Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto/Big Trouble in Little China nor any characters or abilities created by Masashi Kishimoto or John Carpenter.

Date: 05/31/10

Summary: At the age of 5, Uzumaki Naruto world is turn upside down with the arrival of a power that makes the Kyuubi look like a stuffed animal. What do these new arrivals desire and how does Naruto fit in? With a completely different sensei and techniques, can Naruto finally put an end to a war that transends the ninja world, itself?

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Big Trouble in Little Konoha

The Prologue

An old man sits in the Hokage's office, across from the Sandaime Hokage himself. The Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, lights his pipe and takes a long drag off of it. Smoking always seemed to calm him down and, after this day, he would need it.

"So Mister..." "Egg Shen... just Egg Shen" the old man said. "Egg Shen-san, I would first like to thank you for meeting me without any resistance. Due to the seriousness of this situation, I'm sure that you understand why this meeting was such an important issue to, both, myself and the council of this village." said the Sandaime Hokage. "I do" was the only response that Egg Shen gave the Hokage.

"First I would like to speak to you about the actions and mysterious background of one of my own shinobi, Mister Uzumaki Na-" was all that 'The Professor' got to say before being rudely cut off by Egg Shen. "You leave Uzumaki Naruto alone!" yelled Egg Shen. "Uzumaki Naruto is not only a hero of this village, but this entire world! The sacrifices that he made were nothing short of heroic, and he shouldn't have to be under interrogation for it!" Egg Shen shouted.

"Now see here, Egg Shen-san, this is my village. Therefore, I have the right to interrogate any shinobi under my command that I see fit to interrogate." said a slightly irritated Sarutobi Hiruzen. "Well, I am not one of your shinobi." said Egg Shen, with a smirk. "And while we're on the subject, where were you when young Naruto was chased out of his home and village, Sandaime Hokage" Egg Shen spat.

Now, Sarutobi was fuming. How dare this outsider suggest that he hadn't done everything in his power to keep Naruto safe? "My whereabouts are no concern to an foreigner like you! If I were you, I'd watch my tone, otherwise you may find yourself rotting in a Konoha prison cell!" Sarutobi spat back at the short old man sitting across from him.

Sarutobi had not gotten the reaction that he had expected. The short old man began to chuckle. His chuckle then turned into full out laughter. Sarutobi was literally shaking with anger. The killing intent rolled off of Sarutobi like fumes rising off of gasoline. Egg Shen's laughter suddenly died down and he narrowed his eyes at the Hokage sitting across from him."I'd like to see that. Don't let my appearance fool you, Sarutobi. You are not even half of my age and your current power is less than Naruto's. You pose little threat to me, Hokage" said Egg Shen.

"IS THAT A FACT?" said an angry Sarutobi, though it wasn't meant to be a question. "Yes, and it could be a very painful one"(Rocky IV) retorted Egg Shen. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be on my way. Tell Naruto that he knows where to find me" said Egg Shen as he stood and turned to walk toward the door. "ANBU, SEIZE THAT MAN!" yelled Sarutobi. Suddenly, six Anbu guards dove on the old man, from out of nowhere. Once they finally wrestled the old man to his stomach, face against the wooden floor, Sarutobi walked over to the old man. "So much for being out of my league, old man" said Sarutobi, with a fairly smug look on his face.

Suddenly, Sarutobi's eyes went wide. "HOKAGE-SAMA, THIS IS MOST UNYOUTHFUL OF YOU." said a subdued Maito Gai, with a frown on his face. The six Anbu guards immediately release Gai and the Hokage apologized. "YOSH! I WILL RE-IGNITE HOKAGE-SAMA'S FLAMES OF YOUTH BY-". "Please, escort Gai-san out of my office" Sarutobi said, while rubbing his temples. "Hai, Hokage-sama" said the six Anbu in unison. Once Sarutobi's office was empty, Sarutobi walked to his window and looked to the Hokage monument. "What have you gotten yourself involved in, Naruto?" Sarutobi asked to no one in particular.

Chapter 1: The Arrival

On the 5th anniversary of the Kyuubi attack, young Uzumaki Naruto sits against the front door of his apartment, terrified. If this anniversary was anything like the others that he could remember, he was in for a long night. It had become a ritual to beat and rape the young jinchuuriki on this very day. It seemed like an endless cycle to him. Just when he thought that he had recovered from the trauma of the events that occurred the year before, October 10th would be back upon him. Naruto had been too afraid to tell the anyone what was happening to him out of fear, fear that it would only make the situation worse. So here he was, sitting in front of his apartment door with his knees to his chest and tears running down his cheeks. Then, the inevitable happens...

(Multiple footsteps can be heard in front of Naruto's door)

"You know what time it is, demon! Now, open this goddamn door!" said one of the clearly intoxicated men outside of Naruto's door. Naruto put all of the weight of his little body against his door, hoping that his door would be strong enough to handle the mob outside of it.

After 5 minutes of kicking and beating the door, just a preamble of what they had in store for Naruto, the door started to show signs of breaking. Naruto realized that his only chance was to head for the window, which would give him a headstart from the mob outside his door. Naruto bolted for the window, opened it up, and jumped out; but not before the door caved and he was spotted.

"He went out of the window! Cut him off downstairs!" shouted one of the men. The terrified little boy jumped off the roof and sprinted towards the forest, in hopes of losing his pursuers in the darkness of the forest. Fortunately for the young boy, the mob of villagers were more than a little drunk, making a high-speed pursuit in the darkness of the forest virtually impossible. But, unfortunately for the young boy, he hadn't noticed the lack of insults and threats behind him and he continue to sprint through the darkness of the forest.

After 15 minutes of sprinting in the dark forest, Naruto crashed into something that was as hard as a rock. Before passing out, Naruto saw three men dressed, identically, in gray, retro-ninja outfits(without the mask), brown capes, and bamboo hats. Before Naruto could say anything, a thin, 7 foot man with pale skin and a long black goatee, which matched his long black hair, came from behind the three. Naruto noticed three things about this man before he went blank.

The first thing was that the man's fingernails were the longest that he had ever seen on a man, especially the nails on the man's pinky fingers. The nails on the pinky finger were at least 6 inches long, curved, and looked as if they had been dipped in gold. The last two things that Naruto noticed were the man's eyes and the man's mouth. The man was smiling at him, but the smile didn't match the eyes. This man's eyes held no emotion whatsoever.

Suddenly, the smile was gone from the man's man's eyes narrowed towards Naruto and his mouth opened, as if he were going to speak. However, the only sound Naruto heard was a high-pitch screech from the old man's mouth. With the screech came bright white light, coming from the old man's mouth and eyes. With that, Naruto blacked out.

At that moment, one of the three dressed as ninja took a step toward the boy. He then removed his bamboo hat, revealing a tan face, brown eyes, and short, black hair that was neatly brushed. He then spoke to the old, pale skin man. "Lo Pan-sama, is this the one that you have been waiting for? He seems far too weak to have such a significant role in your plans.

Lo Pan chuckled at the ignorance of his subordinate. "You are correct, Thunder. However, this child has more potential than any of you. Once we are finished with him, he will become the leader and new addition to the three storms." At this, one of the other three ninja stepped forward, furiously removing his bamboo hat. Like the other ninja, he too had tan skin and well-groomed, black hair, but his hair was long and came to his shoulder blades."You can not be serious Lo Pan-sama!". At this, Lo Pan narrowed his eyes at furious subordinate. "Hold your tongue, Rain." Seeing his master's killing intent spike, Rain immediately dropped to his knees and bowed his head.

"Forgive me, Master. I forget my place". Before he could say anything else, the last of the three stepped forward and removed his bamboo hat, revealing the same tan skin and black hair; though his black was short and spikey. "I think that it is a splendid idea Lo Pan-sama." Lo Pan smiled at his oldest subordinate. "You two should take notes from your older brother. Lightning, you are indeed wise."

"Thank you, Lo Pan-sama. With the way his village treats him, he will probably be loyal to the first ones that acknowledge him. You are truly a genius Lo Pan-sama. Also, his last name is Uzumaki, or Whirlpool. How fitting. It's as if he was born to be one of us" said Lightning with a small bow. "Rain, carry the boy. We're leaving" said Lo Pan. "Hai, Lo Pan-sama". And with that, they vanished without a trace.

Seven Years Later...

"Man, this is bullshit. I hate doing this damn gate guard duty" said one of the chuunin gate guards. "Man, just sit down and relax. I'm sure that there will come a time when we wish we could sit on our asses all day. Enjoy it while you can, or at least shut up and let me enjoy it" said the other gate guard. "Lazy asshole..." mumbled the irritated gate guard.

Before the other gate guard could retort, they saw someone walking toward the Konoha gate. Both gate guards jumped to attention, ready for a possible battle. They had received no word from the Hokage about any foreign ninja or diplomat coming to visit Konoha today. Since they could only sense one person, they doubted that he was just returning from a mission, otherwise he would have his teammates with him.

The closer the figure got to the gate, the more that they were certain that this person was not from Konoha. Just his style of clothing screamed 'foreigner'. The figure wore a gray, retro-ninja outfit; which they had only seen in movies and video games, but wore no mask. Covering his uniform, which had no sign of any kind of alliance with Konoha or any other village, was a brown cape. Finally, he wore a bamboo hat over his head, which covered his face and eyes.

As the figure finally stopped in front of the gate, the two gate guards dropped their guard a little, realizing that it was just a kid. "State your name and business, gaki" stated one of the guards, in a tone of authority. The kid then lifted his bamboo hat, revealing his face and a set of cold, emotionless, deep blue eyes; eyes that just didn't seem normal on any normal person, let alone a kid. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto and I am from this village" said the young boy in an emotionless tone that matched his eyes.

As soon as the two guards heard the name, their eyes hardened with hatred. They would recognize that name anywhere. It was the name of the demon brat. "I'm sorry but Konoha has no room for the likes of you, demon" one of the guards spat. Naruto gave no hint that he had even heard the comment, until he spoke again, though there was still no emotion in his voice. "Get out of my way...or you will die...then your family will die."

Normally, a chuunin wouldn't stand for that kind of talk from someone who wasn't even an academy student, however this was the reincarnation of the kyuubi. There was no telling what something like that could do. Besides that, there was nothing in the boy's face that said that he was bluffing. On the contrary, he looked like he would be more than happy to carry out that threat. Both guard felt genuine fear at the killing intent that spilled from the boy like lava from a volcano.

Luckily, for the guards, divine intervention came in the form of an Anbu team coming from a mission. A group of four Anbu appeared at the gate, next to the gate guards, and was about to enter the village until they felt the tension between the gate guards and the mysterious stranger. The leader of the group of Anbu, wearing a dog mask, walked up to the gate guard, while keeping an eye on the stranger, who had his features covered with the bamboo hat. "Can we be of some assistance to you guys?" asked the dog masked Anbu captain.

"Dog-sama, this dem-" said the guard until he felt the killing intent wash over him once again, as if daring him to finish that statement. "I mean, this kid wants entry into this village. He goes by the name of Uzumaki Naruto". The dog masked Anbu's eyes went wide when he heard the name. "I'll take him to the Hokage's office, I'm on my way to the Hokage tower anyway." said the dog masked Anbu. "Hai, Dog-sama" said the guard.

"Follow me, Naruto" said Dog. Naruto stood still for a moment, still staring at the two gate guards, as if he had unfinished business with them. "Naruto! Let's go" said Dog. Naruto turned his head slowly to look at the Dog before turning back to look at the two guards again. Naruto smiled a wicked smile at the guards before leaving with Dog, leaving the guards truely terrified with thoughts of coming home to a slaughtered family.

Ten minutes later

"Hokage-sama" said Dog. "Ah, Dog-san. I take it that the mission was a success?" asked the old Hokage. "Hai, Hokage-sama, though the mission report will have to wait until tomorrow." said Dog. "And what, might I ask, is so important that you would wait until tomorrow to turn in your mission report?" asked the Hokage with a raise eyebrow. At that, Dog opened the office door and beckoned Naruto to come in. "And who is this young man?" asked the Hokage. "Uzumaki Naruto, Hokage-sama" said Naruto, before Dog could introduce him.

Sarutobi was in a state of shock, then anger. "How dare you! Dog-san! What is the meaning of this!" yelled the old Hokage, scowling. Seeing Sarutobi's reaction, Naruto decided to remove his bamboo hat, completely showing his hair and face. Once Sarutobi saw the boy's features, there was no denying it. It was like staring at a mini Yondaime Hokage. Even his hair had grown to look like his father's, which could become a problem if anyone had taken the time to notice. But, then again, Naruto had always looked somewhat similar to the Yondaime anyway. The only difference between Naruto and the young Minato Namikaze was the eyes. The colors were exactly the same but, where Minato had a light of innocence and life, Naruto's held corruption and death.

"Naruto, is it really you?" asked the old Hokage. Naruto simply nodded, showing no emotion. "Where have you been, Naruto? We thought that you were killed seven years ago, by some drunken idiots that bragged about chasing you out of your apartment. Needless to say, they were executed immediately after we found their claims to be true" said the old man. Naruto stared at the old Hokage with an uncaring look on his face. "You just answered you own question, Hokage-sama. After being chase out of the village, I wandered to the Rice Country and stayed there, doing odd jobs to survive. Word of the execution of the villagers that try to kill me reach me just two weeks ago, so I left the Rice Country and headed back to Konoha" lied Naruto.

Dog shook his head, ashamed of his own village. Then the Hokage asked a question that actually seemed to strike a nerve with Naruto. "What are your plans now that you are back in Konoha, Naruto?" asked Sarutobi. Without hesitation, Naruto answered, "I would like to pursue a ninja career, that much has not changed". Sarutobi stared at Naruto with a critical eye before nodding to himself. "Very well, Naruto. You will start your first day at the Academy tomorrow. Granted, most of the students your age are already on their last year, but the four years at the Academy are a necessity for students, because it helps them become more well-rounded ninja. Do you understand, Naruto?". Naruto mentally snorted. "Yes, Hokage-sama". "Good, Naruto. You will spend the rest of the day getting settle back into Konoha and tomorrow you start at the Academy. Here's some money to get whatever you need. I assure you that we will not tolerate anyone that tries to give you problems" said Sarutobi, as he handed Naruto an envelope full of money. "Thank you, Hokage-sama" said Naruto, as he bowed and left the office.

"Kakashi-san, see to it that he is well taken care of" said Sarutobi. "Hai, Hokage-sama". Before Kakashi left, he turned back around to face Sarutobi. "Hokage-sama, I request to leave my position as Anbu captain, so I can acquire my own team of genin". "Planning to take Naruto as your student when the time comes?" asked Sarutobi. "I owe Minato-sensei that much." answered Kakashi. "Very well, you will served as Anbu captain until I can find a suitable replacement. Dismissed". With that Kakashi vanished from the office.

As Naruto walks down the streets of Konoha, he notices surprised and hateful glares directed toward him.

Well, I guess I should look the part of a normal Academy student. I still can't believe how gullible that Hokage is. Well, that should just make it easier to complete my mission for Lo Pan-sama. OK, first stop, clothing store. Next, weapons shop. And lastly, food shopping.

After getting everything he needed, Naruto returned to his old apartment to get some rest before his first day at the Academy. Before lying down, Naruto put his supplies away, cleaned his old apartment, and did some meditation. After an two hour of meditation, Naruto laid down and fell into a sleepless dream.

The next morning, Naruto was up at 6:00 am, two hours before he had to be at the Academy. After showering and eating breakfast, Naruto got dressed and went to a random, empty training ground to do a quick morning workout. Instead of his usual gray, retro ninja outfit, brown cape, and bamboo hat; Naruto wore a white, hooded, zip-up sweatshirt with three thin black stripes going up the sleeves(think adidas hoodie), and black cargo shorts. Naruto thought that the look would help him blend in with the rest of the students, however, he couldn't be more wrong. Word of the return of the demon brat spread like wildfire, in a gasoline soaked forest. Most of the parents had aleady taken precautions by telling the children to stay away from the demon brat. Though they were still children, they did not miss the venom in their parent's words, which instantly formed their opinion of said boy.

After finishing his workout at 7:45 am, Naruto made his way to the Academy. While on his way to the Academy, Naruto noticed the hateful glares directed towards him, he just really didn't care. Of course, he had the urge to kill them where they stood, but his mission came first. Eventually, they would all pay. Naruto made his way into the Academy and to his designated classroom, opening the door, revealing 30 snort-nosed kids, that wouldn't know their asshole from a hole in the ground, and a chuunin instructor that he could've beaten when he was seven.

"Uzumaki Naruto, I presume?" asked the chuunin instructor, with a glare. He only received a nod from Naruto. "Take your sit right here, in the front of the class. I'm sure that these children could learn a thing or two from you if your sitting in the front of the class." said the chuunin instructor. "This is perfect. I can drill the demon on advanced Academy material. He'll give up before the first semester is over." Naruto knew what his teacher was planning, and smirked at the chuunin instructor. "I agree" said Naruto.

Within the first hour, the chuunin instructor drilled Naruto on material that was impossible for even a fourth year student to answer. What was even more surprising was that Naruto answered every question correctly, from history to advanced chakra control, Naruto answered every question correctly.

At first, the chuunin instructor was seething. After he started to calm down a little, he came up with a brillant idea. "This is perfect! Now that I have a reason, I can skip him to a fourth year student. Sure, he may be advance as far as book-wise, but there is no way that he's advanced enough, in a practical sense, to keep up with a fourth year student. Not only can I be rid of the demon brat, but I can see to it that he is broken by the fourth year students and instructors. I'm a genius" thought the chuunin instructor. "Naruto, you are amazing! You even answered the questions that were straight out of the fourth year curriculum. You are far too advance to be in this class. Here, take this note to the classroom five doors down from this classroom and give it to the instructors of that class" the chuunin instructor said, while scribbling on a sheet of paper. After taking the note, Naruto left the classroom. He had hoped that this would happen, otherwise it would make it incredibly hard for him to complete his mission while attending that idiotic class.

Opening the door of the fourth year classroom, Naruto sees two chuunin instructors. The first instructor, a light-blue haired chuunin, glares at him, while the other instructor, a chuunin with a high pony tail and a scar on the bridge of his nose, gives him more of a questioning gaze. Before either of the two chuunin could speak, Naruto hands the scarred chuunin the notes from his previous instructor. After reading the note, the scarred chuunin instructor says "Well, looks like we have a new student". "What!" yelled the blue haired chuunin. "Calm down, Mizuki. We can handle one more student." said the scarred chuunin instructor. "Iruka, we will have to slow down our curriculum so this little brat can keep up" said Mizuki, though that had little to do with why he didn't want Naruto to join the class. The truth was, some of his friends were put to death over the demon brat seven years ago and Mizuki still hadn't gotten over it. "Actually, his last instructor says that he's quite advanced, more than enough for this class" Iruka said, matter-of-factly. With that said, Naruto walk to an empty seat in the back of the class, while Mizuki glared at his back.

All of the student stared at the new kid, some with hateful glares, others with curious ones. Naruto ignored them while Iruka and Mizuki started their lecture again. Like his first class, Naruto was bombarded with questions, some were questions that no Academy student could answer, but Naruto managed to get them right.

"Naruto, how long can one fight after ingesting a military rations pill?" "Three days and three nights, Mizuki-sensei"."OK, name the three colored pills and what they do". "They are the Horengan pill, the Karegan pill, and the Tongarashigan pill. They convert the body's fat reserves into chakra, making it the perfect weapon for the Akimichi clan, though it is said that after taking all of the pills, death is imminent." As Naruto continued to answer Mizuki question, the students looked on in shock. Not even Chouji knew that many facts about military rations pills, and he was an Akimichi.

"Mizuki, it's 10:00 am. It's time to move on from the lectures and onto the physical education." said Iruka, while Mizuki never broke eye contact with Naruto. Just at that moment, Naruto winked at Mizuki, angering the chuunin even more. Then Mizuki smirked. It was time for physical education, and he would get his revenge there.

Five minutes later

"OK, class, today we will start with kunai and shuriken practice. We'll be going in order, starting from 'A'. Aburame Shino, you're up first" said Iruka. Naruto's attention was on something else. He noticed a pink haired girl, with green eyes, staring dreamily at some kid with a red and white fan insignia on the back of his blue shirt, signifying that he was a Uchiha. A Japanese girl with green eyes? Oh, this is too easy. Lo Pan-sama will be very happy with this one. I shall take her tonight, then I can finally destroy this place. Naruto then noticed Mizuki glaring at him. And I will personally torture him. Naruto was awakened from his daydream of pulling Mizuki's teeth and fingernails out, one by one, when his name was called. "You're up, Naruto" said Iruka.

As Naruto walked up to the line, he passed by the Uchiha, who stared at him arrogantly as he walked past. When Naruto looked at the 8 targets and noticed that the Uchiha had hit the bulleyes on every one of them. "Not bad, but not really too good either" Naruto thoughtas he channeled wind chakra into his kunai and shuriken. Naruto then closed his eyes, to the shock of the entire classroom. "I guess he just gave up after seeing Sasuke-kun's performance" said the noisy pink haired girl while the other students snickered. Without warning, Naruto threw the projectiles with blinding speed. Even the instructors had wide eyes after seeing the results.

Naruto had cut every single shuriken and kunai that Sasuke had thrown, down the middle. All of Sasuke's shuriken and kunai fell to the ground and were replaced by Naruto's. The majority of the girl's in the classroom glared at Naruto, as did Sasuke and Mizuki. "That was incredible, Naruto!" said Iruka. "No doubt. He split Sasuke's kunai right down the middle" stated a loud Kiba, with amazement written all over his face. As Ino walked past Naruto, glaring, Naruto was bombarded by the majority of the males in the class telling him how badass it was, some even asking for tips. Naruto felt kind of awkward in this situation. No one from Konoha, outside of the Hokage, had ever praised him for anything, and been sincere about. But these students were clearly sincere, which gave Naruto conflicting feelings. On one hand, he hated the villages and everyone in it. On the other hand, some part of him was actually happy about being recognize for something other then the kyuubi.

"OK, it's time for your lunch break. Meet me here in 30 minutes. Dismissed". And with that, the students ran off to the designated eating section, outside of the Academy building. Naruto walked at a slow pace, toward a tree. After unsealing his food, which consisted of four volcano rolls and a bottle of water, and eating; Naruto started to meditate. "Hey! Your name is Naruto, right?" asked the chubby Akimichi, who was with his pineapple haired friend and the loud kid with the dog riding on top of his head."Yes" was all Naruto said, not opening his eyes. "Mind if we join you". "Well, actu-" said Naruto, before being cut off. "Of course he doesn't mind. Who wants to eat by themselves?" asked the dog boy, taking a seat next to Naruto. Naruto sighed inwardly. "I'm Kiba, of the Inuzuka clan, and this is my companion Akamaru". The other two followed suit. "Troublesome. I am Shikamaru, of the Nara clan" said the pineapple headed boy. "And I am Chouji, of the Akimichi clan" said the chubby kid.

Naruto started having the same conflicting feelings as before. He sense no hate or malice directed to him from either of the boys, meaning that they had genuinely taken in interest in him. Naruto opened his eyes. "It is nice to meet you". Despite Naruto's upbringing for the past seven years, he couldn't make himself hate those that didn't hate him. "Naruto, do you know how to play shougi? I can't find a decent opponent to play with and I was hoping the you could play with me." asked Shikamaru, in a hopeful tone. "Do you have a boa-" before Naruto could finish, Shikamaru whipped a shougi board out and started setting up the pieces.

Five minutes later...

"Not bad. It's been a while since I've played someone with your skill" said Shikamaru. "Likewise. It's like you think of every possible outcome prior to even touching your pieces". "This is the longest I've ever seen Shikamaru play an opponent, outside of his father" said Chouji.

Two minutes later...

"I win." said Naruto. The three boys' mouths were wide open. "I can't believe it. You actually beat Shikamaru!" said both Kiba and Chouji, shock written all over their face. Shikamaru smiled at Naruto. "Good game, Naruto". "Well, the only reason I won was because you let me go first, therefore I was able to set a trap accordingly. Had you gone first, you probably would've done the same thing" said Naruto, with an actual smile on his face. To be honest Naruto enjoy a good game of shougi just as much as Shikamaru.

At that moment, Naruto sensed a group of ten approaching them. Naruto felt the familiar hate-filled glared directed at him. As Naruto got to his feet, he recognized the Uchiha and immediately knew what this was about. The Uchiha walked up to Naruto, completely disregarding Naruto's personal space. Little did he know that Naruto had killed people for far less than that. Any sign of happiness that Naruto had previous to the arrival of the Uchiha was now gone. Naruto stared at the boy with cold, calculating eyes. "Kick his ass, Sasuke-kun!" shouted the girl known as Ino, which was seconded by the pink haired, green eyed girl. "Yeah, Sasuke! Kick his ass and show him who the number one rookie is!".

"Fight me, Uzumaki"said the boy who had been identified as Sasuke.(Sorry about this line, but Sasuke is really one-dimensional, which is why almost all fanfics have this line in them at one time or another).

Naruto ignored the Uchiha and turned his attention to the two girls. "If you truly care for your friend, you should take him away from me immediately" Naruto said, while gesturing to Sasuke with his thumb. Sasuke seethed at the jab toward him. "Sounds like your afraid, to me. I can't say that I blame you. I am of the Uchiha clan, the strongest clan in the history of Konoha" Sasuke said, arrogantly. "Why would I be afraid of you or your pathetic clan. Didn't your clan lose to the Senju clan, for supremacy of this village? Your clan is...,excuse me, was far from being the strongest in Konoha. And that's why they don't exist anymore. Now, if you'll excuse me" Naruto said, in a nonchalant tone. Everyone's eyes widen at the obvious low-blow and the his uncaring voice.

Naruto turned his back to Sasuke and started to make his way back to the Academy training grounds. Sasuke stood in shock, until that shock turned to blinding anger. "YOU'RE DEAD,UZUMAKI!" shouted an infuriated Sasuke as he dashed toward Naruto, with the intent to kill him. Before Sasuke could reach Naruto, Mizuki grabbed Sasuke from out of nowhere. "LET ME GO! I'M GOING TO KILL HIM!" Sasuke screamed. "Calm down, Sasuke. If you kill him now, you will find yourself in a prison cell, or worse. Wait until the practice spars. Then, we can count it as a training accident if you 'accidently' kill him. Use your head." Mizuki whispered in Sasuke's ear, slowly calming the boy down.

Five minutes later...

"OK, class, now we will be sparring. We will pick the two opponents in the same order as the target practice, except the girls will fight girls and the boys will fight the boys" said Iruka. Sasuke continued to glare hatefully at Naruto, while Naruto watched the matches, fully aware of Sasuke's killing intent directed towards him.

Thirty minutes later...

"Sasuke and Naruto, please step into the sparring area" asked Iruka. The two walked into the sparring area and stood across from each other. No words were exchange between the two, which didn't go unnoticed by Iruka. The entire classroom watched in anticipation. The incident during the lunch break was a hot topic to the rest of the classroom, so everyone was looking forward to seeing this fight. Also, many of the students wanted to know how good Naruto really was, and how they stacked up against him. If it was anything like target practice, they were in for quite a show.

"Sasuke, are you ready?"asked Iruka, getting a head nod in return from the angry looking Uchiha. "Naruto, are you ready?" Iruka asked, getting nothing in return from a relaxed, bored looking Naruto."Begin!"

A/N: OK, that's the end of the first chapter. The next chapter will explain Naruto's relationship with Lo Pan and the 'three storms', Naruto's extensive training, Naruto's mission, and how it pertains to Konoha. I also would like to apologize for the stucture of the first chapter. Hopefully I'll get better with each chapter. Please let me know if you have any tips to share.