Chapter 1

Hey there, my name is Natsu, but you all probably know that already right? What? You don’t? Well either you’ve been stuck down a well with that generic Jimmy kid I keep hearing about (wonder if he ever got out...) or you aint from around here, but judging from the look on your face, it’s the latter. My tale is quite long so you better make yourself comfortable. I’ll start from the beginning (how very logical of you) so that you can grasp the basics. Now, listen to my story...

The Trials of Natsu: A Leaf Shinobi“Argh!”

I yelled as I once again woke up to the sun on my face, and something wet and sticky apparently...“God damnit! That’s the third time that’s happened!”

For the past few days, Naruto’s been amusing himself by laying down traps in my room while I sleep. It’s kind of creep if I’m being honest, but nothing I say will make him stop. Apparently this time he had relied upon water balloons for the most part.

I wipe my face with the bed sheets and look over at the time.“Crap! I’m gonna be late!!” Trust today to start off bad, I thought, as I rushed out of bed, pull on my clothes, and leave the room. “Today! Today of all days I just had to oversleep! I’ll get that Naruto back, I swear I will!” I said as I ran through the streets of Konoha, making a few shop keepers heads turn.

Eventually I make it to class. I take my seat beside my only true friend in the village, Shikamaru. As usual, he looks like he’s asleep again, with his head on the desk. I smack him (in a friendly way of course) on the back of the head to get his attention. “Wake up lazy, today’s the day!” I proclaim, rather enthusiastically.

“What? Wednesday?” He says in that typical I’m-busy-doing-nothing sort of attitude.

“No you fool, honestly I don’t know how you could ever pass as a Ninja the way you go about.” Laughing as I say this to him.

“Meh, whatever,” was his only reply.

“You mean to tell me you ain’t excited about finally becoming a Ninja? About leaving the academy?” We had both spent the better half of our childhood at the academy, along with all the other children who were deemed good enough, to train as Ninja’s of the Hidden Leaf Village. It was both an honour, and a privilege to of been accepted into the academy all those years ago, especially because of my...condition.

“Just another day for me really, I mean it’s not like we get any of the important tasks or anything, and we still have to put up with more training too. Personally I can see this being really annoying.” He mused as his gaze wandered to the window.

As usual, a cloud had taken up his fancy again, so I knew that anymore conversation out of him was next to impossible. So I just sit there and wait for the rest of the class to file in, and ponder what new adventure could await me.

Authors Note: I hope this was ok guys, im still not sure if Im any good at this, but I do enjoy writing it  Trust me when I say that a lot of things will be explained when it gets round to it, I just like opeing with a sort of mystery background an stuff