Chapter 1
The warm glow of the sun glossed over all of Konohagakure; The Village Hidden in the Leaves. Blazing light illuminated the roofs of orange, blue, and green, a beautiful sight to the blue eyes that stared down at the white city. A sigh traveled with a breeze, carrying the emerald leaves of the very trees which protected his home. Smiling now, the young boy, with hair of gold, gripped the stone beneath him, yes this was his home and a past promise echoed within the walls of his mind 'I will protect my home and all in it with all that I am!' The philosophy of the Third Hokage was to protect all that is precious to you. Protect them all with the very fire of your will.
These were teachings the whiskered child would always value and hold true. Standing tall before a home that despised him, Naruto Uzumaki simply gave it a wide grin, before cupping his hands to his lips, and with a deep breath….."Good morning Konohagakure!" soon after the blond Childs laugh filled the entrancing blue sky, a sky which held the purple streaks of night. Little known to him, a soft laugh joined his. Down on the balcony of the Hokage house, the Third himself looked atop the Fourths head, chuckling with his smoldering pipe as he saw Naruto standing, no care in the world.
Hiruzen Sarutobi adjusted the customary hat, as he stared up to his apprentice. "Three years it's been Naruto; you've lived in this house and have become so strong and wise in those years. Heh, and only twelve, you truly are like you're your parents son, I can see your fathers skill, and your mothers will, and I know that even now they continue to smile at you" Hiruzen whispered before taking a breath from his pipe, before removing it and releasing the smoke in the shape of a circle. Gazing down at his pipe, while rotating his wrist, the Third Hokage looked back up watching as the prodigy child took a leap of faith down the mountain aside, racing down towards the village below, and with a tired sigh, Hiruzen turned back towards his office, already dreading the paperwork ahead before muttering "Have a good morning Naruto."
Naruto Uzumaki allowed his old orange jacket fly from his body, exposing a lightly armored black tank top which held the red whirlpool that all Leaf Shinobi held on his back. Somersaulting in the middle of his free fall, Naruto gracefully landed atop one of the many looming towers of the village adjusting his darkened Anbu gauntlets as well as his darkened blue sash around his waist, before dusting off his black jumpsuit pants. Satisfied with how he cleaned up the whiskered ninja leaped atop buildings both high and low, ignoring the glares full of hate and disgust , focusing all his attention on the destination, The Academy of the Leaf.
"Alright, today is the day! Today is the day I will graduate and finally become a ninja, and in the end of all this….." coming to a stop atop the arced gate Naruto looked back at the entire village "…you'll acknowledge and respect me." The blond haired ninja narrowed his eyes, feeling determination and a fire course through his veins to show them all, that even one who was once a 'dead last' could achieve the impossible.
Turning his gaze back towards the large school, Naruto Uzumaki leaped towards the doors, ready to show the village, and even the world, his will of fire.
AN: I know it's a very short chapter, but believe me the next chapters will be longer, I hope you will enjoy my AU and my views on how the Naruto universe could've been. I look forward to writing more, and I hope you will enjoy the ride also! PM for any suggestions and please review!