The Black Panther (Naruto Fan-fiction)

Chapter 2

A/N:

Photo: Third Hokage during his talk with Keita. :) ->

Keita's POV

It was morning and I found myself dozing on one of the branches of a tree. I stretched my arms as I rubbed my eyes. The Academy was noisy again. I could hear chatterings and laughters below, which was kind of annoying at this time of morning.

I peered down to the field to see the Iruka scrolling down the cardboard list he clutched into, probably the attendance.

I looked around the field to spot the dark haired boy, Sasuke, who was standing casually at the side with several girls swarming him with gleaming eyes. Is he that popular among girls? Pssh, he sure is pushy.

I surveyed the field once more and the blonde boy was nowhere to be seen. Hn, guess he's not on par today. Poor guy.

Finding my morning quite boring, I decided to take a stroll along the forest. Somewhere people would often visit.

The tall dark green grass touched my ankle as I stepped gingerly by the forest. Trees are incredibly tall and enormous, birds chirped from above and some flew in groups. I was used to this type of surrounding.

Shoving my hands into my pocket, I hear loud constant grunts like they were punching something, not too far. Curious, I scrunched as I prepare for a high jump. I reached a tall branch of a tree as I gingerly walked onto it.

"Argh! Argh! I'm gonna be a Hokage! Believe it!" A voice called below.

Peering below, a blonde boy repeatedly bashed a tree stamp as he screamed nonsense phrases. Oh, so he skipped his class to scream like an idiot?

Naruto's POV

Iruka Sensei and the others were always like this to me. Like I was a kind of idiot and laughing stock in class. I skipped today's lesson and I wanted to take a break from all the commotions in the academy.

Tch, Sasuke.

"Yargh!" I uttered as I landed my fists alternatively on a tree stump, leaving scratches and marks on it.

I scrunched down as I gasped for air. Huff!

Sweat slithered down to my neck as I panted, taking a pause from lunging on the tree stump. I was getting weary.

"Attending class might be a help with your hokage dream, you know."

A voice called from nowhere. Like someone was watching me the whole time.

I snapped my head left and right alarmingly. I sweat dropped, finding no one around.

"Who's there?!" I called out as I adjusted my goggles on my forehead, gulping nervously.

"No one in particular." he chuckled.

His voice was obviously around here somewhere. He seemed enjoying this, grrh!

"Come out!" I demanded, tightening my fists.

A tree, not far from my left, rustled. Assuming it was the voice that spoke, I lifted my arms in front for defense.

Not long, a figure have started to shape from the tree's shadows.

It was...a kid?

"So, Naruto, huh?" he uttered. His face was still not vicible from the tree's shadows. I wrinkled my brows to a frown as I tried to recognize his face.