Naruto: Shinobi Rising

Author's Note: It's the first day of the academy. (I made it so that they are only in the academy a year or so. Cause if I remember correctly Naruto was in the academy for a couple of years.) Sandaime sealed the fox so Naruto wouldn't have to be lonely. Naruto is not as naive, or mischievous, in fact he's pretty smart. Kurama is nice. Sasuke is Naruto's best friend.

'Jutsu'

'Biju speech'

'thought'

"regular"

It was a bright and sunny morning in Konohagakure. The village was bustling with activity, mostly because today was the beginning of the academy for most boys and girls.

"Naruto!? Wake up! You don't want to be late for your first day at the Academy do you?" Kushina yelled from the kitchen. Excitedly the young boy jumped out of bed. 'Thats right I do start the academy today' he thought rushing to shower and get dressed. He chose to wear a light orange, long sleeved jacket with a hoodie, and black pants that stopped just short of his ankles. Along with black Konoha style sandals. He rushed downstairs for breakfast.

After a hearty meal, Kushina kissed his cheek and sent him off. But not before yelling "Have fun. Make some friends too" she felt bad for her son. He didn't really have any friends. The Elders felt that it was in the best interest of Konoha that he have no friend until he entered the academy. Uchiha Sasuke being his only friend and vice versa. Knowing what Itachi did at the request of the council; who acted without Minato's permission, they often invited the Uchiha over so he wasn't completely alone. She tried to change her focus. 'I can already tell he's headed for greatness' she thought with a grin.

Naruto walked the streets by himself, being greeted by everyone that saw him. He did like getting attention, but he was almost positive it was just because he was the Yondaime's son. Beside he did have the Kyuubi no Kitsune sealed within his belly. If it hadn't been for his lineage he was sure that the villagers would try to kill him. 'Hey kit are you excited?' Kurama asked with curiosity. 'Yeah I am, I want to be even better than my dad' he replied arrogantly. 'Don't get ahead of yourself kit, the road to greatness will be a long and difficult one' he said making sure that Naruto wasn't being overly confident like always. 'I know' he said rubbing the back of his head. 'Kit! Pay attention...your here' he said rolling his eyes.

Naruto casually walked in to the room, trying not to be noticed due to his reputation. But needless to say that plan went out the window. "Hey it's Namikaze Naruto" some random fangirl squealed. 'Kami damn it' he thought as swarms of both males and females crowded around him. He pushed his way out of the crowd just as their instructor Umino Iruka walked in. "Settle down kids! Find a seat, we will start in ten minutes. Also no harassing Naruto" he added winking to the boy in question. 'Thank Kami' he thought sighing in relief.

He looked around the room as everyone was finding a seat. He knew everyone in the class because Minato had a file with everyone that his son would be encountering that year. Naruto never really paid attention to details though. But he did notice three people of interest to him at least. The first being his best friend and really his only friend Uchiha Sasuke. The next P.O.I was a girl that he recognized as Haruno Sakura. 'Thats the only girl I've ever seen with fuckin pink hair' he thought with a smile. The third person to catch his attention was actually sitting next to Sakura. A platinum blonde that he figured was Yamanaka Ino though he couldn't really tell because she had her head buried in her forearms on the desk. 'Maybe she doesn't feel good' he thought deciding he was going to sit next to her after he talked with Sasuke; who at the moment was dealing with fangirls of his own.

"What's up Teme?" Naruto teased. "Nothing much Dobe. You?" replied Sasuke. "Nothing really...Hey around 6pm come over you can spend the night if you wanna?" he asked, it had been a while since they hung out. "Yeah man, wait will your parents care?" Sasuke questioned. "Dude you're there all the time. They don't care as far as you're concerned you're family" Naruto said with a smile. Lightly punching Sasuke in the arm. "Thanks dude that means a lot" he said with a smile that matched Naruto's. "Ok I'ma go talk to those two girls over there" he said pointed in the girls direction.

"Oh Kami, Ino...Ino? Naruto is headed this way" she warned her longtime friend. Knowing that Ino had a huge crush on the Yondaime Hokage's son. Sakura was more of a Sasuke fan girl but decided not to bother him. At least not today. "What!" she said louder than she meant. She quickly ran her hand through her hair, fixing it. As he approached he noticed that Ino's head shot up, and she began running her fingers through her hair. Naruto was finally in front of them. "You must be Ino-chan?" he questioned extending his hand in friendship. She was suddenly overcome with nervousness. She couldn't take her eyes off of him, especially his smile. Ino shook her head clearing the nervousness from her system. "H-Hi Naruto-kun, it's nice to finally meet you one on one" she managed to say shaking his hand while blushing. Sakura was slightly jealous that he chose to talk to Ino first and that he called her chan. "And you must be Sakura-chan?" he asked extending his hand to her also. "Hi Naruto! Like Ino said it's nice to finally meet you" she said smiling. "Nice to meet y'all too! Ino-chan do you mind if I sit beside you?" he asked rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "Uh no not at all" Ino replied with a smile. 'Even though I'm not that into Naruto I still get jealous of her. Why do all the guys always want to be with Ino? Am I not good enough?' she asked her expression changing to one of sadness, and self pity.

Naruto could sense a change in her body language, but couldn't figure out what was wrong so he asked the Biju inside him. 'Kurama?' '*yawn* yes kit?' the nine tails responded. 'Oh sorry I woke you...I just had a question. I know you can sense peoples feelings and chakra, so...why did Sakura-chan body language and attitude change all of a sudden' he asked. 'Kit really? You can't be that naive. She's jealous of Ino-san' he answered with a hint of sarcasm. 'Why? Wait is it because I wanted to sit next to Ino-chan?' he questioned once more. 'Bingo' Kurama replied simply. Naruto was about to say something aloud to her but then Iruka began to speak. "Quiet down!" he ordered. Everyone quickly shut up as he began the first of many lessons he would teach for the next year.

"Okay so we will begin with our village's history, starting with the Hokages" Iruka began...

1 hour later...

Iruka had dismissed the class for their hour lunch break. Everyone raced out the room and headed either home or to their favorite place for lunch. Just as before Naruto was being swarmed by almost everybody. He requested to be left alone, insisting that he wasn't a fan of all the attention, stating that if they respected him they wouldn't rush him every chance they got. 'Well now that that's out the way...maybe someone would like to go get lunch with me' he thought. He asked Sasuke but he refused because he was talking to some girl he liked named Hyuuga Hinata. Slightly bummed he noticed Sakura and Ino talking to kids that he recognized as Nara Shikamaru and Akimichi Choji. He walked over and introduced himself to the two boys. "Would y'all like to go get some lunch with me? My treat" he asked nonchalantly. "Sure Naruto-kun" answered the Ino enthusiastically. Sakura just shrugged her shoulders "Yeah I guess" the boy known as Shikamaru said lazily. "Defiantly" Choji chimed in. They began to walk "So where would y'all like to eat?" asked Naruto. "Where ever" they all replied not really caring. "Okay Ichiraku it is then" he said drooling slightly; it had been about two weeks since he had it last. "I've never been there before" commented Ino. "Say what now? Why not? It's like the best food in the world" he said in disbelief of what he just heard. "Well it's because I'm always on a diet" she admitted. "I never understood the point of a diet. I mean yeah so you stay healthy and all but you shouldn't have to starve yourself. Beside you're going to be a kunochi, so with all the training you'd be doing it wouldn't matter what you ate. I think you're beautiful the way you are Ino-chan" he said adding the last part unintentionally. She was take aback by his words. 'Does he really think I'm beautiful? Or is he just being nice?' she thought. Either way she could feel her cheek grow hot and a light pink blush now graced her cheeks. 'Same goes for you Sakura-chan' he said with a smile. 'Oh so he is just being nice' Ino thought feeling her spirits being crushed. "Anyway we're here" Naruto announced.

"Hey there Naruto-kun!" greeted both Teuchi and Ayame. "What would you and your friends like to eat?" asked Teuchi with a kind smile. The five of them ordered their food...Shikamaru, Ino and Sakura watched in amazement as Naruto was actually out eating Choji. "Ah...that was great thanks old man" Naruto said putting down his last bowl of ramen. He pulled out his trusty Gama-chan and paid the ticket which was for 3,937 ryo(50 USD). "Shit we got twenty minutes before we have to be back, we're going to have to speed walk" announced Naruto looking down at his watch.

They arrived back at the academy with a minute to spare.

2 hours later...

"Okay you guy class is over for today" Iruka announced. Everyone was quick to leave. Naruto walked the streets for a long time by himself. Not paying attention he walked into a flower shop. "Hello welcome to...Oh its just you Naruto-kun" Ino replied plainly as she looked up from her magazine. 'Something doesn't seem to be the same about her' he thought, but shook the thought out of his head. "Hey Ino-chan!" he greeted softly. "So why are you here? You stalking me or something?" she teased. "No I'm not stalking you...I came in here by accident I wasn't paying attention to where I was going, and I ended up here" he said. "I can see your busy though, so I'll be going sorry to have bothered you" he apologized, turning around to head towards the door. "Naruto-kun wait!" she said hopping over the counter and tapping his shoulder. That's when she realized how much taller he was than her. "I have a question about something you said earlier. Did you mean it when you said I was beautiful?" she asked. Naruto was caught off guard by the question. "Yeah I meant it" he said blushing. Ino's pale blue eyes lit up. Without thinking she got on her tip toes and kissed his cheek. This really shocked Naruto as the blush on his face became darker. Looking down at his watch he noticed it was past 5:30pm "Sorry Ino-chan I got to go, see you tomorrow" he said bowing his head and running off. "Bye Naruto-kun" she said smiling.

At the Namikaze residence...

Naruto entered his house and was greeted by his mom. "Hey son! How was your first day at the academy?" Kushina asked with genuine interest. "Pretty good ma, I meet two really nice, pretty girls today" he said grinning. "Oh really? Well what are their names?" she asked; her curiosity being heightened. "Ino-chan and Sakura-chan" he answered. 'So Inochi's daughter; and Kizashi's and Mebuki's daughter huh?" she thought. "Oh yeah I invited Sasuke over for the night. I hope that's okay?" "Yes of course, he's like a second son to me and your father" she admitted nodding her head. "About what time will dad be getting home?" the young jinchuriki asked. Just as she was about to answer the door swung open and in walked both Minato and Sasuke. Kushina ran to her husband and kissed his cheek. "Hey dad! Can you teach Sasuke and I some more jutsu? Maybe even teach Sasuke the Rasengan?" asked Naruto immediately. "Uh sure...But the Rasengan is a no no. Besides I know a jutsu that's perfect for Sasuke" he explained walking with the boys to the Namikaze private training ground...

3 hours later...

When the training session was over the boys managed to add three new jutsu to their arsenal. They now knew 10 ninjutsu apiece. Most were basic, while some were difficult. The list of Jutsu they had in their disposal were: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, Kimiwari no Jutsu, Shushin no Jutsu, Henge no Jutsu being the basics. Minato also taught them seperately too; knowing Sasuke's affinity was Fire/Katon and Lightning/Raiton he taught with the help of Kakashi Hatake, Sasuke the following techniques: Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu, Katon Housenka no Jutsu, Katon Kariryuu no Jutsu, Raiton Go Hibana Yubi no Jutsu, and the Chidori/Raikiri (Chidori being the one they mainly focused on tonight). Naruto's affinity being Wind/Fuuton and Water/Suiton Minato with Asuma, and Jiraiya taught Naruto: Rasengan, Fuuton Kazeryuu no Jutsu, Fuuton Kaze no Yaiba, Suiton Suiryudan no Jutsu, and Suiton Ja no Kuchi. Minato had been training them often over the past year. Both were proficient in chakra control, and taijutsu. Both had fairly large chakra reserves; although Naruto's was larger than Sasuke's due to Kurama's influence. They headed back inside for a meal and then bed.

Author's Note: Okay so that is it for this first chapter. Review please! Next chapter will time skip a year to the graduation exam and team selection and most likely the first major mission. Now then you the reader have a choice of what girl Naruto will be with(even though it leans toward NaruIno) and what girl Sasuke will be with and what team you'd like to see. Here are your choices...

Couple(s)

Naruto, Ino

Naruto, Sakura

Sasuke, Ino

Sasuke, Sakura

Sasuke, Hinata

Team

Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura

Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, Ino

Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, Ino

Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Ino

So pick one of each and leave it in your review, or just PM me. Will make my decision on Thursday August 9th 2012. Giving 4 days to choose. Jutsu mentioned

Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu-Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu

Katon Housenka no Jutsu-Fire Release: Pheonix Flower Jutsu

Katon Kariryuu no Jutsu-Fire Release: Fire Dragon

Raiton Go Hibana Yubi no Jutsu-Lightning Release: Five Spark Finger

Fuuton Kazeryuu no Jutsu-Wind Release: Wind Dragon

Fuuton Kaze no Yaiba-Wind Release: Wind Blade

Suiton Suiryudan no Jutsu-Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet

Suiton Ja no Kuchi-Water Release: Snake's Mouth