"Huh? You want me to take Little Gray to school?"
"Yes..." Minato Namikaze nodded. "You know Little Gray's situation. He isn't human. If he goes to the Ninja Academy, he might get bullied!"
Beside him, Kushina Uzumaki nodded as well. "Exactly... And Naruto, you've been away from school for too long. What if someone steals my daughter-in-law away?"
Naruto: ...
But after thinking it over, Naruto felt his dad had a point.
Naruto knew those brats at the Ninja Academy all too well. Forget nonhumans like Little Gray-even humans got bullied just the same.
Naruto, Might Guy, Rock Lee, even Obito in the original story-which of them hadn't been ostracized or bullied?
At the Ninja Academy, being too useless was a problem, but standing out too much was no good either. Uchiha Itachi and Kakashi had been the friendless sort as children, for one simple reason: jealousy.
Jealousy of their talent.
After thinking it all through, Naruto agreed.
"I agree! But... what about the Revolutionary Army and Lelouch?"
Minato Namikaze smiled at that.
"Naruto, don't underestimate me! I've already been working on plans for the Shinobi World's future!"
"Besides... I have Kurapika helping me now!"
Minato Namikaze had considerable faith in Kurapika's strength and intelligence. After all, Kurapika had taught him Nen, and the two had spoken at length on many occasions.
The next day arrived.
Minato Namikaze brought Naruto, Little Gray, and Red Wolffy to the Ninja Academy.
The Ninja Academy was now a five-story building, with several times as many facilities and students as before.
The reason for the huge increase in students was that the Ninja Academy now accepted not only children with the aptitude to become ninja, but ordinary civilian children without it as well.
Naturally, ninja and non-ninja students studied different things in