naruto.
[Congratulations!]
'Clothes Make the Man' Quest Complete!
Quest Completion Reward: +500 EXP, +30 Academy Shuriken
Secret Objective: Impress at least two Classmates with your new threads: Complete!
Secret Objective Reward: +200 Reputation with Akimichi Chōji, +200 Reputation with Yamanaka Ino, +200 Reputation with Hyūga Hinata.
'Nice!' Naruto mentally cheered, 'Today Rocks!'
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A Cell, ANBU T&I Dept.
The man secured to the chair before Sarutobi cut a very pathetic figure indeed. Stripped of his clothes and weapon, flanked on both sides by ANBU, he sagged in his bonds, knowing that he was in deep shit.
"Kagami Ryūto." Sarutobi's voice was as cold and unforgiving as glacial ice, "You have been accused of several minor charges in the past, but because of your actions today, I can no longer allow you to remain in Konoha. You deliberately attacked an Academy Student with a weapon, with the intent to kill or maim him. What do you have to say for yourself?"
"He's the demon, not a boy!" the man's hoarse voice said gruffly, "He's helpless, so he should die! My brother's sword thirsts for his blood!"
Sarutobi sighed. Kagami Shinzō had been one of the many chunin who had helped to fight against the Kyūbi twelve years previously. He had fought well, but had been killed by a falling building.
The man before him, Shinzō's brother, had been a Genin at the time, but had quit the Shinobi forces after he had been informed about his brother's death. Since then, he had tried to find solace at the bottom of every sake bottle he could find. As well as every other kind of alcoholic beverage he could lay his hands on.
"I have explained this quite a few times to the Clan Heads." Sarutobi said patiently, "Even if someone killed Naruto, the Kyūbi wouldn't die with him! You can no more kill it than you could juggle a set of mountains. In a few years, a decade at most, the Kyūbi would reform and likely come back to finish what it started twelve years ago, making your brother's sacrifice worthless!"
"N…No…That…" Ryūto seemed thunderstruck by Sarutobi's words.
"As you attacked Naruto-kun in front of seven chunin, the evidence is more than sufficient for me to find you guilty." Sarutobi said harshly, "I find your reason for attacking an Academy Student insufficient and thus sentence you to the maximum sentence allowed by the law. You are hereby sentenced to a decade in the Konoha Military Police Prison, with no hope of reduced sentence or parole for at least five years. ANBU, make certain he is placed in a Mid-Level Security Cell."
"Hai, Hokage-sama!" the ANBU nodded.
Sarutobi made his way out of the cell and headed for the next one over, to have words with the other person of interest that had been caught by Neko and Saru last night.
"Well now." he said as the culprit writhed in her restraints. He had been surprised that it was a female, but then wondered why he had been surprised. Females could be far more vindictive than males given the right stimulus. "Who do we have here, Tokujō Mitarashi?"
Anko, grinning like she had just been handed a lifetimes supply of dango. "This is a failed Genin Candidate from just after the Kyūbi. She's one of the Haruno Clan, Haruno Isuca."
"What is her relation to Academy Student Haruno Sakura?" Sarutobi questioned.
"Second Cousin. Isuca-chan here was the first member of the Haruno Clan to try and become a Genin, but she didn't make the cut." Anko replied after checking her notes, "Now then, Isuca-chan…care to tell Hokage-sama what he wants to know, or will I have to get…intimately familiar with how you scream?"
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