A/N: this is my first story and it is also a reply from a challenge made by; NeoNazo365. i don't pride myself in my writing abilities but i read so many fanfictions so i thought 'EH why not?'

also i have not decided the pairing for this so it is open for suggestion so without further ado

"talking"

'thinking'

"reading"

Jutsu/technique

The prelims for the third stage of the Chunin Selection Exams had ended naught but a day ago, and after making a solemn vow to defeat Neji after what he did to Hinata, one Naruto Uzumaki enthusiastically sought out his sensei, Kakashi Hatake, to train him during the next month for his match against the supposed prodigy of the Hyuuga Clan.

However, as fate would have it, things weren't meant to go his way.

"Lousy Kakashi-sensei. He promotes teamwork to your face, but then he goes behind your back and plays favorites," Naruto grumbled as he walked Konoha's back streets. After pretty much getting stood up and leaving before he could defend his actions, with what would be a weak attempt, he decided to do the one thing he thought he'd never do once he became a ninja. Go to the library and read.

Twenty minutes later after finding the place, Naruto made his way to the back of the Konoha Ninja Library, in the hopes of finding a "super cool" jutsu, or something along those lines that would help him defeat that prick Neji.

A few minutes into his trip however as he got one of those wheeled ladders to he could reach the top shelves without climbing, an angry librarian who detested Naruto for the same reason the other villagers did, casually bumped the side of the ladder with her hip, causing it to shake wildly as she walked out of the aisle and back to her desk like nothing at all had happened.

A few seconds later after trying to maintain his stance in vain, Naruto fell to the floor face-first. The sudden jarring caused some of the books on the shelf to topple onto him, a particularly heavy and dusty one landing on his head before landing in front of him.

"Man, this books seems way too heavy," Naruto groaned as he rubbed his sore head. After wiping some of the dust off with his hand, then blowing it away which elicited a brief coughing fit, he saw that it was an old leather-bound book, which was surprising since most old books were replaced with scrolls.

The True World History

"Weird. It doesn't have a library stamp on it, or even Konoha's insignia," he said after flipping through the pages, seeing only more leather, then turned to the front of the book. "The True World History…" he read aloud after looking over the cover again. "Hmmmm… Doesn't really sound like my kind of book," he sighed as he leafed through the pages, then came upon what looked like a portrait at the back.

Though the edges of the page were worn, surprisingly the color and details were in relatively good shape, almost to the point that he swore he was looking at the person herself. Or at least her upper half.

She appeared to be a tall, slender yet athletic woman with shoulder length black hair with a dark blue sheen. Her eyes were blue with wide, dark pupils, and a very characteristic plain nose. He also noticed that her arms were somewhat long, and that she had a narrow waist. In the picture she was wearing a violet-colored blouse and black jacket, both of which were open to reveal some cleavage, which caused him to blush.

"Wow… She's kinda pretty," Naruto said to himself before looking to the bottom of the page, as to not be caught looking at her chest, an eyebrow raising when he found what looked like a hand-written quote at the bottom.

Those who fail to learn from the past are only doomed to repeat it. That is why you must look back on the mistakes you have made, as not to make them again and become a better person for it.

Nico Robin, Archaeologist of the Mugiwara no Ichimi

After reading over the line a few times, which for some reason it seemed to strike a chord in him, every mistake he suddenly made as a ninja flashed before his eyes. Freezing up when confronted with the Oni Kyoudai, leaping into the midst of Haku's ice mirrors without thinking, getting jumped from behind in the forest of death, twice, and last but not least wearing orange and blue of all things while on-duty.

Well, the last one couldn't be helped because that was all the villagers would sell him, but at that very moment he realized, had he used a convincing henge, he would've been able to buy more ninja-like clothes at their labeled price, instead of getting ripped off like he had been.

Realizing that as he was, he wouldn't be able to defeat someone like Neji, despite how much he didn't want to admit it, he decided to read into the book a bit more and see what he could learn.

Especially that one page that looked like it had a storage seal on it with a picture of a strange fruit with spirals on it.

After making some shadow clones to take care of the books that had been knocked over, he hid the book in his backpack, which wasn't labeled like the other books of scrolls, and made his way home to see if that gut feeling he had about the book was right or not.

After scurrying home to his apartment building careful to avoid the mobs that would beat him, Lest he lose the book he obtained from the library. Being the rash boy Naruto was, he opened it straight to the page with the weird sealing array

'i wonder what's in it!' he thought as he poured lots of chakra into it. Way more than he should have. When he looked at the book again he saw a box with a note beside it. Curious he opened the note to see what it said

"My name is Nico Robin. Archaeologist of the Straw Hat Pirates and translator of the poneglyphs. I'm afraid i'm in my final years of this life, and so i pass on the knowledge of the true history of the world and my powers of the 'Hana Hana no mi'.

"I wonder what this Hana Hana no mi thing is" he wondered to himself 'maybe it will help me beat Neji!' he exclaimed in his head 'anyway' he looked back down at the note

"The Hana Hana no mi is a paramecia type devil fruit that allows the user to sprout their body parts such as arms and legs from any surface. Also with greater control of the fruit you can make complete clones of yourself. But with these powers is a weakness, seawater the one who eats the fruit sinks like a brick in seawater and can't use any of their abilities. Also any damage done to the summoned appendages of the eater is done to the original. Before you eat the fruit i ask one final favor from you, since my story is up i would like you to continue writing the history as it goes on and then like me pass it on to the next. So if you really accept these weaknesses open the box, eat the hana hana no mi and continue writing history"

Naruto stood there in shock as he thought of all possibilities that this fruit gave all the pranks he could do! And he needn't worry about water Ero-senin had told him how to walk on it. just then he was hit by an onslaught of memories, the influx knocking him out.

"Owww" Naruto groaned as he got up "what happened?" he asked himself 'the last thing i remember was putting the books back. Wait! putting the books back? I'm sure i used shadow clones to put the books ba-. Wait a minute!' Shadow Clone Jutsu! he said as he asked the newly formed shadow clone put a nearby jumpsuit anywhere in the apartment building then dispel. Sure enough he knew exactly where the clone had put it. 'This will be so useful for training!' He thought happily "Where was i" he wondered out loud "oh yeah" he muttered as he walked over to the box that contained the Hana Hana No Mi. When he opened the box he saw that inside was a weird purple fruit covered in dark swirls "Here goes" he said, his voice trembling in anticipation. He reached down and grabbed the strange fruit then in one giant bite he swallowed the entire fruit in one go "gah ah! This tastes horrible!" He shouted as he ran for a cup of water while cleaning his tongue as he ran. Once he finally finished washing his mouth he prepared himself "here goes" he muttered as he willed an arm to appear out of the wall, opening his eyes he grinned happily at what he saw. "this going to be fun"

A/N: so this is the first chapter of my first story; Naruto: successor of knowledge what did you think? also remember that this story is of a challenge made by NeoNazo365

BYE!