Naruto Fan Fiction / Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Of Alchemists and Shinobi: The Broken Law ❯ So This is School? ( Chapter 10 )

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Note: Since this is before the Uchiha massacre, Sasuke will be OOC, just so you know.

Also, since there is, to my knowledge at least, no set in stone format for the academy, I will be creating one.

 

 

Ch. 10: So This is School?(Ed)

To put it simply, Ed was awed at the amount of children in the building. Sure, he had been to major cities that were crawling with children, but that was a city; this was a school building.

`How the heck do they fit so many kids in one building? But the real question is; who would be crazy enough to look after so many of them?' Apparently lots of people; along with the students that were walking in the long hallway and entering doors, there were many adults, apparently the staff, who were leaving rooms, entering rooms, and walking through the hall. Ed was almost as awed as he was when he saw the amount of people in Central; but he wasn't awed so much as to not notice his roommate being shoved around `accidentally' by other students. Before saying anything, he decided to watch and see what Naruto's reaction was; he completely ignored it, as if he was used to the treatment.

“Hey, Naruto, are you alright?” asked Ed. Naruto just flashed him one of his `larger than life' smiles.

“Yeah, everything's fi…oomph!” exclaimed Naruto. While he was answering, someone had `accidentally' shoved him hard enough to fall flat on his face, and then `accidentally' stepped on his arm while passing by, while muttering a whoops under his breath. Naruto then cradled his sore arm in agony and tried to get back up, only to be shoved back down every time. To say that Ed was pissed was an understatement.

“Hey, you; kid with the fan on his shirt! Who the hell do you think you are?” exclaimed Ed, which immediately gained the attention of every kid around his age to stop walking and turn around to see what would occur.

“I'm Uchiha Sasuke, and I'm the top ninja in my class. Now I suggest you stay quiet unless you want to be beaten up, badly,” condescendingly sneered the boy with the spiky black hair, his onyx eyes boring into Ed's amber ones.

`Arrgh! He's just like that bastard who called me a shrimp! I wouldn't be surprised if the two were related; the vague bastard and the pompous jerk.' After Uchiha Sasuke's statement, Ed decided that the “pompous jerk” needed to be set in his class, and ran over and tried punching Sasuke in the face, but his punch was avoided by the boy who quickly countered with an uppercut to Ed's stomach, which connected, seemingly leaving Ed with no breath. Thinking that he had put his opponent in his place, Sasuke turned around and walked away, only to find the ground leave his feet. He fell like cement in water, landing on his face. He turned around only to find Ed finish executing a sweep kick.

“You say that you're the best ninja of your class but you got hit by a simple sweep kick? Ha! You better start practicing if you even want to get almost as half as strong as I am!” boasted Ed. `A little harsh, I know, but he deserves it. No one picks on my friends and gets away with it empty handed.'

This seemed to drive the boy into a frenzied state. He started wildly attacking Ed, throwing out flurries of punches, kicks, and other staccato strikes, while Ed simply blocked them, and attempted to land in a few hits himself, only to find them all blocked by the Uchiha.

`I must be getting rusty; I can't believe my power is equivalent to that of a seven year old! I need to train more often.' The fight continued for several more minutes before the two were stopped by a teacher. He was wearing customary chuunin garb and had long black hair in a ponytail with blue eyes behind round spectacles.

“That's enough! There will be no fighting in this school as long as I am a teacher here! You, you, and you; report to my office immediately,” the teacher commanded. He pointed at Ed, then at Sasuke, and then his finger fell on Naruto. He then turned on a dime and walked off towards what was presumably his room.

“Wait, why do I have to go?” shouted Naruto.

“Because I said so, now stop backtalking!” barked the teacher, not deterring from his course. Sighing, Ed and Sasuke followed the teacher; both giving each other looks that could kill, leaving behind a fuming Naruto.

*****

“As I have stated earlier, any kind of non-sanctioned fighting during school hours is strictly forbidden. This is one of the top rules of the academy; along with not teaching anyone else outside of the village any knowledge you gain and to do any and all types of assignments given to you,” reprimanded the teacher, who was currently sitting at an excellently polished wood desk. The three students were standing side by side in front of his desk, listening to the lecture given to them by the teacher. “Mr. Elric, I'm leaving you off with a warning, because this is your first day attending academy, but take note that I will not be so lenient next time. Mr. Uchiha, your father would be ashamed that you of all people would break one of the academy's most important rules.” At this Sasuke lowered his gaze to the ground. “You will be staying after today and tomorrow to help reorganize the school's textbooks and help polish the school's armory.”

`Not too bad. I could be clapping erasers, scraping gum off desks, or some other menial chore.' thought Sasuke, albeit still ashamed that he had dishonored his family because some dobe got him angry.

“Mr. Uzumaki, since my sources inform me that you had instigated this fight, you will be clapping erasers, scraping gum off the bottoms of desks, and sweeping the classrooms after school for the rest of this week.”

“I didn't do anything though!” protested Naruto, rather loudly.

“What did I say about backtalking Uzumaki? Now shut up and get to class; all three of you, now!” barked the teacher, slamming his fist on the desk, causing it to slightly splinter. “And for causing me to break my desk, you can pay for it to be repaired too.”

`That…that…bastard! Naruto did absolutely nothing wrong; why should he have to do all of that crap when Uchiha has to spend two days just polishing weapons and organizing books? This guy should consider himself lucky that for one, I'm a seven year old brat, and for two, that I'm his student.' Ed somehow managed to keep his almost uncontrollable rage inside his head. The three then filed out of the room and left sullenly to their classes.

“Naruto, I'm, sorry. I'm sorry for dragging you into this mess,” apologized Ed, hanging his head in shame.

“It's alright, it's not like it's any kind of hard labor,” laughed off Naruto, flashing one of his humungous grins.

`That's starting to really bug me,' thought Ed.

“Don't apologize to the dobe, he deserves every punishment he gets. Only the perfect ninja will ever get anywhere in life, and by how he acts, he should just quit now and save himself, his classmates, and his teachers the trouble that he causes,” snidely insulted Sasuke, smirking.

“Shut up Sasuke-teme! I'm gonna be Hokage, believe it!” shouted Naruto confidently, and loudly.

“Quiet baka, do you want to get caught by a teacher or Hokage-sama for not being in class yet?” hissed Sasuke.

“Yes, that wouldn't be very good, now would it?” queried a voice. All three boys tensed at hearing the Hokage behind them. “Now what would you be doing out of class at this late time?”

“We were just reporting from Kuma-sensei, Hokage-sama,” answered Sasuke, turning around and bowing before responding.

“Yeah, and I have to do stupid cleaning work,” grumbled the blond student, crossing his arms in a pout.

“I'm sure it won't be that bad Naruto. Now Sasuke-kun, Naruto-kun, both of you report to your classes. Edward-kun, follow me please,” (1) requested the Hokage, which was more of a command then an offer. Edward followed the old man to a large office near the very top of the building that had an intricately carved cherry wood door. Sarutobi opened the door and motioned for Ed to follow him. Sarutobi then sat down into a large chair behind an oak desk and motioned Ed to have a seat in one of the stools in front of the desk.

“As you know, Edward-kun, you are not a native to Konohagakure no Sato, and therefore you pose a potential threat to the safety of this village; do you understand that?” asked Sarutobi. Ed just nodded his head in reply. “Good; now because of the possibility of a security threat, certain…restrictions must be set. First of all, you will not be allowed to enter the library of Konoha unless accompanied by either a chuunin, jounin, or ANBU. You may also not enter Hokage tower or any of the town's armories without escort. Third, I am here on Monday every week to take care of paperwork and check up on the advancements of the students for three to five hours. You are to report to me every week and we will review your progress and behavioral patterns. Once I have found that you are no longer a threat, all bans will be lifted; is that understood?”

“Yes Hokage…sama,” answered Ed.

“I'm glad that we are on equal terms then Edward-kun. Kamuro-san will escort you to your class,” informed Sarutobi. “You are dismissed.” He then started reading over a pile of paperwork on his desk. Ed sat on his stool dumbly for a minute before he finally processed that he was dismissed. He left the room and was immediately met by another ninja; this one clothed completely in black cloth; which completely baffled Ed; nowhere in the book given to him was a description for a ninja rank that wore completely black, that is, except for select ANBU members…

“Kamuro-san, are you an ANBU?” asked Ed with an `I'm a child so I want to know everything' tone.

“That is none of your concern Edward-san, now if you follow me, I'll lead you to your class,” monotonously notified Kamuro, who then starting walking down the staircase that Ed had previously climbed. He wordlessly followed the black-clad shinobi down the seemingly never ending staircase; all that could be heard was the sound of sandals and sneakers pounding against wood.

`This man, he's not normal; I can feel it in my gut. Those eyes of his…they're surreal, like he can see in to my very soul,' thought Edward, who had to run down the stairs to barely keep up with the man currently striding down the staircase. After exiting the staircase, the two immediately stopped and Kamuro opened the door closest to the stairs. Ed peered into the room and scanned the occupants' faces for Naruto; he was not there. Instead there were thirty or so students sitting in tables of two staring wide-eyed at the black clad ninja, Kamuro.

“Iruka-san, this is your new student; Elric Edward-san. Here is his information,” monotonously introduced Kamuro. While introducing Ed, he produced a scroll from within a pocket in the black vest he was wearing and tossed it apathetically to Iruka, who deftly caught it in mid-air and read its contents.

“Arigato Kazuki-san,” murmured Iruka.

“Elric Edward-eh? Well, let's see, there's an empty seat up there next to Haruno, Sakura, there's one over there near Akimichi, Chouji, and there's one right up front next to Inuzuka, Kiba…are you trying to cut class while I'm occupied with another student?” inquired Iruka to a seven year old boy who was currently trying to sneak out of the classroom door; rather stupidly too because of the fact that Iruka was making eye contact with Ed, who was standing right in front of the door.

“Yeah, catch me if you can!” shouted the boy, laughing with each word. He then made a full sprint towards the door and pushed the shorter student out of his way, along with telling him to “get out of my way, shrimp.”

Ed did what he naturally did in these types of situations; he claimed vengeance. With a vice-like grip, he grabbed onto the hood of Kiba's gray hoodie and yanked, hard; hard enough to choke him and for the boy to fall down back into the room.

“Do…not…call…me...short,” menacingly threatened Ed through clenched teeth.

`Great, another insane student for me to deal with; why couldn't I have students like the prodigies Hyuuga Neji and Uchiha Sasuke, at least then I'd have at least some pride in my teaching,' mentally sighed Iruka. “So, Edward-kun, have you chosen a seat or will I have to choose for you?” asked Iruka to the fuming boy.

Ed snapped back to the present problem. He had never been taught like this, but he knew that he could reach his full potential only in the correct environment. He glanced at the three spots that were open; the one next to Chouji, a chubby boy crunching rather loudly on potato chips. `No, he chews too loud and I wouldn't exactly want crumbs all over my notes.' He then glanced to the seat next to the one recently vacated by Kiba. `No,' thought Ed. Right then, that was all of the logic he needed against the Inuzuka. He then observed the seat next to the girl Sakura, she had long pink hair with bangs reaching to her eyes with downcast eyes. `I guess that's the best choice; she's not talking, she's not eating, and it doesn't look like she'll be a nuisance.'

“Next to Sakura-san, please,” requested Ed, looking directly into Iruka's eyes.

“Go ahead,” sighed Iruka, who then made the proper adjustments to his seating chart. Ed walked past two isles of tables before he reached his seat.

“Hi,” greeted Ed, smiling softly. Sakura didn't even acknowledge the fact that the seat next to her was occupied.

`Great, a snot nosed brat who thinks their better than everyone else, what fun,' sarcastically thought Ed. Before starting to talk, Iruka dragged the Inuzuka boy up to his feet and motioned for him to return to his seat, and Kiba, although begrudgingly, obliged and sank down into his seat.

“Okay, for today's lesson we will learn about the Great Ninja Wars,” started lecturing Iruka.

And so, for better or for worse, Ed's first day of school started.