"I'm disappointed in you," he said. "I would have hoped that you would have at least gotten to know them before making such harsh decisions. If you want to judge them based on their family tree I'll tell you a few things. Anko's parents were highly respected until Orochimaru betrayed us all. That's when everyone turned on they, including their so called friends. Even after Anko was born they continued to torment them until they took their own lives. And Naruto, well, I can't tell you his lineage, but trust me when I say his parents were good people. But none of that really matters. They are their own person and they will choose their own paths. Anko is not Orochimaru and Naruto isn't the Kyuubi."
"But Hokage-sama…"
"Learn the difference," interrupted the old man, "between children and the monsters they have been forced into association with. If you don't, they will become a self fulfilling prophesy created by you and the other villagers. Now, I believe you have to get back to class."
The lunch break soon ended and both teachers and students returned to their rooms. When Iruka entered his room he noticed that Naruto and Anko were now sitting next to each other. They were talking quietly with each other while writing something down on a piece of paper. Iruka just sighed and then called the call to order so he could finish the lessons for the day. For the rest of the day the only interruptions he got were some giggles form Naruto and Anko as they plotted their revenge.
The next day, the kunoichi teacher woke up as a Haruno.
Time passes and the two became good friends. Anko, as it turned out, loved to prank people as much as Naruto did. There were times, however, when her idea of a prank went a little too far. Those were the times that Naruto had to keep her from harming not only herself but others as well. Another thing that they had in common was that they lived alone. Anko lived in the house that her parent had left her, which was nice. So, since they had no one to help them at home they would train with each other as well as studying together.
Unlike other girls in the class (that stood out like Sakura and Ino), Anko was serious about her training. The other girls were only doing it to reenact a fairy tale. Basically, they get kidnapped and their shinobi hero comes to the rescue and there's a touch of them living happily ever after. Anko, on the other hand, said that she would blast anyone who tried to do that to her with a super cool jutsu.
A few months after the first day at the academy, Naruto was in the woods alone. It was getting dark and he was still working on the leaf exercise. So far he had only made a small cut on the leaf, but it was getting bigger slowly. While this was an amazing feet for someone who wasn't even a genin, he was still frustrated that he wasn't further along.
He was beginning to make a little more progress when he heard something. It was the sounds of twigs breaking and leafs crunching. Someone was coming. A moment later he heard something else, crying.
Then Naruto saw her. It was the blue haired girl that was in his class. She was wearing a dark blue kimono that had a fall leaf pattern on it and there was evidence that she had fallen several times. Her hair was a mess as it had twigs and other things in it, probably from falling. From her eyes down was soaked in her tears. When she saw Naruto, she took a step back in shock.
"I-I s-sorry," she said through her tears. "I didn't t-think a-anyone would be h-here." She then moved to run in the other direction when Naruto suddenly moved over to her and grabbed her hand. She looked back at him and saw a concerned face.
"It's alright," he said. "But, don't you think you should go be with you tousan and kaasan? I'm sure right now they are worried about you." The blue haired girl suddenly began to cry harder and shook her head. Realizing that he had made things worse, he though of what to say next. "What's wrong?"