Honored Teacher Kakashi

Ninja Academy!

A month had passed since the new students enrolled, and most of the children had grown accustomed to the daily routine of studying at school.

Kids walking along the roads laughed and chattered, preferring the school with its many peers over the boredom of home.

But there were exceptions.

Uchiha Yu leaped between telephone poles and rooftops, spotting from afar a blond kid being bullied by older students.

"Naruto Uzumaki?"

The last time he'd seen Naruto was at Ichiraku Ramen.

Back then, Uchiha Yu hadn't regained his memories; he'd only glanced at the sloppy, unlikable blond kid.

Now, it was clear that Naruto, the protagonist, had a vastly different treatment compared to Sasuke.

"What a nuisance!"

"Fox Demon Kid!"

"Get lost!"

An older Ninja Academy student said arrogantly, "No mom, huh? Hahahaha! A brat like you deserves to—"

Before he could finish, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his hand!

Looking up in shock, he found his wrist tightly gripped by someone!

"Being an orphan wasn't his choice. In fact, many people are born without ever seeing their parents and have to survive alone from the start."

Uchiha Yu spoke calmly, and behind him, Naruto Uzumaki, sprawled on the ground, suddenly widened his eyes!

Yeah...

Becoming an orphan isn't my fault.

Why do they have to bully me?

"D-Damn! Do you know who I am!? Let go of This Lord right now!"

The moment he finished, a ninja around sixteen or seventeen jumped over and urged anxiously:

"Let him go! He's a Royal Relative from the Land of Fire! Coming to Konoha's Ninja Academy is just his hobby! Let him go!"

"Have him apologize first." Uchiha Yu narrowed his eyes at the ninja, who seemed to be part of a Guard Squad.

"Let go! Let go of me! You damn commoner!"

"Looks like our Young Master doesn't know the cruelty of being a ninja." Uchiha Yu said nothing more and tightened his grip again!

"Aaaaah!"

"It hurts! It hurts!"

"I-I-I apologize!"

Since the other party apologized, Uchiha Yu didn't waste words and let go.

But the moment he released his hand, the brat pulled out a Shuriken!

"Die!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Three Shuriken flew straight at Uchiha Yu's eyes!

Yet in an instant!

"Clang!"

The Shuriken were precisely deflected by three other Shuriken!

Uchiha Yu looked toward the rabbit-masked Anbu standing in the distance, narrowing his eyes again.

So there really was an Anbu tailing me...

"Damn it! Where did you come from!?" The brat pointed at the Anbu and cursed loudly.

The Anbu ninja responded loudly: "Under orders from the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, no fighting is allowed near the Ninja Academy."

"H-How dare you! You, and you! Both of you, just wait! Hmph!"

"Young Master Naito Gouya! Wait for me!"

Watching the brat and his lackey disappear into the distance, Uchiha Yu glanced at the Anbu and prepared to head into the school grounds.

Just then, Naruto Uzumaki jumped up.

"Haha! This Lord really likes you! Be my underling!"

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki!"

"Hehehe, do you know me?"

"So? So? Wanna follow This Lord around?" Naruto repeated endlessly, completely unaware that the older student in front of him had run out of patience.

Uchiha Yu clenched his fist. "Forget it." He ignored Naruto and walked off on his own.

"Weirdo." Naruto Uzumaki scratched his head, then his gaze immediately locked onto a broad-foreheaded female student, and he scampered over. "Ahahaha, Sakura-chan! You don't know, I just recruited a really tough underclassman as my lackey! He's amazing! I'll let you meet him another day!"

Sakura Haruno was also annoyed with Naruto. She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah, I know. Don't block my way."

The Training Class assessment was over, and many students advanced to the next stage.

Uchiha Yu picked up his new textbooks and headed to the classroom to report.

To his surprise, he found the entire hallway empty except for himself.

"Wait, where's the teacher?"

He looked at the slip of paper in his hand, confirming the classroom number was C-3-1 right in front of him, and frowned.

From what he knew, the classrooms in Block C were for classes about to graduate.

But the graduating classes had already formed their squads last month, so they should be empty.

After waiting for about the length of one class period, even the patient Uchiha Yu couldn't take it anymore. He stood up and kicked open the classroom door.

Inside, sure enough, there was no one.

But just as he was about to leave, a young ninja appeared at the end of the hallway—yawning, with white hair, looking half-dead.

"You're early."

Kakashi Hatake showed no sign of apologizing, ignored Uchiha Yu's expression, and brushed past him into the classroom.

He picked up a piece of chalk, yawned again, and wrote his name on the blackboard.

As he wrote, he even made a mistake.

The original Hatake Kakashi

Came out as Hatake Uuji

Literally translated, it was roughly equivalent to something like "field maggot."

"Really unreliable," Uchiha Yu muttered. "So, is this the class you're in charge of, Maggot-sensei?"

"What Maggot-sensei! How dare you speak to your teacher like that!" Kakashi got angry for a moment, then looked back at his name and quickly wiped it off.

"It's Kakashi Hatake!"

"Yeah, got it, Kakashi. So where are the rest of the students in this class?"

"For now, it's just you and me." Kakashi yawned. "This is a class just formed by the Third Hokage, an early graduation class for the village's special talents."

If Uchiha Yu still didn't get it at this point, he might as well donate his brain.

"So I'm graduating now?"

"What else did you think?" Kakashi shot Uchiha Yu a look. "At nine years old, you can already use the Sharingan to fire six Great Fireballs. There's nothing left for you to learn at the Ninja Academy."

"And what can you teach me?" Uchiha Yu put his hands on his hips.

"Heh. I've copied over a thousand jutsu, which is why I'm called the 'Copy Ninja.' As long as you don't want to learn a Forbidden Jutsu, I can teach it. How about this—write down what kind of jutsu you want to learn on this blackboard. I'll take a nap first."

The bell for dismissal rang.

Kakashi Hatake, who had been slacking off all morning, stretched and woke up.

The classroom was already empty of Uchiha Yu.

"This kid really has no patience."

Kakashi flipped his mask over, wiped off the drool, and finally noticed the content on the blackboard.

Seeing it, Kakashi nearly choked on his own saliva!

He tilted his head and coughed: "Cough, cough, cough! Shadow Clone, Sight Sealing Technique, Water Release?"

"What does this kid want to do?"