I am Naruto but where is Kurama!?

Currently, all the kids, myself included, unfortunately, were on top of the roof of the Hokage Residence listening to the Third Hokage's Will of Fire speech. Will of Fire, blah blah blah, Hokage, blah blah blah, the village is one big family, blah blah blah. It took all my restraint not to roll my eyes or scoff at the pure bull and shit the old man was spewing. If anything of what he was saying was true, the Uchiha would not be discriminated, and I would not be treated so poorly.

However, I needed to pretend at least to be paying attention; otherwise, the old man would notice. I kept my eyes on his goalie as my mind was on more important matters like theTwO FrEaKiNg EmO UcHiHa. Count them, two Sasukes, double maybe quadruple the attitude, although one their name is not Sasuke, hopefully. I can't help but wonder what it means for Sasuke to have a twin brother.

On the one hand, unless Itachi plays favorites, Sasuke won't be completely alone and will not become as Edgy later on after the Uchiha Massacre; if it still happens, that is. On the other hand, I might have to have them both on my team unless I graduate early, unless, of course, the Canon is completely irrelevant, more so than I originally thought. I sighed internally, as I had no idea what the future would hold. So much for being a Transmigrator.

Regardless, my path is obvious; I need to become strong for my sake, at the very least. The Third Hokage finally finished his orientation speech, and everyone followed the Chunin Teachers back to the academy and started introductions.

" Hello, everyone. I am Kisuke Kuroi, your teacher for now. You can call me Kuroi-Sensei. Let's start by getting to know everyone, A-San, you can start."

I ignored everyone else's introductions for the most part until it was my turn.

" Naruto Uzumaki, it's your turn."

I decide to go full Kakashi-Sensei on them.

" My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I don't like a lot of, and I dislike a lot of things. I have a few hobbies, and as for my dreams for the future, I never really thought about it."

Kuroi-Sensei's eye twitched at my introduction, and I earned a lot of deadpan looks from my classmates. I felt satisfied with the results and went back to tuning everyone out until I heard something interesting, which there honestly is not, but I will note one thing of importance. None of my classmates are from the Cast of Naruto, no Hinata, no Shikimaru, nobody but unfamiliar faces. I kept my curiosity to myself for now as I doubted anyone would answer me if I asked.

For now, let's see what Ninja School has for me.

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Ninja School bites...

I thought as my day was finally over, it was mostly typical schooling like Math, History, and some outdoor lessons of Basic Konoha Katas, but no lessons on Chakra yet. I guess I was expecting too much, but whatever, I'll deal with it. You would think a history centered around Super Powered Ninjas would be interesting, but no, it's mostly just dates and the events related to them.

I yawned as I was more mentally tired than anything. Suddenly, something hit the back of my head that woke me up, and I turned to see a few of my classmates holding stones while smirking. Who I am assuming is the ringleader of this group, shouted at me.

" Monsters don't belong in classes with normal people, so stay away if you know what's good for you."

I blinked once, then twice, then thrice, and then cupped my hand over my ear as I pretended to be hard of hearing.

" Eh, what's that?"

" I said Monsters don't belong in class!"

I then asked back while pretending not to understand them.

" Lobsters don't belong glass? What in the heck does that mean?"

" NO, I SAID MONSTERS DON'T BELONG IN CLASS!"

The ringleader shouted, and I shouted back.

" WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING? JUST COME OVER HERE IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY!"

The ringleader frowns and walks over with his group following close behind, then grabs my shirt as he tells me to my face with an angry look.

" Monsters don't belong in class with normal people!"

" And I'm the monster?"

I asked back with a bored expression, as I knew he only thought this because his parents told him so and for no other reason. He sneered badly at that as he answered.

" Yes!"

I let out a malicious grin as I said.

" Then I better act like it."

I swiftly kicked him in the balls as hard as I could before I turned to run away as fast as I could before they could react. I smirked as I enjoyed his expression, changing to pain as I ran away through the training grounds to lose them. I then heard the ringleader order his group with a squeaky new voice; I snickered at hearing him.

" After him!"

I led them on a merry chase and took a dip in one of the larger ponds to get to the other side by swimming at one of the training grounds. Thankfully, I still remember how to swim from my past life. However, I was not going to stop there. I came to a sudden stop and then turned around to charge at my nearest pursuer. I held up my like I was going to punch him, and he quickly raised his arms to guard his face, but actually, I kicked him in the groin as well.

His look of surprise and pain satisfied me, and I started running away again. I repeated this trick of mine two more times, stopping, then turning around to kick my nearest pursuer in the nuts, and then running away again. I noticed that they stopped chasing me after a while, as I had stamina in spades, if nothing else, right now. I took the long way around to my apartment to avoid any possible ambushes by those little assholes.

I might have the memories of a grown man, but that did not mean I was not a spiteful little fucker right now. I tried to recall their names but with no luck as I tuned out their introductions. If they have families, then depending on whether or not they have Shinobi family members decide whether or not I escalate things by pranking and just messing with the rest of their family in general to send a message to not fuck with me.

I was not about to put up with everyone's abuse if I had a means of payback. Even then, a gentleman's revenge is never too late, even ten years down the line. Even if I had no means now, it does not mean I won't in the future. Regardless, I will practice tailing them at a later date to find out where they live to send the message. I hit the bathhouse first to clean up before calling it a day with some end-of-day training, mainly maintaining horse stance for as long as I can.

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"Uzumaki-San!"

Kuroi-Sensei called out to me, and I looked at him to see the ringleader of the little shits yesterday beside him with a confident smirk. Well, let's see how this plays out.

" Yeah, Sensei?"

" A word."

I got out of my seat and walked down to him in front of the class. Some of the other kids started to snicker as they whispered I was in trouble. Kuroi-Sensei then said in front of everyone with a cold look directed at me.

" I understand you attacked Ito-San and his friends without provocation yesterday."

" Correction, I retaliated at them throwing rocks at me and calling me a monster."

I retorted coldly, but now I knew the name of the shit in front of me now, and considering he went to get a Chunin Instructor's help gave me a lot less guilt at my considerations in escalating things, especially since he lied about me attacking him out of nowhere. However, I quickly learned I had no allies at all in this class, as Kuroi-Sensei, no Kuroi, stated with a chilly expression.

" Ito-San and his friend say otherwise, and I am inclined to believe them over you."

Whelp, Kuroi is officially on my shit list, and that means I am going to go out of my way to antagonize him because I owe him nothing, not even peace. So I asked back with an even tone.

" Yeah, and? I didn't do what I didn't do."

Kuroi's dark eyes twitched at my casual disrespect as I cleaned out my ear with my pinky with no regard for him. He then told me no demand.

" You are to apologize to Ito-San and his friends, Uzumaki."

I snorted as I did apologize, but not in the way that Kuroi expected me to.

" Sorry you are so pathetic that you need someone bigger and stronger than me to fight your battles, Ito."

I smirked at Ito's stunned expression at my apology. My antics also earned some giggles from my other classmates, not that I cared about that, as I was doing it for myself and myself alone. Kuroi was not going to tolerate that as he ordered.

" Uzumaki! That is not what I mean, and you know it! Either properly apologize or stand outside the classroom!"

I shrugged as I did neither and went back to my original seat. That, of course, drove him nuts as he bellowed.

" UZU-MA-KI!"

" Yes, Kuroi?"

I dropped the honorific as I really had no respect for the Chunin Instructor. He, of course, took offense to my attitude.

" That is Sensei to you, Uzumaki!"

" Whatever you say, Kuroi."

That was the last nail in the coffin as the next moment, I found my feet dangling in the air as Kuroi picked me up by my shirt and dumped me outside of the classroom, then ordered.

" You are to stand out here and think about what you have done, Uzumaki!"

I snorted as he slammed the door closed, and ultimately, I decided to skip class today as I was not going to really learn anything today that I couldn't without self-study on my own. I think I will go fishing as it's a more productive use of my time.

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In the coming months, I fell into the routine of waking up early and doing my light Saitama Training, cleaning up at the bathhouse, then heading to the academy where I was either in trouble or flat-out ignored, then heading to my apartment to work on my horse stance and study for the weekly tests. Of course, there were a few disruptions to my routine, like Ito and his group picking a fight with me during or after the academy, to which I responded in kind with a swift kick or punch.

These fights were the reason why I spent a lot of time outside the classroom, well that, and my pranks or just plain vengeance. Like applying glue to Kuroi's seat, I managed to get some by chance as it was being tossed out, drawing some very rude and inappropriate pictures on the chalkboard, setting a few student's hair on fire with some matches, usually Ito and his group. I even got suspended a few times.

It was not long after I started earning a reputation of being a Crazy Demon Brat which stopped any attempts at bullying me as no one likes finding bags of flaming poop at their front door. However, what cemented my reputation was threatening Ito's group with a broken glass bottle like it was a knife, and after that, everyone started to give me a wide berth, which was fine with me. I lazily listened to the current lesson until the end.

When were they going to start teaching about Chakra? I could not help but wonder. After everyone started leaving me alone, for the most part, I spent some time on self-reflection and came across a troubling conclusion. I was different compared to my past life; I was nowhere near as violent in my past life, nor did I escalate things as easily. I chalked up some of my behavior to the fact my brain's chemical makeup is still that of a kid's, and I am in a hostile environment.

As much as I want to think otherwise, the unjustified hatred directed at me might be starting to get me like a slow poison.

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The Third Hokage smiled, actually smiled, as he went through his paperwork and took a brief moment to marvel at his new secretary team. Things were a lot more efficient now since he did not have to sift through a messy pile of papers and could focus on the more important aspects of Konoha. He hired two old Chunin who were acquaintances of his from his generation and were content with their positions and responsibilities before retiring.

They took up his offer because they were bored as their grandkids were too busy to visit them, and it was the same with their children as well, plus out of respect for him as well. The Third Hokage looked at the recent reports by the border patrol until a young Chunin came in to report.

" Lord Hokage, another complaint has been filed against Naruto."

" Put it in the miscellaneous pile."

Hiruzen ordered as he was not bothered with Naruto's antics as they were tame compared to his mother's, Kushina Uzumaki. She easily sent her classmates and Genin to the hospital when they tried to bully her for being an outsider. Heck, Naruto is just reacting to everyone's hostility, which was undeserved, so he turned a blind-eye partly out of guilt, and so long as Naruto does not go too far, he will continue to do so.