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(before I start… I wish to address a few things about my fictions. Firstly, grammar and spelling.. I am not the best writer. Ok so I know my grammar is not the best nor my spelling so please, try to ignore any mistakes and just enjoy the story. In the case of my more common readers, you may notice that I have removed a good amount of my fictions. This is because I am wiping my slate clean. Naruto seishin, rebirth of the intoner and dusty fox will continue, along with this fiction but other than that, no more. If you wish to take up any of the fictions that I have removed for yourself, I have listed them on my profile. Simply PM me and I will give you the details
On that note… ON TO THE STORY!)
Konoha. A village made equal parts joyful comadré and hateful secrets. Civilians and inexperienced ninja leave its walls and enter them with false dreams and hopes of a future that they most likely will never have. Its higher figures know the truth, living lives filled with bitter poison and honeyed words. Lies, lies, LIES, LIES!.. however a few saw through both veils. They.. well. They were the downtrodden. The orphans. The poor and the weak. One such person was currently at this time, enjoying a small session of leisure before his time at the academy. Or he would be if he wasn't currently playing..
"GOD FUCKING DAMMIT BLOODBORNE!"… a rage game. The classic shape of a single white controller smashing through a window revealed the boy inside, blond hair and azure eyes filled with rage as they glared at the tv and the game over screen that it showed. This boy, was naruto. , jinchuriki of the kyuubi no yoko and at this time, one very pissed off gamer. Taking a few seconds to re-acquire his rational mind, the boy stepped over to the window and sighed, activating the inbuilt reparation seal. Going down to the road where his controller lay, naruto waved to the few neighbours of his that didn't hate his guts. "another all nighter naruto?". "yeah asuma, trynna get past rahm. I swear if it wasn't for the fact he's a fucking spider of all things, I'd have probably done it by now".
Chuckling at the boy's words, asuma sarutobi stubbed out his cigarettes and smiled, checking his watch. "well you'd better hurry kid, the academy starts in 5. Don't worry, I'll lock up for ya". Naruto nodded and shouted his thanks, taking off down the street in his classic orange jumpsuit with a wide-spread grin on his face. The reason? Because today was the day he would become a fully fledged gennin of his village, one step closer to becoming a name that was respected in his village and maybe, just maybe find out why people hated him so much. Asuma on the other hand, simply shook his head and walked into naruto's apartment, switching off the console and tv, smiling as he looked at the collection of digital games the boy had racked up. "heh.. if I didn't know better, I'd say he was researching these for a fighting style". Shaking the outrageous idea from his mind, asuma left the apartment and locked the door, leaving the apartment as quiet as possible.
With naruto
Gasping for breath as he sat down next to the king of brooding, naruto laid his head on the table and sighed, enjoying the cold wood against his skin. "oi naruto". Groaning at having his rest disturbed, the blond turned to face a boy with a puppy on his hood, holding out a small plastic blue case. "thanks for lending me this man, did it all night. Didn't know that you had such good taste in video games dude". Nodding with a smile, naruto took the case and put it In his jacket, looking over the disk for any damage. "yeah well, we were lucky that the science department made them. who knew violent games could be used to help shinobi with ptsd huh?". Their conversation was cut short by the arrival of one iruka umino, teacher of the class.
"ok class, please get to your seats so we can proceed with the written test. All you need to do is answer 5 questions, each of varying difficulty that are worth 25% each.". shaking his head at the glaringly obvious last minuet change to the test. "probably the council's doing, making it easier for the civvie born". He watched as mizuki-sensei laid the test in front of him, yawning as he gazed over the questions. "easy, hard, easy, hard, wont be able to answer- no wait.. easy. Damn, if I can answer these, they must be taking it easy on the students.". hearing the bell for the exam start, he picked up his pencil and planned out the question in his head… missing iruki looking right at him with a smile.
Flashback no jutsu
"you asked to see me iruka?". The teacher looked up to see the hokage enter his office with a kind smile, the type of smile you could only find on those who has seen too much in their life and now simply wished to enjoy their life. "yes hokage-sama, I was wondering if I could speak with you about naruto..". sighing, the older man took a seat, looking at the test on the desk. "did he fail another test again iruka..?". he was surprised when the teacher shook his head, a small smile on his lips as he spoke. "exactly the opposite. He scored 95/100 points! But.. it's how he referred to the answer. He used a video game as reference and came up with a.. pretty damn good answer if I say so myself". Taking the sheet for himself, the old man looked it over with surprise in his eyes.
"how I would dispose of an enemy base filled with hostile shinobi-by naruto Uzumaki.
to put it simply, I would choose a way that would both dispose of the building and the assailants within. first I would procure some type of explosive weaponry on sight, to make sure the added weight or bags needed would not hold me back upon infiltration. Then, I would wait till any patrols or guards were changing over shifts, taking out a soon to switch shinobi covertly and dispose of the body in a nearby bush or other hiding spot, using the transformation jutsu to take his/her place, plant the explosives at the structural weak spots and places that sustain the building's weight, detonating them after fleeing the site which would destroy the structure and crush the shinobi within
References used: red faction guerrilla ps3.".
The hokage sat there, jaw dropped as he read the writing over again and again. "t-this is.. genius! How the hell did naruto get this idea!?". The teacher could only shrug, looking over the other tests on his desk. "to be honest lord third.. I think naruto seems to be learning more from these video games then he is the academy. I would like to request that naruto be 'donated' a collection of digital and disk games from the science department's newest collection in order to see just what he can learn. And.. maybe that forbidden jutsu from the scroll of seals." the third just nodded, looking him in the eyes. "if he graduates I shall give him that jutsu AND the kagebunshin. He could put both to use and become a true prodigy if we mould this talent correctly. I trust you with his education directly iruka.. good luck".
Flashback-over
Iruka watched with a small smile as naruto sped through the specialised questions that the hokage had permitted that he give the boy, edited from the original test. His smile only grew when the bell went a second time, signalling the end of the exam as naruto put his pencil down with a satisfied smile. "ok. You will be given a quick 10 minute rest period before we move onto the physical portions of this exam. Please take this time to relax your mind and maybe stretch before the sparing". Of course, he knew only half the class would actually listen to his advice, his eyes trained on naruto before he left the room as he watched the boy take a small black oval device out of his pocket.
Naruto on the other hand sighed in happiness as he put his headphones on, looking at the screen as his thumbs worked the buttons on the device. "hey dobe". Turning to the right, naruto looked at the pink haired girl who stood next to him. "move out of the way, I want to sit next to sasuke kun!". sighing, naruto turned the device off and took the headphones out. "you could be a little more polite sakura-chan.. its not like I wanted to sit next to him." He missed his eyes glow for a second in the reflection of the windows, as did everyone else when sakura's eyes did exactly the same thing, a slightly guilty glint entering them. "o-oh.. yeah.. I suppose I should have thought about that, sorry naruto.. please may I sit there?". Smiling as she seemed to quickly change her attitude, naruto nodded and moved out of the way politely, sitting back down and continuing with his game.
"..is that a PSP? I thought no one owned them anymore?". Naruto had to physically try to hide his surprise at that, hearing his crush actually willingly talk to him about games of all things. "u-um.. yeah. I carry it around just to keep my energy in control.. don't want to annoy people you know?". He actually had to resist blushing when she got closer, her eyes wide and lips curved into a smile "oh I know this game! Daxter right? The spinoff of jak and daxter?". He nodded, smiling back. They didn't notice the rest of the class leaning over his shoulders, watching him play the small device, for what remained of the break. When the time finally ran out, he was surprised to see them all walking away and actually PRAISING him on his talents.
Shaking the fog from his mind, he stood up and walked over to the doors with a wide grin. Now would be the time he showed his new-found skills that he had 'borrowed' from a few of the games he had gotten. Walking up to the group of students, he smiled as iruka finished explaining the point system and aims of the ranged test. "would anyone like to go first?" of course, naruto stepped forward first and smiled, looking at the weapons before him. Picking up the kunai first, he took a second to balance the weight and then surprised the class by holding the kunai by the tip of the blade. "HAH the dobe cant even hold a kunai right!" "actually this is a real way of throwing a knife or kunai. You reduce the amount thrown in return for accuracy and power.. and if you have enough hand to eye coordination, you can do this".
He then proceeded to move his hands in a blur, the kunai's disappearing in a few seconds and re-appearing in the bullseye, the last one wedged between the dummy's eyes as it shook from the strength of the hit. "hows that sensei?" "well.. 10/10 but I'm going to have to retract a point for the unorthodox way of throwing the kunai ok?". Naruto nodded, happy with the score as he then proceeded to get a perfect 10 with the shuriken, walking away whisteling. The following hour was boring to be frank, watching the students perform their own throwing techniques and speeds. He was happy to see that only he, sakura, sasuke and surprisingly ino were able to get the top scores, with he and sakura tying.
Next was the part he was looking forward to.. sparing. Steeping up to the ring, he smiled as he watched them be given lot numbers. "number 9 eh.. why does that number feel special to me?" shaking off the feeling, he looked around to see who had the number 10. And he was mildly taken aback to see just who had the paper in HER hands. Yakumo kurama, a genjutsu heiress who was only introduced to the class a few months prior, shifted awkwardly as she looked back at him, her eyes filled with what seemed like a mixture of fear and nerve. As the first fight began, he watched as she walked over to him.
"h..hello.. n-naruto. Looks like.. we're going to be fighting..". ignoring her very shy and seemingly nervous way of speaking, he waved her off with a smile. "don't worry, this is only a friendly spar. I wont hurt you too bad.. if I can land a hit at all". Nodding with a small smile, yakumo turned to face the fight which had already progressed into the end of the third fight, sakura and ino currently… driving each other's face into the dirt and pulling out clumps of hair. "..they.. really don't fight well… do they?" "no they don't. ino's stance is all wrong and one wrong move could lead to her ankle being snapped and sakura is broadcasting her attacks like a fucking stereo.. sorry for the language". Giggling at the boy, yakumo just waved him off and watched until iruka got involved, calling a tie.
"ok… next fight, sasuke Uchiha vs shino aburame" "sensei I wish to forfit". Turning to shino, the teacher motioned for him to explain. "my combat mainly resides in the mid -long distance and in close range, requires extra work. Against fighters such as the Uchiha, I am at a very high disadvantage. I will glady would be a rather.. humiliating defeat". The teacher simply nodded, mizuki grinning as he watched the two fighters enter the ring next. "yakumo kurama vs naruto Uzumaki. are the fighters ready?". Receiving a shaky nod from yakumo and a thumbs up from naruto, he stepped out of the ring. "HAJIME!"
Naruto was quick to end the fight, knowing that mizuki would judge him unfairly if he didn't. ducking under yakumo's rather clumsy punch, he quickly put two palms to the inside of her elbow and outside of her wrist, bending her arm and sweeping her legs out from under her and pinning yakumo to the ground with his arm pressing her own to her neck, his fist against her forhead. "dead.." that one word signalled the end of the fight, yakumo hiding her eyes with her hair as naruto got off of her. "winner naruto uzumaki.. 10/10 for the speed and efficacy of the fight". Of course, naruto wasn't focusing on iruka.. but rather the girl who he had, only now realising, just humiliated in front of their entire class. His guilt only tripled when mizuki dragged her aside, alerting her to the fact that due to her low score in the physical tests… she had failed.
Naruto was, for lack of a better way of saying it, shattered. He had caused a sweet, kind hearted girl to fail in taking one step closer to her dream.. his form never left her as she ran from the academy grounds, crying. "….i'm sorry…"
Back inside
Sighing as he took a seat, naruto watched with lidded and saddened eyes as iruka alerted the class to yakumo's and a few other's failures. He was going to remain silent until one boy spoke "bah, who cares about that yakumo girl. I heard she nearly killed her entire clan when her bloodline went haywire!". Naruto growled lightly as he heard that, feeling a strange flame ignite in the deapths of his stomach. Now let it be known that naruto had no real feelings for yakumo, but rather had a very VERY strong code that he lived by. It was only one code but if you broke it around him, he would want to break YOU. He never really did anything.. but this time it was different. Letting the flame grow, he and the class never noticed his azure eyes glow with chakra, locking onto the boy.
Next thing anyone new, the boy was shivering randomly and speaking to his neighbours about feeling like death himself had crawled up his spine. "psst.. dobe.. you're releasing killing intent.. stop". The surprise of hearing sasuke whisper to him was enough to knock naruto from his thoughts, looking back at him. "huh?". "you were releasing killing intent at that kid.. be careful next time, you could get kicked out for that..". nodding and accepting the rather strange advice from sasuke, naruto turned to look at the board once more. He watched them all pass or fail, some running from the room and others walking happily into the next class until finally, it was just him and ino left. "naruto, if you could come down here and perform the basic three?".
Nodding, he leapt the desk and walked down to the front, passing a small "good luck" to ino as he walked by her. Taking a second to compose himself, naruto just smiled and clicked his fingers as he switched with one of the logs supplied, making iruka chuckle at the choice in style. "next, transformation". Nodiing, naruto silently put his hands together and smirked as smoke covered his form, in his place now a tall grizzled man of middle age, dark brown hair and a grey skintight military suit with a grey bandana around his head, a truly growly and deep voice coming from the man. "kept ya waiting huh? Iroqios pliskin, Lt. JR grade". Of course iruka had to laugh at naruto for this, knowing he would transform into one of his favourite videogame characters. "ok snake, pretty accurate and honestly, I couldn't tell the difference. Now.. clones."
Sighing and nodding, naruto proceeded to make three flimsy clones, one of them seemingly dead on the ground. "…I failed didn't i?" "actually naruto, you just passed. Your written exam brings you to 70/100 points overall, the lowest passing grade we can give. You will be placed as dead last but, you pass. Please take your headband and join your fellow gennin in the class beside us.". the blond nodded with a smile, taking the blue bit of cloth and tying it around his forhead, grinning as he walked into the class and accepted the applause he got from his small group of friends. "NICE ONE NARUTO!" "YOU GO NARU!"
Taking a mock bow, naruto leapt over a desk and sat down, waiting for the exams to be officially over so he could leave the academy… it was a surprisingly long wait.
Later
Naruto was.. well he was stumped. His jiji had walked in on him in the middle of a 'rahm session' as he had come to call it, asked that he come with him and now, he was awaiting the old man's return in his office. All he knew was that he was receiving something as a reward for his graduation. His thoughts were stopped when the older man walked in with a kind smile, holding in his hands two small red scrolls with the sign for forbidden on them. "well naruto, I am sure you are wondering what it is you are going to be receiving?". Naruto nodded, smiling as he took the two scrolls carefully like they were made of glass. "these naruto are two jutsu that I feel you can put to use as well as a handy replacement for your clone jutsu. The one on the left is the shadow clone jutsu. It takes a lot of chakra, which we both know you possess by the truck-full. The clones are fully solid and anything they learn or experience, you will get the memories".
Naruto was ecstatic at that, knowing that if it wasn't for the clone jutsu he would have already passed and been on a team with his friend rock lee. "I wonder how bushy brows is doing anyway?". But he quickly snapped back to the real world when he noticed the serious look on his jiji's face, knowing it was about the second scroll in his hands.
"now naruto.. let me tell you about a very old and very powerful jutsu which goes by the name of.. soul projection"