What if Naruto thought. You see Naruto is an orphan, but not an ordinary orphan as he had the power of the famed Yuki clan. The civilians always treated him well so in the future, when he decided to rebuild it, his clan would go to their stores and spend money. What he was wondering at the time was what if his parents survived that fateful day, they were not part of Konoha at the time but they were relocating here Naruto was probably a year old at the time. His parents you see died when they decided to try and help the village against the Kyuubi or the Nine Tailed Demon Fox. He was currently on his way to the Ninja Academy. He was in a class with quite a few of the current clan heirs from the village though the only ones he really knew were Shikamaru, Choji, and Kiba the reason was simple though as they were the only ones who spent time to get to know him.
As he arrived and sat next to Kiba and another student who he thought was Hinata. When he sat down the entire class heard a loud rumbling heading their way. Now normal people would have thought of it as a threat but not Iruka's class see it was a normal everyday thing. "Ha take that forehead girl I beat you!" The blond haired girl shouted. "No way Ino-bunta, I beat you by at least an inch!" Shouted the pink haired girl. That was all Naruto bothered to hear as he blocked it out internally feeling sorry for Kiba and his heightened sense of hearing. Iruka must have finally had enough of their argument as he used his patented Big Headed Technique in which his head grew to impossible measures and told the two bickering girls to take a seat. "Today as you know is the graduation exam" Iruka stated, "there will be three parts a written exam, a physical exam, and a ninjutsu exam." As Iruka finished what he was saying a white haired chunin walked around the room passing out papers.
After everyone had finished the test they headed outside. "We will begin with kunai and shuriken throwing. you will be scored out of 100 10 for every kunai and shuriken that lands in the bullseye and five for anywhere else. Now first up Shino Aburame." A young male in a tan high collared jacket with sunglasses and brown hair walked forward he was given five kunai and five shuriken. After he had thrown the kunai he quickly threw the shuriken scoring an eighty. Ino a blond haired Yamanaka scored a 65, Hinata a shy short blue haired Hyuga scored a 70, Sakura a civilian girl with pink hair and a red blouse scored a 60, Kiba a very confident Inuzuka with a white puppy sitting on his head under his jacket hood scored 75, Shikamaru a young Nara scored a 80, Choji a pleasantly plump boy of the Akimichi scored 75, Mito Uzumaki scored a 65, Sasuke a very broody and closed off person also the last surviving Uchiha from the Uchiha Massacre scored 95. Finally Naruto took to the line grabbing the kunai and shuriken he was give. Naruto got a 90.
As they went to the sparing circle they had a goal to last in the circle with one of their instructors for anywhere from two minutes to three minutes needless to say Naruto lasted the second longest at two minutes and forty five seconds, ten seconds behind Sasuke.
They then returned to the classroom for the final part of the test the ninjutsu portion. One by one they were called into a separate room. Naruto was last as his last name was Yuki. As he entered he was asked to do the substitution, Henge, and the clone jutsu. Needless to say he passed the test. As he walked out of the academy he saw Mito sitting on a swing all alone. He felt someone looking at him but ignored it as he headed to a training ground to train. After all he had things to do and places to be. After training for a while he went home to eat a small dinner and go to bed so he could be ready for team placements tomorrow.
Waking up earlier than normal Naruto got dressed and headed to the academy. After a little while of waiting the rest of the class shuffled in. "Okay I am glad to say all of you are official ninja," Iruka said proudly "Now for the teams, team one…. Team seven Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno" She gave out a speech about love "and finally Mito Uzumaki Sensei is Kakashi Hatake, team eight, Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga, and Shino Aburame, Sensei is Kurenai Yuhi, team nine is still in circulation, team ten Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Choji Akimichi, Sensei is Asuma Sarutobi. Naruto Yuki has been apprenticed under Hayate Gekko