The Adventurous Gamer Ninja - Daichi Hekima [Vol. 02]

Chapter 255 - The Prankster of the Leaf

March 19th. Hidden Leaf Village.

At the crack of dawn a blonde academy student left his apartment with several large cans of paint in his hands. He was slowly and stealthily making his way towards the Hokage Monument and it wasn't long before he reached his intended destination.

'Phew. No one has seen me so far.' The student was none other than Naruto Uzumaki. He looked at the four faces carved into the mountain and a mischievous grin appeared on his face.

'Time for one last big prank before I become an awesome ninja... Hm... This is gonna take a lot of time. I'll probably be late for class... Oh well. Tomorrow is the real exam and it's only revision day today. I'm sure Iruka sensei won't mind.'

Convincing himself that Iruka won't come after him, Naruto got to work. With the tree climbing skill it was easy for him to quickly scale the mountain while holding on to several cans. Once he reached the top, he put his cans down and opened them. Each one was filled with a different paint.

Naruto looked at the four Hokages and grinned. "Time to give you all a makeover."

Academy.

Iruka was taking attendance and noticed that one student was missing. He groaned as he realized who it was. "For the love of... Where is Naruto?" He asked, looking at Shikamaru and Kiba.

They looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders. The academy instructor groaned and got up from his seat. "I'll be back. Make sure you all behave." With those words Iruka left the room.

"Argh. Where the heck is Naruto? Did he oversleep or something?" Ino asked with slight frustration in her voice. "I wanna get this day over with."

"I'm sure that idiot just forgot about today and is still probably in bed. We did get a two week break after all." Sakura said nonchalantly. She looked at Sasuke who was sitting at the other end of her bench and blushed. "H-hey Sasuke. Did you study for the exams? Good luck tomorrow. I bet you're going to be rookie of the year."

The Uchiha only glanced at the blushing pink haired girl in silence.

'CHAA! Come on Sasuke. At least respond. I just gave you a compliment.' Inner Sakura shouted in her mind.

Sasuke looked at her with a silent serious gaze that made the girl nervous and then he turned his attention back to the view outside the class. 'What's the point of that title? It's meaningless. Especially now that he's not here...'

Seeing her crush dismiss her, Sakura hung her head down and sighed. Ino who was sitting beside her just patted her back. 'While Sasuke is cool and strong, he's not as cool as Daichi... But I think it's better I don't say that right now.'

"So... (munch) Um... where do you guys (munch) think Naruto is?" Choji asked in between eating his chips.

"He's probably asleep. Or he's out doing something dumb. I'm pretty sure it's one of those." Kiba replied.

"Arf arf." "See. Akamaru agrees."

Hinata who was silently sitting near Kiba sighed. 'Naruto? Where are you?'

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"NARUTO! ARE YOU IN THERE? OPEN UP!" Iruka was standing in front of Naruto's apartment and banged on the door several times. He became frustrated and used his sensory skills.

'He's not here? Where the hell is this kid?'

The academy instructor sighed and jumped to the street. At that time he saw several people pointing in the direction of the Hokage Monument. Their expressions were of disbelief and anger. Iruka turned around to see what the commotion was about and in moments his eyes widened like dinner plates at what he witnessed. "No. He didn't..."