A/N: My first story so don't judge too hard guys. It's lacking substance in the prologue but bear through, it gets more detail.

Blah blah I don't own Naruto

Different Circumstances
Prologue/Introduction

From a young age Naruto knew he was special– No. More like fate already deemed him special from the moment he was born - as in he knew he was destined for greatness.

If one were to judge him from afar they would suggest otherwise. Why? because he looked fairly average.

With common spiky blond hair, common cerulean blue eyes, and a stainless face unmarred by facial scars, it would appear as though that he was average if only counting physical appearances.

No, Musasabi Naruto was different. Yes definitely different…

Flashback

A classroom of seven-year olds gather around a man wearing a headband with a leaf symbol and a green vest, distinguishing him as a Chūnin of Konoha, looked highly anxious and antsy as they observed the man contorted his hands into the tiger seal.

"Ano Iruka-sensei what are we doing?" a girl with rather bright pink hair raises her hand to ask the question

The man now dubbed as Iruka simply smiles and contorts his hands into the tiger seal to flares his chakra. Seconds go by then a blue swirl begins to warp around his feet for about one minute, then released his concentration; getting the reaction he anticipated with a round of "oohhs" and "awws" going around the group.

"Well Sakura we'll be learning how to unlock you guys chakra." Iruka tells them looking a bit tired.

Said girl just nods dumbly along with the rest of the kids as they had no idea of what just happened.

"Ne 'ruka-sensei!" proclaims an over-excited brown-hair boy with red facial markings.

"Yes Kiba?" Iruka looking rather amused.

"How are we supposed to do that?"

"Well…" this now transition into what the students call lecture time as Iruka begins to give a crash course on chakra, its' functions, and how to unlock it.

"…and by using this seal that I am holding up and concentrating to look deep inside one's self you will be able to notice a faint blue haze, that's when you concentrate even harder and pull it to the surface…" as he is finishing he notices that most of the students have gone into their respective social group and begun chatting away.

"Ano Iruka-sensei sure is boring"

"Probably why he's single now"

Iruka clears his throat and begins to yell," GAKIS!" with this the students seem to straighten and give him their undivided attention.

At that he continues," Now as I was saying, you focus and when you're l be able to see a faint blue haze that's when you start to pull. Now first up we have…."

Naruto observes with rapt attention at the students struggling to unlock their chakra.

'Hmm it seems a lot harder than what sensei made it seem like' he thinks as watched as the previous took almost a whole 10 minutes to find his chakra. Which seem rather weak in comparison to their sensei.

Names go by and one thing was clear civilian children had considerably weaker chakra than clan children; whether that was due to the early basic training they received or just because of the pedigree. At this Naruto wished he had parents or a prestigious clan to train him, but that was neither here or there.

So Naruto just watched on until it was his turn, growing bored, until he was finally called.

Slowly he makes his way to the front and puts his hand in the tiger seal then starts to concentrate.

"Just ease your mind and relax" Iruka giving out tips from behind..

Five minutes past now and Naruto is sweating slightly with obvious strain on his face. But just as he is about give in and break concentration, he sees it!

There! He had found it. Concentrating even harder now, he visualizes a calm storm of blue energy. He looks upon it in a deep trance, fixated with the way it seemed to flow endlessly in its' deep navy color. Reaching out to seemingly grab, it starts to engulf him; clinging to him like a second skin.

'This energy is so invigorating, feels like I can-

"NARUTO!"

This seems to knock Naruto out his trance, he then opens his eyes to see Iruka looking quite faint.

"What happened Iruka-sensei?" Naruto asks while looking quite perplexed and exhausted.

"W-well it would seem like you have very dense chakra." 'Almost as dense as Hokage-sama when he flares his.' He add as an afterthought.

"T-that's good right? I'm not sick or something right?" Naruto asks frightfully.

"Oh no it's just rare to see chakra this dense, but you'll be fine, if anything your jutsus will be stronger than the norm but nothing too serious." , informs Iruka.

Naruto finally seems to notice his classmates looking queasy and unease, also they were whispering profusely about him.

"Did you see that? It looked like he had an extra skin!"

"Even Iruka sensei looked like he was gonna faint!"

"Maybe there is a special clanless kid probably"

Said clanless kid just shrugs off the attention and falls back in-line."

Flashback Ends

Dense chakra wasn't the only thing special about him. He noticed that it took him significantly less time to get down techniques or certain taijutsu katas than his peers. No, like as soon as he seen Iruka-sensei perform the henge hand signs, he replicated the same hand signs and POOF! There he was, transformed into Hokage-sama on his first try. Iruka had been so surprised that he almost fainted.

And there was that one time were he once broke his index finger in a training exercise, and when he went to the nurse she said it would've be a solid two weeks before it would be healed. Miraculously three days later the finger was fully healed!

Now Naruto was a smart boy as evident by his top ranking among the boys at the academy. The only two boys ahead of him were Uchiha Sasuke and Aburame Shino, and that was only because their written scores were a bit higher, an area where Naruto really could care less for, in practical terms Naruto was possibly the highest ranking student. He was proficient at all aspects of shinobi: ninjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu, shurikenjutsu, stealth, and trapping. So yes, saying he was smart was probably an understatement, the boy was a natural genius.

He knew he didn't have a bloodline of some sorts, his generic clan suggested that. So chalked to the fact that he was just different than most.

So yes Musasabi Naruto was special, especially for a civilian.

Age 12

If one looked closely at the Hokage Monument they would notice a small figure on top of the Nidaime Hokage's head.

This figure is Musasabi Naruto, one of Konoha's residents that was left orphaned by the Kyūbi no Yōko attack twelve years ago, looking down upon the village with a hardened gaze.

Naruto often came here because the Nidaime was his favorite Hokage, he just felt at ease up here. So relaxed that he often wonders about his current situation in life leading him to think questions like: What his parents were like? Were they strong shinobi that fought for the sake of the village or were they just faceless ninja who died meaninglessly? Naruto ponder often on this and came to the conclusion that they died protecting Konoha as he was told. He was told by the orphanage caretaker that his parents were on the Memorial Stone.

He went there that same day, but he would soon find out that his surname was not of his parents but rather a general name out of many given to orphans of unknown origin. So thought more and more, then started asking questions like: what was their names? Did he take after them? Did they love him? Now that last question actually resonated the most with him.

'What if they didn't love me?'

That's stupid they were his parents they had to love him, right?

Normally such irrational thoughts didn't cross his mind, BUT when the thought of his parents were brought up rationally was all but thrown out the window.

Looking dismayed, Naruto let such thoughts empty his mind and began thinking about the upcoming Graduation exams that were taking place in about a week or so. Naruto had no doubt he would pass, he was the most exceptional student there –in his most humble opinion of course- passing the exam would be easy.

Now protecting Konoha was his real goal. 'Just like my my parents'

This goal led Naruto to have an odd fixation with the Shinobi Code. Every rule was law in his mind, meant to be followed to its' absolute last word to ensure Konoha's best interest.

Upon becoming a shinobi, one must abide by specific rules when out in the field. Ninja follow this code in order to "kill their emotions," preventing them from running wild and causing the mission to be a failure. The most important thing for a shinobi is to be a tool for achieving their village and country's goals. Emotions are considered unnecessary things.

These rules are taught to a young ninja when they are in their third year at the Academy.

These rules are what bring stability to his life.

These rules are the only thing left behind from his parents.

All he had from his parents was the fact that they died protecting Konoha like true shinobi. No money, no name, and most of all no love.

No… what he got was the will to protect Konoha and be its' loyal tool… and he'd be damned if he spits on their sacrifice.

Yūhi Kurenai thanked the gods that her first team was adequate. How did she know this? Well she checked their files of course.

This year she had civilian genius, Musasabi Naruto, then next Hyuuga heiress, Hyuuga Hinata, and finally Inuzuka heir, Inuzuka Kiba.

She had read reports that suggested maybe Musasabi could've graduated a little earlier than no- No actually like a lot earlier from now. The boy received perfect marks on graduation exam, he even learned the shunshin no jutsu ahead of his peers. NOW that was a surprise… it was almost unheard of for an academy student to learn shunshin- let alone a civilian one mind you. While the shunshin wasn't anything spectacular, it was unheard of for a student to have learn it at a young age…especially one without family. That raised questions about who was teaching the boy outside of school, but when he was questioned by academy teacher he simply answered with a "Eh? I seen Mizuki-sensei perform the hand signs after-school and he vanished so I tried it myself."

After it was determined he wasn't lying, the boy's teachers gushed on and on about the boy's dormant ninjutsu talent and requested to Hokage-sama that he'd be allowed ti take the exam earlier than allowed during peace time. Of course he denied as he was a ward of Konoha at the time and the Sandaime didn't want to rush his childhood. But he'd deemed necessary to give the boy a few advanced chakra control lessons to keep him at ease.

The only flaw she'd seen was that he took the Shinobi code a bit too much to the heart, to the point where he'd be willing jeopardize teammate safety in favor of a mission. 'Nothing I can't correct myself if arises to be such a problem.'

Now to the next student,'Hyuuga Hinata, hmm it says her family taijutsu is flawless as to be expected from the heiress, exceptional at the academy three jutsu, and shows high chakra control. Hmm so typical Hyuuga traits.' But as she skims through more of the report it slowly reveals she has chronic stuttering and self-esteem issues. At Kurenai looks particularly distraught and lets out a sigh "Aw Hinata so your father is pushing his over-burdening expectations onto you. I'll do everything I can to help you succeed."

She lets out a tired sigh and picks up the last report then starts to read 'Soo let's see displays typical Inuzuka traits- good partnership with canine, above average taijutsu, well-versed at family and basic ninjutsu- so best suited for the Hunter division one day, possibly ANBU.'

Sitting down the paper she gets up with an excited grin "Time to go pick up my students!"

Naruto was happy, not visibly of course as the Shinobi code #3 states 'one must not show emotions', so he was happy inside because FINALLY it was time to start his career. He looked to gauge the emotions of fellow classmates as recently they just got team assignments.

Naruto deadpans and sighs 'Well Sakura seems excited' that was evident by the wide smile and peace gesture she was giving Ino. 'Better Sasuke than me though'

Said boy just looked highly irritable as he was in between an Ino-n-Sakura Sasuke fight.

"Give it up Ino-pig true love prevails." 'CHA!'

"Nuh-uh Billboard Brow Sasuke wants a real woman."

"Hn, both of you are annoying" Sasuke cuts in a bit rudely.

Both girls deadpans dejectedly and sits down but before giving the other a harsh glare.

Naruto just looks away from the embarrassing sight and focuses more on his teammates' expression. Taking a glance at Hinata, he finds her to be shyly hiding away in her baggy jacket as to be unseen to all but herself. At this Naruto rolls his eyes "Useless" he mutters seemingly to himself.

Then he glances over to Kiba to see him chatting away to Shino about some inane subject most likely. 'These guys… better not hold me back' and with that he focuses on the board and waits for his sensei to come.

Minutes past and a beautiful red-eye woman walks through the door.

Said woman was wearing standard Konoha jōnin uniform which consisted of a green flak vest with a red spiral on the back over a navy blue long sleeve and navy blue shinobi pants wrapped around the ankles with white bandages that went into blue sandals.

'This must be our sensei' Team 8 thinks simultaneously.

Kurenai looks out and calls for Team 8 to meet her on the top of the roof.

They all nod and make out to leave, but when Kiba and Hinata looks out to Naruto, they find already gone.

"…." The whole class seems to notice and just stares sheepishly.

"What the HELL?" "Where he'd go?" This seems to knock Kiba and Hinata from their stupor and have them exit the class and find their sensei- and also their absent teammate.

Kurenai is starring out at the horizon when she hears a faint step, so she turns around to greet her team she only finds Naruto. She notices that the door is closed, so she concludes that he must've used shushin… 'But to this mastery that I only heard a light sound… SURELY he isn't that good?' As Kurenai ponders on this her other students seem to have finally arrived.

Kurenai motions for them to take a seat and give out introduction to familiarize themselves with each other. She goes first for an example.

"My name is Kurenai and I am a recently made jōnin and as such this is my first time with a genin team. I like to read and practice genjutsu on my spare time. I specialize in genjutsu mostly but I am also well versed in fuinjutsu too. I dislike chauvinistic men and perverts. My dream is to see you guys live out your full potential and to you succeed. That's all, hmm soo Hinata how about you go next"

Said girl is wearing a beige color jacket with fur lining the hood insides, with pants as lavender as her hair. With said hair cropped to look hime style.

When Kurenai calls on her, she fidgets and starts nitpicking at her fingers but eventually she hesitantly answers "M-m-my name is H-h-hyuuga Hinata. I like c-c-cinnamon buns and my little sister…." For a quick second her eyes hesitantly flash to Naruto but he and Kiba seems not to notice or care, although Kurenai does. ".. I d-d-dislike curse seals. My goal is to unite the Main and Side Branches together..." She says her goal with as much conviction as she could muster, and without any stutter.

"Good, I think you'll be able to Hinata. Next?" 'It seems like she really does have confidence issues.' Inwardly Kurenai sighs. She motions for Kiba to go.

Said boy has red triangular facial markings and has on a grey jacket with black fur in the hood of it. And black standard ninja pants that stop at the ankle with blue ninja sandals. To top it off there's a small white dog on top of his head.

The dogs start to yip and Kiba begins "My name is Inuzuka Kiba. I like training with Akamaru…" at this the dogs starts to yip happily "…I dislike arrogant temes and loud girls. My dream is to become the best shinobi in my clan, right AKAMARU!" When he finishes the dog begins barking over-excitedly again.

Kurenai fixes him a smile "That's great Kiba, and last but not least…"

Naruto takes this as his cue to go.

He is wearing a black long-sleeve with navy blue shinobi pants with white bandages around the ankles that goes into black ninja sandals. His spiky blonde seems to have grown a bit uneven over the years with the right growing a bit longer than the left. His right bangs grows over his black Konoha hitai-ate a bit. A kunai holster wrapped around right side.

"My name is Musasabi Naruto. I like training and being a shinobi. I dislike those who break the Shinobi Code. My goal is to always protect Konoha no matter the cost."

Kurenai narrows her eyes 'Sounds like a young Kakashi'

She stands up straight and clears her voice " Okay guys be at Training Grounds 8 tomorrow at 7am sharp."

Hinata seems perplexed and starts fidget her fingers "What for sensei?"

Kurenai just smiles catching the genin off guard "You guys are not fully genin yet. There's an assessment for every genin squad to determine who gets sent back to the Academy."

"WHAT!" predictably it's Kiba who yells out rather loudly.

This seems to tick off Naruto, who then scowls at Kiba "Kiba. Shut up…'

"…" Kiba scowls back but seems to get the tip.

Kurenai clears her throat to ease some of the tension between her students. "Now as I was saying, 7am sharp. Do not be LATE. Okay, dismissed." She turns and disappear in a swirl of leaves, leaving her students to situate themselves.

Kiba turns to Hinata, eyes full of excitement, "We're gonna ace this this test, ne' Hinata?"

Hinata, in turn, nods back shyly, struggling to respond "H-h-hai Kiba-kun."

Suddenly Naruto stands up to leave, but not before scoffing at their worthlessness, "Tch you guys are useless," he proclaims aloud.

This causes Kiba to scowl even harder at him, "Screw YOU Naruto-teme!"

Naruto smirks sarcastically and responds back at him, "No thanks Mutt, and oh don't get in my way Usuratonkachi."

Flustered, Kiba gets up and grab him by the collar, fist cocked back ready to deck the bastard in his pret-

"Stop Kiba-kun!" Suddenly Hinata yells, uncharacteristically loud, "W-we should get along, we're teammates now."

With that being said, Naruto releases himself from Kiba's grip and turns his head to glare at an empty space.

Kiba turns to Hinata, "How can you defend this teme Hinata!" Hinata for her part just retreats to jacket like a turtle and its' shell.

"A-a-a-an-

"Tch losers…" And with that Naruto suddenly disappears.

They hear this and looks to back to the spot where he was standing, only to see him gone….

"Fuckin' bastard, we'll show him right Akamaru," said dog just agrees with its' owner and they exit the roof leaving Hinata to contemplate by herself.

She just stares off dejectedly and sighs, 'Naruto-kun….'

A/N: So yeah my Naruto is a bit of a dooche I know. Oh in my story jonin and chunin are required to wear the standard uniform or at least the vest , it was always seem stupid to me that there was no uniformity. Please review.