The guardian chronicles : Nirvana (Todoroki Shoto x Uzumaki Naruto)

Chapter 3

How much money does this school have? Naruto stretched her back and stared at the numerous tall buildings behind the examination gate. The numerous city blocks, the buses, and the gates made it clear to her that Yuuei High was a school with a lot of funds. It made sense with two of the best heroes in the country coming from this very school.

She darted her eyes to the other examinees. Most of them had straight backs, chins up and smirks on their faces, while others fidgeted and kept glancing at the clock every few seconds. It made sense, considering how in the next couple of minutes their whole future was going to be decided behind those walls. All of their dreams might just come true or it would crumble like ashes.

Naruto could only wonder what made these kids decide to become heroes. She knew what made the kids of her home to become shinobi. The kids might have never talked to her, ignored her or made fun of her but Naruto always listened to them.

It was just a side effect of being an outsider.

Some of her classmates become shinobi because of expectations. Their grandparents and parents were shinobi, so it was expected for them to have the same job. She knew most of the girls decided kunoichi because of boys. A few of the civilian boys wanted to become a shinobi because of money. Out of all the jobs in Konoha, the job of being a ninja was the most well-paid job.

It was also the most respected job and if there was anything Naruto wanted...it was to be respected and loved.

Was it a good reason to be a kunoichi? Probably not but it was what drove her to try so hard when she started the Academy. She hadn't realized how naïve she was until Haku. The thought that a shinobi was a hero, loved and respected by the people changed when she met the boy.

He was the one to make her see how ninjas were tools to be used by the government and by other people. Sweet Haku couldn't even harden his heart to kill her or Sasuke, but would have been willing to do it if it meant protecting the person he loved. Haku made her realize what could make a person strong, but she doubted his belief.

How could she get stronger if the people she loved didn't love her back? Could she grow stronger without having the same love and care being returned back to her? Did Haku's belief about strength apply to everyone? Or was it just special to him? Those questions haunted her mind whenever she lay in her small bed and stared at the ceiling.

"Okay, start!"

Present Mic's voice boomed throughout the area. All of the examinees blinked and swirled their head up at the looming tower over them. What did he mean by start? Did the guy just announced out of nowhere the exam had just started? How could they start running through the gates if it wasn't open? Naruto flickered her eyes to the gate and frowned.

When did they open the gates?

Naruto furiously shook her head and straightened her back. Naruto weaved her hands together, blood pumping through her ears as she summoned hundred copies of herself.

"What's wrong? There are no countdowns in real fights!"

Naruto snorted and sprinted through the gates as Present Mic attempted to snap her fellow examinees out of their shock. Her clones grinned and followed right behind her, making sure not to push any of the examinees out of the way so that they could have their fun.

With the numerous streets departing from the main road, Naruto barked at her clones to separate from each other and start searching through the streets.

She weaved her way through the empty streets, blue eyes picking up for any subtle clues on where the robots might be. The roads were empty and none of the buildings looked destroyed, which made Naruto wonder where on earth could those robots be.