"Speaking"

"Thinking"

"Summons/ bijuu speaking"

"Summons/ bijuu thinking"

"Fire style: Great fireball technique"

My name is Naruto Hayabusa, Shinobi of Konoha. Growing up, I had neither a strong parentage, super genetics and or even anything noteworthy of me growing up. What I did have however, was my guts, determination and perseverance that pushed me into what I am today…

At least, what I was before I woke up to find myself where I currently am…

Kami, you'd think that after being stranded and sent through space and time, which would be the end of it. Not knowing whether or not you would be stuck in a single period of time, or move passed your own life and find yourself in a future you can't seem to comprehend…

If only…

I digress I guess… It had been a single day since I've woken up where I am… Trapped in the body of another person. All my skills, all my knowledge and all my techniques, inaccessible in the current form I reside within.

It would take a while to regain my skills, that much is certain. However, the form I'm in has two advantages that I hadn't had within my own body at the time.

1: Large chakra reserves that could rival a kages… Sadly, my control of said reserves also rival that of an academy student in return… I could feel the annoyance of knowing that particular thought sting in the back of my skull for a few moments before continuing on with my train of thought.

And as for the second advantage… It had come in the form of a pleasant surprise on my end. As I was feeling out my chakra, well the chakra I now had, I had come across something… Incredible… An energy source that was so dense it could easily dwarf my own in my old body, and the sheer size demolished what I had thought was possible…

At least when I was thirteen with barely any chakra residing within my system.

Trying to internally find the chakra source, I soon find myself in this body's variant of a mindscape. Honestly, if I hadn't had a brief flash of the originals memories, I would have said something snide like the owner of the body being someone with a dirty mind, as his mind represented that of a sewer.

Heh, with what I had seen from the kid's memories, he wasn't just a child. He was a survivor, and with the proper guidance, he would have become someone great. Not just in a powerful way… But in an inspirational way.

By my name, I promise to do Naruto Uzumaki proud. Wherever he is, and achieve his dream of becoming hokage… In due time. I don't plan to have the hat until my late twenties.

But as for his other dream of being respected? He could consider it done.

Going back to the energy source. It had taken me only a few minutes to travel through the sewer of a mindscape, before coming upon a massive eight trigrams seal which sat neatly in the centre of a massive golden cage.

And beyond that cage? He saw an old friend of his…

Kurama. The nine tailed "demon" fox.

And that's where he was right now. Him. Naruto Hayabusa, was staring directly into the red slit eyes of the greatest of all nine bijuu…

Many couldn't say that Naruto was a coward, especially the one who had achieved a strength only so few would be able to attain within his short few years.

After all, the ability to create something from nothing wasn't exactly common. Especially in the way that Naruto had been able to.

But, when you see someone you remembered looking after as a kit suddenly try to skewer your head the moment he saw you… Yup, it does scare the crap out of you, even if you truly knew within your heart the person you saw right now was nothing more than another version of the one you had seen grow with your own very eyes.

Still doesn't mean you wouldn't be ticked off, as Naruto shown with his twitching blond eyebrow and cerulean blue eyes giving off an annoyed stare directly at the towering bijuu.

"You know… I'm pretty sure trying to pierce someone through the head with your long nail isn't something most people would consider welcoming." Spoke Naruto in a jokey tone as he gave the glaring bijuu a small relaxed smile, only infuriating the bijuu more as it laid its large head closer towards the gate, showing its massive slit eyes in greater detail as it gave off an ominous crimson glow.

"Move any closer and it won't be "trying", rather it will… What is it you want mortal…? I have no time to indulge you any further runt." Spoke the bijuu, its voice simply sending tremors through out the sewer infested mindscape as it focused its attention down towards the blond haired child standing just outside the seal the bijuu was confined to.

Keeping his easy going smile on his face, Naruto gave the massive bijuu a small side wave, as he glanced around his mindscape in a finer detail.

"I understand why. Who wouldn't like to spend their time indulging someone while having their body wet from being constantly surrounded by sewer water…? Sadly however, I'm going to need you to indulge me a little bit. As for what it is? Well… I need to know about the history of the shinobi world. So let's start from the beginning. One, did Kaguya eat the chakra fruit and then give birth to Hagoromo and Haruma? Two, were you birthed through Hagoromo separating the ten tails? Three, did the waring clan era still happen, and if it did. Was Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha the, let say…? Top dogs during this era. And four? Well, I'll finish my questions once I answer a few of yours. What do you say to that Kurama?" Questioned Naruto in a kind smile as he continued to stare directly into the crimson orbs of the colossal sized being.

Said being was giving the small, under average, child covered from head to toe in orange and blue clothing a stunned form of silence…

Before narrowing its eyes into a hateful glare.

"Where… Have you heard that name human…? And how do you know so much of your history to the degree of knowing the old man's name alongside both his brothers and mothers…" Questioned the bijuu in a rather tame and quite voice as it stared at Naruto, who let out a small sigh before scratching the back of his head.

Honestly, Naruto was surprised at the control Kurama currently had over himself. He had seen his version of Kurama growing up. He, or rather she as he found out, was a little firecracker personality wise and had the restraint of an overly coddled child who always had their way.

Of course, the last bit was something people could blame him about for being lenient on Kurama when she was a young kit, but still. It was hard not to when being stared at by the chibi fox.

Dam those adorable baby eyes…

Shaking his head at the thoughts he had swimming within his head, Naruto gave the massive bijuu a soft and warm smile as he simply lifted a fist up towards the bijuu.

"I could honestly tell you, but you and I both know that's a waste of time. So how about you sync your chakra with mine so that we can form a connection through Ninshu like the old man originally had planned to use chakra and get the information we're both looking for… What do you say Kurama?" Asked Naruto as he continued to hold his fist out towards Kurama, who gave him a glare.

"You will not call me by that name unless I give you permission… Understood…" Growled out the massive bijuu, before bring up a single hand/paw through the cage and towards Naruto's own hand.

And at the exact moment the two's fists connected, a stream of chakra flew through both beings bodies, seemingly sending hundreds upon thousands of memories through both occupants.

For Naruto, he was getting similar memories he had originally attained from Kurama when he first connected his chakra with him when he managed to accidently form a connection with Kurama through Kasumi's and Mito's seals during his own chunin exams.

However, for Kurama, he was witnessing something amazing. Not only seeing Naruto's life, but also his time as he travelled through space and time, including when he basically helped a version of himself, which was female from the looks of it, go through the early stages of its life, before allowing that version of himself to grow as he continued his journey through space and time.

No one exactly knew what the two had witnessed as they held their fists together, allowing the other to witness their life through their bond, but at the end of the day. No one could deny the respect the two had for each other, whether it be Naruto for Kurama's resilience to all the hatred directed at him, or for Kurama as he watched a tiny god among men through Naruto's life as he struggled and failed time after time after time, before achieving a strength few could hope to match.

By the end of it, the two separated their fists from each other, both having a small glint of respect held within their eyes as they simply stood within the mindscape in silence. Simply ignoring all that was surrounding them.

Eventually, one of them spoke.

"The ability to create something from nothing… And without my old man's eyes… That is truly something remarkable…" Muttered the fox with a small smirk as it relaxed its features and body just slightly behind the cage.

Naruto only shook his head as he too dropped down onto his ass, allowing him to position himself in a relaxed stance as he looked at Kurama.

"I'll always be amazed at how you managed to push through all that hatred directed at you Kurama… This may be the second time I've seen your life. But it doesn't mean anything seeing as how you and your brethren do something others simply cannot… And that's find the will to push through everything thrown at them." Replied Naruto as he gave the bijuu a smile, before letting a tired groan escape through his lips while glancing up towards the celling.

"So now what do I do? From the memories I've gotten, I'm basically back during the period of the chunin exams, only they are a lot more easier than my own had been back in the day. My skills are next to nothing, and that's not because of a lack of effort of this Naruto's part, rather just plain bad teaching and neglect. If this is honestly how some senseis are with their students, I have to praise Yamato a lot more often for all the effort he put into me… So much to do, so little time… I could utilise the kage bunshin technique to help speed my training up in this body… But I would much rather prefer having my own chakra back first, maybe even begin re-gaining my Yin and Yang energies to utilise Yin-Yang release… Kami this is going to be a pain… You wanna get out of that cage Kurama?" Questioned Naruto, rubbing his forehead as he felt a small ache hammer away at his skull.

Sadly, he didn't have his energy to quell the ache, something he only grunted at for a brief moment, before looking up towards the bijuu, who was giving him a small stare.

"You mean you can release the seal holding me? Wouldn't that kill you?" Questioned the beast, his attention fully focused on the small blond haired teen standing in front of the golden cage.

Letting a small smirk on his face, the teen gave the bijuu a small shrug.

"Well, I can release the cage, but if you decide to leave my body… Then yes I'm going to die. But then again, I could possibly try recreate my body like a bijuu does, but yeah… I'd prefer not to… So, if I release the seal, will you leave and kill me?" Asked Naruto, his head tilted to the side as if he was an airhead not expecting anything from it.

The bijuu fell silent, its crimson eyes staring into Naruto's own blue eyes for what seemed like hours.

"You really do mean it don't you? You're willing to remove the seal, at the risk of your own life?" Asked Kurama silently, getting a small nod from Naruto as his eyes fell soft slightly.

"I can see a general trend with how people treat bijuu, whether it be in this reality or another… So what's so important about my life I can't help at least one of yours… Well, two if you count my Kurama's." Muttered Naruto with a soft smile, before crossing his arms around himself.

"So… The choice is yours Kurama. How do you want to go about it?" Asked Naruto as he awaited for Kurama's response.

Time seemed at a still as the two simply stared at each other with little more than a still face, Naruto's holding a soft set of features whilst Kurama held a stern, and rather skittish face as he contemplated Naruto's offer…

Before noticing Naruto sweat drop as he let out a small, but noticeably awkward laugh.

"On second thought… How about you hold onto the promise of me releasing the seal for a while. I just realised that I have no secure place to release the seal, so I doubt I would get all that far before someone tried to supress me and "fix" the seal… Aaaaaannnnddd my chakra right now is beyond crap. I doubt I could use fuinjutsu at a basic level with my chakra manipulation… Sooo how about we hold off on your freedom for like… A year? At max. What do you say Kurama?" Asked Naruto in an overly confident tone as he tried to cover up his slight oversight in regards to releasing Kurama and his current predicament.

However, it seemed Kurama was fine with the agreement, as the giant fox nodded his head. Looking slightly relieved that he hadn't had to answer Naruto's proposal just yet.

Lowering his head to the ground, Kurama gave Naruto a small smirk.

"A shinobi of your intellect and you manage to miss that crucial bit of information… And straight after promising to release me… If I may, I would believe you are too incompetent compared to what your memories had shown me." Taunted Kurama, his smirk widening as he looked at the twitching Naruto as he shook his fist at him.

"It's not my fault dammit! I dare you to try waking up in someone else's body, while reliving their life through their memories and taking small bits of their personality's dattebayo… Oh fuck no…" Muttered Naruto in slight shock as his mouth dropped as he muttered this Naruto's favourite catchphrase.

This only seemed to amuse Kurama to a higher degree as he let out a small snort, said snort blasting Naruto with a torrent of wind, only irritating him further before he gave a small smirk.

Cracking his knuckles in front of him and rolling his shoulders, Naruto turned his back towards Kurama, before tilting his head slightly, revealing only a small portion of a smirk on his face towards the bijuu, before looking back ahead of him towards the dark sewer that seemed to go on forever.

"Oh well, while I'm here, I guess I should do some remodelling… You think you can give me a small hand with a bit of chakra Kurama? I'm going to be using a technique to regain my own variant of chakra, even if it would take a day or two to wake up from the strain of re-creating not only my own white chakra, but also re-awakening my pure Yin and Yang energies, alongside my Yin-Yang energy." Asked Naruto as he held his hands out towards the dark sewer ahead of him.

Hearing a small snort behind him once again, Naruto felt Kurama's chakra flow through his stomach, or at least attempt to as he felt another seal stopping him.

Grinning, Naruto simply shut his blue eyes for a moment… Before snapping his eyes open, showing his crimson coloured eyes within his mindscape once more.

"In my own mind… NOTHING WILL HOLD ME DOWN DATTEBAYO!" Screamed Naruto as he physically felt the seal interrupting his chakra control and Kurama's chakra simply shatter from his body, before the chakra Kurama was sending through his body come into contact with his own.

Letting a small smile erupt on his face, Naruto turned slightly and gave the bijuu a soft nod, before refocusing on his efforts to recreate something he once had. His mindscape, a place of heaven for him in the recent years he had been accustomed to being in at night and training in.

And his energies that he bathed in day in and day out. He wanted them back, they were literally a part of him, and he didn't want to live without being able to access and feel them in his grasp.

And as he looked ahead of him, Naruto let out a small sigh as he shut his eyes, his heart hammering within his chest as he simply felt his mindscape shatter, alongside his chakra smashing everything within his body as he used the energy to kick start his own chakra re-creation.

"And now… It begins…" Thought Naruto in a sombre tone, before letting out a loud sigh in the darkness that was his mindscape, of which he could mentally see as his eyes were still closed.

"Kurama… I think you should sleep now… I'll see you in a few days." Muttered Naruto as he continued to focus on his mind around him.

The bijuu, wherever he now was within Naruto's mindscape, didn't respond. But the soft snores Naruto heard in the very back of his head alerted him of Kurama's now sleeping state.

Oh this was going to be fun…

(Two days later.)

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"Why kami… Did someone ever invent the stupid alarm clock…" Muttered a dead tired voice softly as a figure was seen squirming beneath a set of blankets for a few moments before eventually stilling… Only to let out a small irritated grunt before flinging the blankets off their form, revealing a teenager hidden beneath.

Said teenager was Naruto Uzumaki, or rather Naruto Hayabusa, who was now inhibiting Naruto Uzumaki's body.

However, there was some changes to his appearance.

The blond hair was still there, and as spiky as ever, his eyes however were now a set of crimson that seemed to give off an ire shine slightly before falling into a certain dampness.

Moving down to his cheeks, his whisker marks became thinner and slightly longer, no longer being too revealing, rather just slightly noticeable should someone truly look at Naruto's face for a moment or two.

Alongside his whisker marks being changed, his jaw had also became slightly more angular, not too much to make it highly noticeable, but once again, should someone have paid attention before to Naruto's face, it would be noticeable after a short while.

His body however, seemed to have the biggest amount of change, as it was now slightly longer and muscular than it had previously been. Naruto's once below average stature was now just centimetres above the average, something the original Naruto would have been jumping all over at.

Now, while Naruto's body had the largest change appearance wise, it was internally were Naruto had become completely different.

His chakra what was once a strong shining dense blue typhoon, was now a pure white lake that rivalled a bijuu in density, while also being as peaceful as a koi point, with little to no movements within.

Overall, Naruto had traded the massive reserves his body originally had, in order to have a smaller, but noticeably more denser and controlled variant.

Something he was more than happy with, considering the first time he had gained his own chakra, he had as much as a new born baby at the time and had to regain the amount he originally had.

Which he had surpassed mind you, but it took three years and a lot of training in both his mind and in the world around him.

At least with this, he wasn't in such a weakened state.

"Dammit I had forgotten how much of a pain it was to move after strengthening my body with Yang energy for the first few times." Groaned out Naruto as his feet landed against the cold wooden ground of his apartment.

Letting out a yawn, the teen pushed himself from his bed, before moving towards the bathroom, his body sluggish as wisps of orange energy seemed to flicker from his body at random intervals and at random places.

Opening the door to his bathroom and moving in front of the mirror, the blond haired teen gave the mirror a small stare, before smiling slightly as he stared directly into the crimson eyes he had grown accustomed to his whole life.

Not this life, the life he actually lived through. His life. Not this one…

Dam this was giving him a headache.

Turning on the tap and drenching one of his hands within the water, allowing some of the orange energy to seem into the handful he had captured, Naruto raised the energy infused water up to his face, before rubbing it in, cleaning his face and energising it to a certain degree before giving the mirror one more look.

"If I decided to turn my hair black I would look nearly like I used to… Oh well, this isn't originally my life, besides… I can't earn the respect as Uzumaki deserved if I look too different from him…" Muttered Naruto as he continued to gaze at the mirror in front of him for a few more moments, before grabbing the towel that was hanging next to the mirror and sink.

Drying his face, the teen turned the water off before leaving the bathroom and returning to his room, before giving his closet a small blank stare.

"… I don't even need to open it to know what's already in there… And I sure as hell ain't wearing that." Sighed out Naruto, before stretching his neck slightly whilst clamping his hands together.

Narrowing his eyes, the teen felt a small bead of sweat begin to form at the top of his forehead.

"Kami… This is going to be a pain…" Thought the teen as he channelled pure Yin energy around his form, before quickly adding Yang energy into the mix, thus fusing the two energies.

Within moments, the energies materialised around Naruto, the Silver energy being pure Yin energy, whilst the orange energy, the Yang portion, seemed to press against each other briefly, before shifting in appearance.

And within seconds, Naruto could now be standing while rubbing the sweat off his forehead while glancing down at his attire with a grin.

"Well I always did love my own clothes… But the slight bit of orange does flash it up nicely." Chuckled the teen as he looked at the closed window next to his bed, giving him a full view of himself.

Now donning him, Naruto had a long black sleeve shirt with a set of burnt orange rings wrapping around the edges of his sleeves alongside a set of causal black pants tucked into a set of black shinobi sandals.

On top of the long sleeve, Naruto had a sleeveless Chinese like vest sitting on top of the shirt, the vest being of a burnt orange colour with the trim being that of pitch black.

Overall, a decent amount of orange, but still overly black in comparison.

Giving the look a small nod, Naruto glanced down towards his hands, before letting out a small sigh.

"Ok… So I doubt I can use any more Yin and Yang energy for the rest of the day, but with Kurama inside me I could be wrong about how long it takes to replenish my reserves… But then again, Kurama is split in two with this form of him mainly being Yang energy, so my Yin energy would still take longer to recover… Oh well, I guess that leave today being chakra control training and physical conditioning." Spoke Naruto with a small nod to himself as he planned out what he was preparing to do.

Nodding at what he thought of, the teen opened the window before hopping up onto the edge and giving his surroundings of quick glance around.

Seeing as there was no one around, the teen shrugged, before jumping off his window ledge and onto the building across from his, before roof top jumping across konoha and towards where he remembered the forest of death was, or rather the training ground that was behind the forest of death that many shinobi simply chose to ignore in favour of more traditional training grounds.

He, Naruto, hadn't gotten all that far however, as he suddenly heard a small shout.

Turning his head slightly, he caught sight of what appeared to be a small child, Konohamaru if he remembered from his memories, waving at him in joy.

Giving the small kid a smile, since he didn't want to exactly piss off anyone who Naruto Uzumaki deemed important, he responded to the kid and did a flip in the air, before pressing off the side of a building to change his direction and land directly in front of Konohamaru, who gave his "boss" eyes of admiration.

"Naruto-nii-san! I heard you're in the Chunin exam finals! Did you kick a lot of ass in the exams? When did you get a new look? It looks awesome! Are you free? Do you want to play ninja with me?" Asked the kid in rapid succession, resulting in Naruto's blank look as he stared at Konohamaru for a moment, before bopping him on the head softly, cutting him off from asking more questions.

Crouching down slightly, Naruto gave the small brown haired kid a grin.

"Well to answer your questions in that order Kono. Yes I did make the Chunin exam finals, I did kick a lot of ass, "No I didn't. From what I remembered seeing I got my ass kicked by Orochimaru and then I farted in Kiba Inuzuka's nose to pull a quick victory… And I completely failed the first portion of the exam, only passing because of the tenth question", I got my new look today, currently I'm going to go training so I'm not free… But if you would like, I could use a training partner." Replied Naruto with a small smile, seeing the young child beam up at him in utter joy before screaming and jumping around.

Giving the small child a soft smile, Naruto shook his head, before grabbing the kid's shirt and throwing him onto his back before looking back up at the kid.

"You comfortable there Kono?" Asked Naruto, getting a big nod from the kid in return.

Getting the ok from Konohamaru, Naruto began to move towards his destination, engaging in small talk with Konohamaru on their way to his selected training ground.

Overall, Naruto had to say listening to Konohamaru was interesting in some bizarre way. He knew in his world he wouldn't talk to the kid, or at least make the effort to, but now that he had the chance to meet the kid properly, he kind of felt the small attachment Naruto Uzumaki originally had with the kid.

If anything, Naruto was only now realising how interesting people were in general since he had only really talked and hanged out with a few people in his life, of which he could count on two hands, as such, he didn't get a lot of diversity in his conversations.

But with Konohamaru, it was different because of the age gap and the experience, thus resulting in an interesting conversation between the two in Naruto's eyes at least.

But before long the conversation soon came to an end as Naruto landed softly within his selected training ground, the forest of death not too far from his position.

"There we go." Muttered Naruto as he lowered Konohamaru down from his back, before straightening out, stretching his back while doing so.

"So what are we going to do now boss? Are you going to show me some new jutsu?" Asked Konohamaru in excitement as he looked up at Naruto, who was giving him a small smirk before shaking his head slightly as he finished his impromptu stretch.

Crossing his fingers, Naruto let a small twinkle appear in his crimson eyes, something Konohamaru just noticed that Naruto had, before Naruto channelled his chakra into the technique.

"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" Shouted Naruto as over fifty clones appeared in the clearing, startling Konohamaru as he gave them all a look of awe, before Naruto barked out orders for his clones.

"You all know what to do. Five clones start on tree climbing and another five on water walking. Then I want five groups of five working on basic elemental chakra. Remember, at this point it's not about wasting the chakra, but transforming it into elemental chakra. The other fifteen clones I want you to revisit all of my techniques and begin to use them until they are perfected to the point of not needing hand seals. This means henge, substitution and Kage bunshin people. Five on each one." Shouted out Naruto, watching as his clones all gave him a nod before separating, leaving both him and a stunned Konohamaru behind.

Giving his small companion a grin, Naruto held his hand out to Konohamaru with a smile.

"Ok Kono, I'm going to give you a small bit of my chakra to help boost your levels up to the point you can form two shadow clones. Once they're formed, I want you to send one to try tree climbing with my clones and one to try water walking. And by tree climbing I mean actually walking up the tree without your hands, and water walking is pretty self-explanatory. Is that all good Kono?" Asked naruto, getting a small nod from Konohamaru as his eyes seemed to erupt in flames.

"No worries boss!" Shouted the child as he gave his hand to Naruto, who gave him a small mental grin as he felt out the kid's chakra, before holding out a single handsign.

"Kage bunshin no jutsu." Muttered Naruto as two puffs of smoke appeared, showing two other konohamaru's standing at attention.

Giving Konohamaru a small look, Konohamaru gave his boss a small nod before looking over to his clones, mentally hiding his excitement of the two clones being there.

"You guys! Go learn from the bosses clones! One at tree climbing and one at water walking!" Shouted Konohamaru, watching as the two nodded before running off in attempt to find where they would begin their training.

As the two clones left, Naruto released Konohamaru's hand before giving the small child a smirk.

"So now that I've had you create two clones, I'll tell you a secret about the shadow clones. Anything a shadow clone learns, the user learns after they dispel. So if you have a shadow clone learning a jutsu, then should the shadow clone learn it, you too would learn it after it dispels. However, when you're doing something like that, it's not wise to use more than one or two clones. Keep that in mind when you gain enough chakra to use shadow clones yourself ok Kono?" Spoke Naruto, giving Konohamaru a small smirk as he watched the kids eyes light up before nodding.

"Hai nii-san! One or two clones only! Got ya!" Shouted the kid happily, before blinking as he fell silent.

Giving Naruto a look, the small child tilted his head.

"Um nii-san… What are we going to be doing?" Asked Konohamaru with his head tilted to the side. In curiosity, before feeling a shiver ride up along his spine as his boss sent him a demonic like smirk, which had only been enhanced by his crimson eyes.

"Oh us? We're going to be doing some… Physical exercise." Muttered Naruto as his chakra started to surround him ominously as he looked at Konohamaru, who shivered.

"Oh." Was the final thing Konohamaru muttered before Naruto dragged Konohamaru deeper into the training ground.

(The next day.)

"Naruto… I'm going to ask again… What made you think that taking a 10 year old child to a training ground would be a wise decision…? Especially when you would integrate him into training with you to your level." Asked a tired and old voice as he stood above his grandson's tired and slightly bruised body at the hospital, where Naruto coughed into his hand slightly as he looked away from the third hokage.

"To be fair Jiji, Kono did come along willingly," was Naruto's only response as he watched the small child give him a tiny glare.

Meanwhile, Naruto was sweating up a storm on the inside as he stared at the third hokage, who was giving him a dead pan look.

"Had I not known how Uzumaki had talked to hokage-sama, I would have immediately been considered a spy." Thought Naruto with a small bead of sweat, before watching as the third shook his head while standing up.

Rubbing his forehead, the old man gave Naruto a blank look.

"Please don't take Konohamaru out for training if it would be too taxing on him. I would hate to see my grandson in any worse state if you would." Spoke the third hokage, before moving towards the exit of the hospital room, before pausing slightly.

Looking back towards Naruto, the old man tilted his head.

"Before I go Naruto. I must ask, who is training you for the exam finals?" Questioned Hiruzen as he looked towards his unofficial grandson, who simply gave him a small smile.

"I'm currently training myself since I figured Kakashi would train Sasuke for the finals and would be busy." Replied Naruto smoothly, watching as the hokage gave him a soft look, before nodding briefly.

"If you would like Naruto, I could arrange for someone to help you in your training. I wouldn't like one of my own shinobi's being left out to dry after all." Responded Hiruzen with a small glint within his eyes, which Naruto noticed before shaking his head briefly.

"Truthfully I don't mind if you do send someone to help me out jiji, but I think I like the sound of myself becoming stronger on my own." Responded Naruto, getting a nod from Hiruzen as he began to leave.

"Very well. In that case I will leave you to it. Remember Naruto. You are more than welcome to come by and ask for any help in regards to your training if you require." Spoke Hiruzen as he left, his voice vibrating all over the room like an echo for a moment or two, before fading all together.

Giving Konohamaru a small smile, Naruto shifted his eyes from their blue colour to their crimson coloured ones.

"Thanks for keeping quiet about my eyes Kono. Here ya go." Spoke Naruto quietly as he pulled out a small scroll from his pocket, before passing it over towards Konohamaru, who gave his boss a grin.

"Thanks for the jutsu nii-san." Replied Konohamaru, before tucking it under his hospital blanket.

"Remember, the seal I painted onto it will not allow you to see the jutsu until you have enough chakra, so work on tree climbing and water walking so that you reduce the amount of time it will take till the scroll opens. Got that?" Asked Naruto, getting a nod from Konohamaru.

Smiling slightly, the blond haired teen left the hospital room, leaving behind a more than happy child in his wake.

And there you have my take on Naruto being in the canon universe!

Now since I'm sure a few people will point it out, Naruto cannot make fuinjutsu seals from his chakra, but actual seals with sealing in he can still do, which is why while he cannot release Kurama at the moment, he can create other seals.

And yes, this Naruto is from Ninja: Civilian shinobi. Just to clarify. Anyway, hope you enjoyed it and I will see you all later.