Summary: What if Naruto graduated after his first genin exams instead of his third? New team, new sensei, and new adventures.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Team Blonde
Chapter 1: Graduate
Naruto Uzumaki had been awake for hours. And in this time he had vowed never to set his alarm clock at five am ever again. Even though having been awake since an ungodly hour of the early morning, the young blonde was smiling. Knowing that it would all be worth it since today was the most important day in the world to Naruto, because today at the Shinobi Academy he was going to take the genin exams!
Even though having had substantially less sleep that normal Naruto was jittery with excitement. Even though his body was yelling out for more sleep in his system, Naruto would not hear of it. After all who could possibly sleep in on the day that they would take the test that would decide (at least for the next six months) if they would become a ninja or not!
Naruto had woken early so that he could study for the test in the wee hours of the morning instead of late at night like others would. He new he wasn't the best student at the Academy - that title was with all that arrogance of a Hyuuga by Neji Hyuuga - in fact on almost all the tests Naruto was always one of the lowest scorers. But that was never going to hold him back from his dream of becoming the greatest ninja of all time!
And his first step in achieving that dream was to become a genin.
"Argh…." Naruto sighed as he flopped back onto the floor letting the book he had being studying fall open on the hardwood floor with a thud.
"That's it! If I read anymore my head is going to explode!" Naruto stated firmly. The boy lay there for a few minuets staring at the ceiling. Sighing once again Naruto began to shift his body off the floor.
Running a hand through blond spikes he scratched the back of his head as he decided that Instant Ramen would be a good breakfast meal.
Naruto waited impatiently for the ramen to cook on the box it said it was cooked in three minuets flat, so why to Naruto did it always seem like it took forever? Sighing once again (he's doing that a lot lately, huh?) Naruto started rotating his backwards trying to work out a cramp that had started up from holding that damn book so long. I new there was a reason I avoided reading so much it's dangerous! Naruto's chain of thought was broken as he realised his ramen was ready.
"Ahh…" exhaled Naruto happily as he chowed down on his miso flavored Instant Cup Ramen. Hey maybe when I graduate Iruka-sensei will buy me ramen at Ichiraku's Ramen tonight!! With that cheering though firmly placed in mind Naruto started to gulp down the rest of his 'breakfast' meal. As he threw out the empty cup Naruto threw a fleeting glance at the clock that hung on the wall. Huh, thought Naruto blearily I thought it was half past seven a while ago… Naruto paled at the end of this thought.
Walking slowly up to the clock fearing the worst, as he picked it off the wall and put it to his ear listening for but not finding the faint tick tick of a working clock. As Naruto slowly realised that his clock was indeed broken a series of jumbled thought began to run very quickly through his head. Clock… broken… bad… no time…. clock… late….no time … broken …. clock …bad. But even as these thoughts began to swirl around in his head one began to surface more and more frequently, late. Iruka-sensei had made it very clear yesterday that if you were late you would not take the exams.
Horrified dread suddenly filled Naruto freezing him to the spot. "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" He screamed unsticking himself from his personal time freeze dropping the already useless and now hated clock on the floor with a clatter, he grabbed his neon orange jacket off the back of a chair knocking it over in the process with a bang.
Lunging for the door he wrestled with the knob for a few minuets in his panic forgetting the fact that he pushed his door not pulled it. Finally managing to wrest open the door and wondering why his home had decided to turn against him on the single most important day of his life. He raced down the hallway of his apartment building to the window at the end of the corridor which upon reach he jumped out of with a flying leap, thanking Kami-sama on his dissent to the ground that someone had opened it that morning.
Landing on the ground with ease, Naruto began to run faster that he ever had before, pumping his legs like crazy he thought wildly I'm not gong to let this beat me!! I Naruto Uzumaki am going to become the greatest ninja of all time!! "AND I'M GONNA PASS THESE EXAMS TODAY TO DO THAT!!!" He shouted out running towards the Academy. And a new future as well.
Notes from the author: So what didja think? It's my first fanfic so please give me your thoughts by pressing the little button down there and reviewing!! I'll be introducing Naruto's team mates next chapter. And for those of you who don't know this is set at the same time as Lee, Neji, and TenTen's graduation, but don't worry the 'Rookie Nine' will come in later along with everyone else!