Escaping His Past (Naruto/Akatsuki FF)

Chapter 4: Let's Have Some Fun

It was a couple weeks later as Teruko and I walked to the academy. It's kind of been a routine; Teruko would walk me to the academy, drop me off, and say she'd come by this afternoon to pick me up.

After she left, I entered the academy and went to my classroom. But when I was about to open the door, Inari quickly said, "Eita, stop!"

I stayed where I was as a bucket of water splashed on the floor. "Aw, man. It didn't work." One of the classmates whined. 'It's just gotta be one of those days when they've have pull a prank on the new kid.' I thought out of boredom. "Jerks." Inari mumbled, bitterly.  

I avoided the puddle of water by walking around it and took my seat next to Naruto. "Man, this is so boring." Naruto complained. "But class just started." I stated. Naruto looked at me and smirked. "Hey, Eita. You wanna do something fun?" He suggested.

"Like what?" I asked. "I'll show you." Naruto said, extending his hand for me to take. "Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Inari groaned in annoyance. 

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"Catch us if you can, suckers!"

"I can't believe you talked me into this!"

Naruto laughed as we continued to leap from rooftop to rooftop in order to escape the jonins that were chasing us. Why they were chasing us, you ask? Because Naruto and I wrote graffiti all over the walls of tallest buildings we could find.

It was fun until we got caught by some jonin. Naruto and I leaped to the ground and began running as fast as we could. "What do we do now? They're gaining on us!" Naruto said. I looked back at the jonin as they were quickly catching up to us. "What do we do?!" Naruto yelled. 

I looked around until I spotted an alleyway up ahead. "This way!" I grabbed Naruto's wrist and ran faster, heading towards the alleyway. Once we got there, I turned the corner and tugged us inside. "Eita, what are you-?!" 

"Shh!" I quickly covered his mouth and pressed him against the wall as I listened to the running footsteps of the jonin that were following us.

Naruto's POV

"Mmh! Mmmh!" My words were muffled since Eita has his hand over my mouth. I blushed a dark red when I felt his knee in between my legs. "Mmh!" A small muffled cry escaped my throat and into Eita's hand when his leg pressed against my groin.

I tried to inform him of his leg, but he was too focused on the jonin that were heading this way. 

"Which way did they go?!"

"I saw them go this way! Hurry!"

After they ran off, Eita sighed in relief. "They're gone," He informed as he took a step back while taking his hand off my mouth. "Sorry I was a little rough on you when I pulled you in. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." I mumbled. Eita smiled, then blinked his eyes in curiosity. "Are you okay? Your face is all red." He mentioned. "Huh?! N-No, I'm fine! Really!" I said. "If you say so," Eita replied, placing his hand on my cheek. "You're pretty warm. Are you sure you're okay?"

"Y-Yeah! Of course I am! Believe it!" I insisted. "Okay, I get it. Come on, we should head back to class before they send more of those jonin after us." Eita suggested. "Yeah..." I agreed as I tried to make the redness on my face go away. 

Eita smiled at me again and took my hand in his. "Let's go." He said, leading the way. I looked down at our entwined hands and felt my face turning red again. Why is this guy holding my hand?! I'm not a baby! I can walk on my own!

But why is my heart beating so fast? I haven't felt something like this before. What does it mean?

"Naruto," I looked at Eita as he continued to walk. "Thanks for taking me out of class. I had fun with you." He said. 

"Huh? Well, of course! Where else are you gonna have fun? I'm the only one who knows how to have fun in this place!" I boasted with a cocky grin as I scratched the back of my head. 

Eita's POV

We got back to class, but to no surprise, we were yelled at by Iruka. After his long-ass boring lecture, he announced how in order to graduate, we have to perform the Clone Jutsu. Once that was done, we would collect our headbands and that makes us an ninja.

"Easy enough." Inari bragged. I looked over at Naruto was he was panicking. "Must be one of his worst techniques." I mumbled. "No doubt, he's gonna fail." Inari said. I shushed and Iruka called Naruto's name. "Good luck, Naruto." I said to him. 

"Thanks." Naruto said, and followed Iruka into the other room. I took a small nap until I felt someone shaking my shoulder. I lifted my head to find out that it was Sasuke waking me up. "What?" I asked, frowning. 

I wasn't a nice person when I'm woken up. Especially from a good sleep and/or nap. "Iruka's calling up. You're up." He informed. I growled in irritation before getting up from my seat and heading to the other room. 

When I got there, I spotted a bunch of Leaf Village headbands on a table with Iruka and Mizuki. "You may begin when you're ready, Eita." Iruka said. "Piece of cake." Inari said. I smiled at her confidence and performed the Clone Jutsu. 

"Well done, Eita. You've passed. Come up and retrieve your headband." Iruka praised. "I'm not surprised. He's doing pretty well for a new student." Mizuki commented, smiling. I approached the table and went to retrieve my headband until I stopped.

"Sensei... Did Naruto pass?" I asked Iruka. 

"Uh... Why do ask?" 

"I'm just curious."

"Um, no. He didn't pass." 

"I thought so. Then, I'm not taking the headband." I said, withdrawing my hand. "Huh? But why?" Iruka asked. "Goodbye, sensei." I said, avoiding his question. I bowed my head to them, then left the room. 

I walked over to Naruto as his head rested on the desk. "Hey, buddy." I greeted. "Hi, Eita," Naruto greeted, sounding disappointed and upset. "Huh? Where's your headband?"

"I didn't pass." I lied. "Really?" He asked as he lifted his head off the desk. I gave a nod. "Aw, don't beat yourself up over it. There's always next year, right?" Naruto said.

"That's true. Wanna have a little more fun? Why don't we go get some ramen from Ichiraku's? It'll be my treat." I offered. "Yeah! Let's go get some ol' ramen!" Naruto agreed. I smiled at him and the two of us headed to Ichiraku's.