A 9 year-old Naruto sullenly sat in the Hokage's office, finding more interest in his shoes rather than his surrogate grandfather. He had failed his genin exam for the second time, it was a much better showing than his first try, but he still failed to create even a single Bunshin. Again, he tried to pass early, but only managed to humiliate himself. In his depression, he found himself aimlessly wandering to the Sandaime's office, hoping to at least guilt trip the Old man into some Ramen. Unfortunately, the Hokage was currently behind a stack of paperwork, and couldn't spare Naruto any attention. Hiruzen was halfway through a large pile of papers when he stopped, and leveled his eyes to Naruto. With a sigh, he relented to his conscience and retrieved a scroll from his drawer.

"Naruto, I know you failed the Genin Exam, and am disappointed that you didn't wait for at least a few years to graduate, but I have got to commend you on your enthusiasm." Sandaime extended the scroll to Naruto. "So, I have a present for you, it's from your parents, I think you'll find it, interesting."

Naruto's eyes widened into saucers, and started to brim with tears. His parents. He could barely even process the information as his eyes fogged up. Gingerly, he took the scroll from the elderly hands of the Hokage. He clutched the small white scroll to his chest, and cherished the cold feeling of the paper to his skin. "Thank you, Jiji, thank you, thank you so much!" He stammered with so much joy, the day had instantly turned from horrible to the very best day of his life in that moment.

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Naruto shot into his apartment with glee, and hopped into the bed and unfurled his precious scroll from his parents. He devoured each line,he could feel the undying love of his parents, through the care and tenderness of the writing. It read:

Dear Naruto, if you're reading this, I guess me and your father aren't here anymore. Even so, just know that we love you. We'd have loved you no matter what. Know that we are proud of whatever kind of man you are or grow up to be. Unfortunately, since we are not here to protect you ourselves, you cannot know our names, trust us, your father and I had many enemies, that would kill to have some sort of petty revenge on us by killing you. Please, don't become like those people, revenge is a horrible path in life, and it always ends in sadness and suffering. Please, Naruto, Don't be picky. Eat lots and grow strong. Make sure that you bathe every day and stay warm. Also.. Don't stay up late. You need lots of sleep. And make friends. You don't need a lot of friends, Just a few. Ones you can really, really trust. I wasn't very good at it, but keep up with your studies and practice your ninjutsu hard. Remember that everyone has strengths and weaknesses. So don't get too depressed if you can't do something well. Respect your teachers and upperclassmen at the Academy. Oh, and this is important. It's about the Three Prohibitions for a shinobi. Be extra careful about lending and borrowing money..

Put your mission wages into your savings account. No alcohol until you're twenty. Too much can ruin your health, so drink in moderation. Another Prohibition is women. I'm a woman, so I don't know too much about this but, all you need to remember is that this world is made up of men and women. So it's only natural to take an interest in girls, But just don't get hooked on bad women. Find someone just like me.. Speaking of the Three Prohibitions, be wary of Jiraiya-Sensei. You know, Naruto, from now on, you're going to face lots of pain and hardship..Be true to yourself. Have a dream and have the confidence to make that dream come true. There's so much, Oh, so much more that I want to pass on to you.. I wish I could have stayed with you longer. I love you.

Below are some some techniques from both your father and I, to train you since we aren't here. I hope you study it very hard, and learn at a slow pace. You need to master each step before moving on to the next one, especially the fuuinjutsu. These are very dangerous, start with the basics of each subject, and branch out from there, and don't be scared to ask for help if you need it. Goodbye, Naruto.

Your Mother

P.S: At the bottom are a few gifts for you, which we hope you will enjoy.

Naruto was openly crying now, and pushed the scroll away from him to keep it dry. He was happy, so, so, so happy. Finally, people who loved him, loved him no matter what, he had parents. It was only a letter, and a lot of it seemed like nagging to him, but he vowed that he would do every single thing in there, for his mother. He slowly picked up the scroll, and rolled it back up. He set it on the desk by his bed, regretting that he had to even let go of it. That night he curled into sleep, the warmest smile resting on his face.

Naruto woke up late in the morning, he decided not to go to the Academy, it was already late, and didn't feel like being ignored and mocked by his classmates. The scroll sat on his desk, Naruto was relieved that it all hadn't been a dream. He opened the scroll, and tenderly looked at the various seals adorning the paper, each with different titles. From what he gleaned from a class the Academy had on fuuinjutsu, which he was surprisingly good at, all of the seals were blood seals, which required the blood specified by the seal. He assumed that the seal required the blood of his family, so he took one of his few sharpened Kunai and slit his thumb, then smeared it on the seal at the very top of the scroll.

Poof

From the seal, another scroll popped into existence, but this one looked noticeably older, evidenced by the dust caked on the surface. Strangely enough, it had the spiral symbol that was on every Shinobi of Konoha printed at the top. He opened the scroll and read the words written at the top.

"Uzumaki Clan's Special Chakra and How to Use it" Naruto read, with a puzzled look on his face, not only did he find out about his parents, but also that he had a clan! What was this about special chakra though, he wondered. He looked over the scroll curiously, taking in and committing every word to memory. Apparently the Uzumaki had a special affinity to fuuinjutsu, so strong that their chakra acted like a seal when given physical form. Coinciding with that, they also had an uncanny ability for shape manipulation of chakra, which manifested in the form of chains. Together, these two abilities gave the Uzumaki special chains, strengthened by seals to make them as hard as adamantine, sharper than a diamond, and more powerful than most S-Class Ninjutsu. Best yet, when trained, the Uzumaki could use their chains to suck chakra from their opponents and transfer it to their own body. These chains were so powerful they could defeat Biju. Yet, it takes a while to get their chains up to such levels, most Uzumaki only learned to use weaker version of the chains. The scroll gave simple instructions on how to activate the bloodline, which Naruto immediately followed. First, he had to sit completely still and meditate, which was the hardest part for Naruto, he powered through it however, and managed to attain some semblance of mediation, the next step was to envision chains binding, first binding him to the world, next binding him to the people of the world, then to the people most important to him, then the chains binding him to himself, and finally, him to his chakra. He imagined the chains wrapping around the Hidden Leaf, then around all the people in it, the same people who ignored and refused to acknowledge him. The chains then bound to his small group of precious people, namely the Sandaime, and a mental image of who he envisioned his parents were. He imagined the chains wrapping around himself, and anchoring him to the floor of his apartment. Finally, he felt the chains form from his chakra in himself. It felt, warm, not cold like how chains usually were.

Naruto's eyes shot open. He looked at himself to find anything different. Nothing was different, except for the same warm feeling he felt earlier. His gaze shifted to the scroll laid out before him, and read the rest of the instructions to manifest the chains. All he had to do was stick out his hands and… A thin, yellowish-green chain shot from his wrist, narrowly missing the scroll and burrowing into his apartment floor.

He spent the entire day practicing how to make the chains.

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Naruto arrived at the Academy early. In fact, he was the first one in his class room. With nothing to do, he decided to crack open one of the gifts from his parents, a little book called The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi. He actually hadn't read it yet, but it was from his parents and he knew he would like it. It was also written by that Jiraiya-Sensei guy his mom warned him about, but he assumed that this was an exception. He started to read, just as other students filled in, which he didn't even notice as he was consumed by the book.

Two hours later, every student had arrived and class had started. The first few Academic classes were uneventful, which didn't even matter to Naruto as he had his nose buried deep in his book. Iruka then called the class to a special sparring session, every student followed him out the door, except for…

"NARUTO" said boy immediately fumbled the book in his hands and fell from his seat, earning a laugh from the student body. "I just called the entire class to a sparring session, were you even listening during the entire class?"

"W-well, Iruka-sensei, ya see, I-"

"That's enough, just for that you get the first match" Naruto walked to the center of the field where the class usually sparred, and sized up his opponent, one Uchiha Sasuke.

"This is an evaluation of your skills as ninja, the first and only rule is, there are no rules. Do whatever it takes to defeat your opponent, that includes ninjutsu, taijutsu, even genjutsu, Mizuki and I will call the match if anything gets out of hand. The first match today is Uchiha Sasuke vs. Uzumaki Naruto" a wave of cheers came for Sasuke from his fangirls, and sadly no one seemed to notice Naruto.

"Teme, I'm gonna beat you with my new Jutsu! Believe It!" Naruto said.

"As if, Dobe" replied Sasuke.

"BEGIN" called Iruka.

Naruto dashed at Sasuke at full speed, and threw a flurry of punches at him. Sasuke blocked the attack with practiced ease fit for a prodigy, before throwing his own counter attack at Naruto. The blonde ducked under the punch, which narrowly missed his face, and aimed a sweep kick at Sasuke's legs. Sasuke jumped over the outstretched leg, although as soon as Naruto finished his sweep, he used his momentum to spring up and aim a headbutt at Sasuke's chin. Sasuke raised his arms to block, and the headbutt connected to his forearms. Naruto rubbed his head from the headbutt, giving Sasuke a large opening. He prepared a haymaker to finish his opponent. The punch hit Naruto straight on, knocking the boy to the ground. Sasuke turned his back to Naruto, and was about to ask the proctor to call the match, before he felt something wrap around his arms and body.

"Kongo Fusa" Naruto said with a smirk on his face, chains sprouting from his wrists. He had trapped Sasuke in his chains, and barely held his excitement at that fact.

"What the Hell is this, Dobe?!" Sasuke squirmed and struggled against the chains, yet it only seemed to get tighter. No, he couldn't be stuck like this and lose to the Dobe!

"Uzumaki Clan Special Technique: Uzumaki Taihō kikku" Naruto retracted the chains at an incredibly fast rate, catapulting himself at Sasuke feet first. As he got close, he suddenly his extended his legs, and kicked Sasuke hard in the chest. Naruto released the chains as Sasuke tumbled across the ground.

"Winner! Naruto Uzumaki!" Iruka called the match with a surprised look on his face.

"Yatta! Take that Sasuke-teme! Ain't so high and mighty now are ya!" Naruto cheered and jumped up and down at his victory. Suddenly, he felt a massive wave of killer intent, he slowly turned around to see a crowd of young girls glaring at him.

"Naruto! How dare you hurt Sasuke-Kun with a dirty trick like that!" Sakura shouted at him.

"And how dare you claim that you have a clan! I've never even heard of an Uzumaki clan! You probably just made it up to try to sound as cool as Sasuke!" Ino screeched.

"But-but I" Naruto started, he didn't get a chance though as he was chased by the horde of fangirls.

Meanwhile, Sasuke rubbed his bruised ribs, and winced at the pain. The Dobe, had beaten him, the top of the class, the elite Uchiha beaten by the dead last. He would have written it off as a fluke, but… Maybe there was more to the Dobe than he thought.