12 I will help him when he is free!

The first day at the academy passed. Except for letting us introduce ourselves and then telling us what all things we would learn at the academy and what our timetable would be, nothing else happened.

I was bored in the class so I focused on my chakra control and using Leaf Sticking Technique.

This was noticed by Neji when he opened his Byakugan and since then, he has been looking at me from time to time.

"What do you want?" I asked Neji as I saw him looking at me. Hearing me, Shizu, who was about to leave stopped.

"You already know about the Chakra Control Exercises?" Neji asked and I nodded at him.

"Then why are you in this class? Shouldn't you have already been forwarded to the next class?"

I looked at him for a second and then answered, "I came to the academy to make friends and learn about the things I don't know about."

Hearing my answer, he scoffed and said, "As if they would become your friends. I don't think you are blind to the looks on their faces."

I smiled at his answer and said, "But I don't see that look on your face."

Hearing me, he didn't reply and left the place.

"Umm! Naruto-San?"

I looked behind and saw Shizu looking at me with a shy expression and then said, "Naruto is fine. What happened? Shizu-San?"

"Umm! If you want, then I can be your friend."

Hearing her, a smile appeared on my face and then I said, "Of course! I would be happy to be friends with you."

Shizun gave a smile as she heard me and said with an excited expression, "Then you can also call me Shizu, I will call you Naruto."

"Of Course, Shizu."

"UmU! Then I will leave and see you tomorrow." Shizu said while getting up. I nodded at her and she left the room.

As for me, I directly jumped from the window and left the academy. Even though no bullying happened today, I knew a few days later when the kids in my class would get comfortable, they would surely try to pick on me.

And then I would beat them while being in Transformation and then everyone would be happy.

Leaving the academy, I arrived at the training grounds and saw a boy practicing Shuriken Jutsu. Seeing him, I stopped as I felt I had seen him somewhere but I couldn't remember it.

But when I saw how he moved and he threw the Shurikens and Kunais at the targets, I remembered who he was.

'Itach Uchicha! The Future Family Killer.'

As the boy was done with the throwing kunai, he looked in my direction, and seeing me, his expression changed.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" He said to me and I appeared at his side and said, "I am Naruto Uzumaki and the thing I am going to do is what others do at training grounds."

Hearing me, Itachi looked at me for a second and asked, "And what are you training?"

I looked at him and then Transformed myself to look like him. Though the transformation was bad and I changed back to Naruto but I could see a surprised expression on his face.

"You can already use transformation Jutsu?" Itachi asked with a surprised expression. Even though it wasn't a big deal for him as he himself could already use it at the age of 5, he knew who Naruto Uzumaki was and his identity as a Jinchuuriki.

"Hn!" I replied in Uchiha style and I could see his expression change slightly. Seeing this, I inwardly chuckled and then thought of something.

"Big Brother, Can you teach me a Jutsu?" I said while using my puppy eyes technique and wondering if he really loved getting called big brother as I could see a slight smile on his face.

But my hopes were dashed as I heard his reply which I had already expected.

"No, I can't. You will learn Techniques at the academy. For now, you should just practice the Transformation Technique you know." Saying this, Itachi disappeared from the place and I sighed. Then, my eyes fell on the targets, and saw they still had Kunais and Shurikens on them.

A smile appeared on my face as I went to them and took all the Kunais and Shurikens to the place. Then, I picked up a handful of leaves and went to my apartment.

As Naruto left the place, a moment later, Itachi arrived at the training ground again. He had forgotten his Kunais and shurikens but when he saw around, he didn't see any, and seeing this, he wondered if Naruto had taken them.

Shaking his head, Itachi again disappeared from the place.

I arrived at my apartment and started to practice the Leaf Sticking Technique, and when I was done with them, I started to practice the Transformation technique.

'Kurumi! Can't you give me the knowledge about Shadow Clone Technique? I am sure you know about this.'

I didn't get a reply so I went to my Mindscape and saw Kurumi sleeping on the bed while holding a pillow. Seeing this, I sighed and left the mindscape, not knowing Kurumi had opened her eyes as soon as I had left and she had a mischievous smile on her face.

"Hehe! Naruto! It's better if he develops on his own and tried new things. He needs to let the fear go. Even though he doesn't show, I can feel his afraid and always thinking if something bad would happen because of his actions."

"Just a few more months and then I am sure he will start trying new things and he will finally be free. And that's when I will give him my memories and techniques I know about. Kushina always bragged about her sealing knowledge and from her, I got to know a lot of things."

Saying this, Kurumi again lay down and went to her sleep while holding her pillow.

"Umm! The pillows and bed are really comfortable. If I knew about this before, I would have surely asked Kushina to create one."

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