Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, my pal Masashi Kishimoto does.

Chapter 1: My Name Is Satoshi!

The sun was shinning this day.

The kind of brightness that could refuses anyone's eyes to open, continued to hit the small body of an 8 year old boy.

A man was standing in front of him with a kind smile, but his mouth bore no words of pity.

"I came after hearing words about a demon robbing corpse," He patted the boy on his head. "Would that be you?"

The man was tall with tanned skin and dark eyes. He had waist-length black hair styled in a centre-parted fringe that framed his face. He wore a maroon and white hat and haori over a full-length maroon and white gown.

"It's not a place for a rather cute demon like you," The man smiled. "Remember, this is a battlefield."

Battlefield...

The wide scenery right now in front of them wasn't a good sight for a child to be looking straight at.

Mountain of corpse as far as the eye can see.

There was not a single peaceful expression on their face. Distorted expressions of pain were hardened on all the bodies.

The boy let his onigiri fall on the ground, his hand pushing away the man's hand.

He took two kunai out from his pocket and readied himself to fight. The man in front of him smiled slightly.

"Did you also take that from a corpse?" He stared at the kunai coated with blood. "A single child stripping corpses to protect himself, is it?"

The boy glared at the adult, licking the corner of his mouth to take away a grain of rice.

"That's very impressive," The man said. "However, you no longer need those."

Someone wearing Konoha's forehead protector, a shinobi who seems to be from another country. The vast number of corpse covering the ground seemed to struggle against pain and sadness. It didn't matter what country they were from, they all had expressions filled with pain.

"You're a smart kid," The man looked at the kunai. "If you wish to learn how to properly use them... then come with me."

The boy looked up to the tall man retreating back surprised.

"From now on, you will swing those kunai." He continued to speak. "Not to cut away your weaknesses and protect yourself... but to protect your comrades and your very soul."

XxX

(4 years later)

A grey haired boy was sleeping, a tiny streak of drool rolled from his mouth. He was sitting in a chair supporting his face with his hand, his elbow on the desk in front of him.

"Satoshi," A voice called.

It was the professor standing in front of the black board, his face carrying an annoying expression. The man had dark eyes and long black hair which frames his face in three parts with the rest tied up in a messy ponytail completed with Konoha forehead protector.

He wore the standard attire of Konoha shinobi, which consisted of a green flak jacket that are simple chest-guards covering the torso and lower groin that come with clipped-on shoulder pads with high-collars and a strap

across the waist. A red armband emblazoned with the Uzushiogakure symbol worn on his left arm.

"Hey, Satoshi!" He yelled, crushing the chalk in his hand.

The boy slowly opened his eyes, a surprised expression on his face.

"Huh? How did you suddenly get here, Ryo Sensei?" Satoshi said, carrying a bored expression.

A vein suddenly popped out on the teacher's forehead. "Now listen you idiot, the graduation test is tomorrow. This is no time to be not too worked up"

Satoshi shrugged his shoulders as he supported his chin with his hand. Ryo sensei closed his eyes, a y-shaped vein popping on his forehead.

"You fool! Stop taking thing too lightly!" Ryo sensei yelled, his face growing bigger. "You will stay after class to clean! Maybe it will teach you to not sleep in class."

Satoshi gulped saliva, as he started to sweat profusely. "S-Sensei do I really have to stay after class?!"

"Yes! Now back to class, as I was saying before that blockhead interrupted me the peace lasted for 200 years until Iwagakure declared war to Sunagakure. Now do any of you know the reason?" He asked his class.

No reply came from the students, so Ryo sensei answered.

"Between Iwagakure and Sunagakure is a land, west from Ishigakure which is not to be mistakenly identify as part of Iwagakure." Ryo sensei explained. "Both of hidden village claimed this land as their own which resulted to war."

"But sensei why did they not share it equally?" A green haired boy asked.

Ryo sensei smiled. "The reason is very simple. They wanted it because that land was filled with natural resources such as charcoal, crystals, gold and others things."

He held his finger. "Now the Nanadaime Tsuchikage was a very cunning man, do any of you know his name?"

"Suzu Kamizuru," A black haired girl with onyx eyes answered.

Ryo sensei nodded. "Yes, that's right Rin. Suzu Kamizuru is part of one of the ancient clan in Iwa, the Kamizuru were once very respected until they were repelled during an attack on Konoha by the Aburame clan."

"The Kamizuru clan was a clan of bee users, a sort of Aburame clan but obviously not as powerful," He explained. "Now on how they started war, it's very crafty plan. Suzu used one of his bee on a jonin of Iwa who was to be sent as emissary at Suna. Once he was there the venom of the bee killed him, and Iwa used this as an argument to declare war."

Ryo sensei was about to continue the lesson until the ring announcing the end of the class resounded, the students began to pack up their things and in a minute no one was left except a certain grey haired boy.

"Satoshi, I won't let you go home unless you clean that all up." He crossed his arms, and sat on his desk.

Satoshi sighed, and picked the sponge and began to clean the desks with an annoyed expression. Looking at the boy Ryo understood that the boy had no one waiting for him at home and suddenly felt sad for him.

"Satoshi..." Ryo said.

Satoshi stopped for a moment and asked. "What is it this time?"

"What I meant is that if you clean all that mess, I'll buy you barbecue tonight." The teacher said, scratching his face.

"Seriously?" Satoshi asked with a grin, and Ryo sensei nodded. "I'll finish in no time!"

XxX

Yakiniku Q was a large restaurant with wide windows, multiple green-seated booth. On each table a charcoal brazier is built on the center and is equipped tongs for cooking.

On one of these booth were sitting Ryo sensei and Satoshi, both eating their meats. Satoshi had a goofy grin plastered on his face after eating the meat and Ryo was looking at students as he ate quietly.

"Why did you always sleep during class?" Ryo sensei asked sighing heavily. "Don't you know that those lesson are important to a shinobi?"

Satoshi gulped another slice of meat, and answered. "Of course, I do." He drank his tea. "I know they earned he title of Hokage because they were the best ninja of their time. The greatest was Uzumaki Naruto, he was a hero who brought peace to the world."

"That doesn't explain why you sleep though," Ryo sensei sweatdropped.

"Well I sleep because.." Satoshi started.

Ryo sensei looked at his student intently, eagerly waiting for his answer.

"Because it bore me to death," Satoshi said with a bored expression.

Ryo sensei face faulted and fell off of his stool with a thud. Recovering from his fall, he quickly sat on his stool sighing.

"By the way, sensei, I have a favor to ask," Satoshi asked with a smile.

Ryo sensei rose his eyebrow, and asked. "You want another plate of meat?"

"No, can I pass the Graduation test last please?" Satoshi stared at his sensei with a grin.

Ryo sensei started laughing, and asked. "Why? Stressed? Huh?"

Satoshi shook his head, and with a bored expression replied. "No I just want to catch up the sleep I lost today."

Ryo sensei right eye twitched, and he replied. "No tomorrow you'll pass first."

"I'm really starting to dislike you!" Satoshi said with a fake smile. "Mister, another plate please!"

(The next day – Academy)

"We are now about to begin the graduation test," Ryo sensei explained, his eyes landing on a sleeping Satoshi. "When your name is called, proceed to the next classroom. The test is on the Bushin no Jutsu."

On the other classroom Ryo sensei and another sensei sat, this time it was Satoshi turn.

Satoshi looked at pile of forehead protector on the table next to his sensei, and took a deep breath. 'Come on, I can't disappoint the old man'

'Hn. The idiot always sleep during class, the outcome is pretty obvious' Thought Shigetoki Dango, the other sensei in charge of the test. He had dark-coloured hair and wore glasses. He wore the standard attire of Konoha with a blue forehead protector in a bandanna style.

Satoshi started to perform the hand seals, starting with Ram then Snake and lastly Tiger. He infused his Chakra and yelled. "Bushin no Jutsu!"

With a puff of smoke a perfect copy of Satoshi appeared next to him, Shigetoki sensei rose from his chair slightly agape while with a bored expression the boy stared at him.

Ryo rose from his chair, and took a headband from the table. Stopping in front of Satoshi, he handed the forehead protector with a grin.

"You blockhead, if you were more focused in class you would have made more than one clone."

He felt warmth on top of his head. Looking up, Satoshi saw Ryo sensei's palm.

"I guess it's fine, congratulations... on your graduation." Ryo sensei said, smiling brightly.

Smiling, Satoshi replied. "Thanks sensei!"

After passing the graduation test, parents went to congratulate their children in front of the Academy. Some were blushing while pointing their headband to their parents, while others were hugging as they smiled happily.

Satoshi was sitting on a swing, looking at them. Lowering his gaze to the headband on his hand, he sighed.

He was so distracted that he didn't hear some boys whispering about him.

"Oi! How come Satoshi got a headband?!" A plump boy asked his friend.

The other boy shrugged his shoulders, and replied. "I don't know but him being a ninja is a joke! I mean the guy would sleep on his missions."

The plump started to laugh loudly at his friend joke. "Yeah, that moron will be the first ninja with 0% of success in his mission!"

Opening his eyes, Satoshi still stared at his headband. 'Ninja? Huh?' He squeezed the forehead protector and with a smile he tied up the headband around his head.

XxX

"Wake up, Ryo Sensei!" Someone yelled, as he knocked loudly at his door.

Opening his eyes, Ryo quickly ran and opened the door only to see Shigetoki sensei panting heavily.

"What's the matter?" Ryo asked, surprised.

The other chunnin approached him, and said. "Come to Hokage sama immediately!" He continued. "I heard that someone... tried to kill Hokage sama."

Ryo eyes widened. "Kill Hokage sama?!"

Satoshi was walking quietly, his hands on his pocket with a bored expression plastered on his face.

"Today was tiring, but I can't sleep," He said to no one. "I feel a lots of chakra moving around the village, some are weird."

He continued to walk until he came face to face with a jonin, the man's chakra seemed troubled and it made Satoshi frown.

"Why does a lot of weird chakra are moving around the village?" Satoshi was so troubled, that he said his sentence aloud without knowing.

The jonin in front of him frowned, 'How does he know? Don't tell me he's a sensor?! At this young age it's impossible!' Looking intently at the boy he feigned ignorance. "What?"

Satoshi regained his sense, and waved his hand. "Huh? Nothing."

The man rose his eyebrows, but decided to drop the matter. "Hurry up and go home, kid."

Satoshi nodded, and looked at the man who disappeared in a swirl of leaves. Something was off tonight, he could feel it.

Taking a deep breath, he started to walk to where Ryo sensei's home was quickly. Maybe he was wrong, but he had to confirm it.

In front of the Hokage tower, several jonin were waiting for orders. A man with a maroon and white haori was standing in front of them.

"Hokage sama! We can't forgive him!" One of the jonin shouted, tightening his fist.

The Hokage glanced at them with a serious expression, and ordered. "Yes. Bring him here at once!"

"Yes, sir!" They all replied, quickly jumping away to catch their target.

Ryo and Shigetoki were teaming up, as they were entrusted to research the south east part of the village. To cover more ground, they decide to separate until they found something. Jumping from tree to tree, Ryo continued to search for the assassin until he heard the sound of something hurrying toward him.

He turned his head and saw six shurikens hurrying at a great speed, taking out his kunai he quickly deflected them and jumped on the ground.

Hearing a sound behind him, and he quickly threw his kunai in its direction. A second later the sound of a kunai falling on the ground was heard.

Ryo quickly took out another kunai, and readied himself. He heard again a stiffing sound, but this time it was a Fuma shuriken. The moment the attack landed, in a puff of smoke a block of wood replaced Ryo's body.

"Kawarimi no Justsu? Huh?" A man slowly walked toward the block of wood with a smirk. "Ryo you can come out now, those tricks won't work on me!"

"I see now!" Ryo's voice resounded loudly. "I didn't think you would go that far, Shigetoki!"

Shigetoki chuckled, quickly took the Fuma shuriken out of the piece of wood and started spinning it waiting for Ryo.

Suddenly a wave of kunais hurried in his direction, spinning the Fuma Shuriken in front he deflected all the kunais. Ryo appeared behind him, and with great speed threw a spinning back kick.

Shigetoki let the Fuma shuriken fall on the ground, and quickled parred with his arm in x-shape form but under the pressure of the kick recoiled. Ryo was about to threw another but this time he was catch mid-air and lost balance, Shigetoki used his momentum and sent him crashing on a tree.

The man chuckled, and took his Fuma shuriken from the ground. Spinning it, he threw it in his direction. 'Huh? Is it the end?' Ryo thought, closing his eyes waiting for what was only a question of seconds.

The attack never landed, and Ryo slowly opened his eyes only to find Satoshi in front of him with a kunai on his hand.

"Satoshi?!" Ryo widened his eye. "This place is dangerous, you should run away!"

Shigetoki was also surprised, but after a time started to laugh like a madman. "Ah! It's truly a surprise! A wonderful surprise! Today I will have the pleasure to kill two blockhead!"

"Idiots in their idiotic way have their own idiotic pleasure," Satoshi whistled, as he took in the stupidity of the man in front if him.

Shigetoki looked angry, "Did you just call me idiot? I'm going to-"

"Shigetoki wait!" Shigetoki gaze fell on Ryon with an angry look, "Satoshi only a genin. This is between You and I."

Shigetoki bared his teeth, "You won't put much of challenge."

Ryo nodded, "I know. So what of it?" Seeing Shigetoki's confusion, he explained. "I'm a chunnin of Konoha, and this kid is one of my comrades."

Shigetoki chuckled, "So what? You'll die for the brat? You'll die anyway, at least I'll take pleasure from killing this moron."

Ryo slowly stood back up, "He would never have been out here if he wasn't at least a great ninja with good gut feeling. Just with his gut he understood something was wrong."

Shigetoki picked up a kunai and readied himself, "I will allow you a quick death, so don't curse me in the after life Ryo sensei!"

Ryo followed Shigetoki gesture, and lounged at him with a kunai to end this fight.

XxX

The sound of a body hitting the ground sounded through Satoshi ears. "Ryo sensei... Damn it!"

Ryo senesei... How was he to know that the annoying sensei cared this much for him? From the sound of his speech earlier, Ryo sensei thought highly of him.

He knew Shigetoki would never allow him to run away.

Satoshi's kunai fell on the ground. His hands closed into fist, he yelled loudly. "What is happening to me?!"

Shigetoki Dango, chunin, stood in astonishment. Satoshi Hiroyuki, the blockhead of his class. He had just witnessed the boy in question change his arm into big trees to send him at the other side of the forest.

Satoshi stood over the moaning and astonished man glaring angrily. "You killed him... I will not hold back!"

He captured his former teacher in his branches, and started to pummel him on the ground until the man passed out.

Satoshi retreated back, his arm becoming normal again and felt his leg gives away. Falling on the ground with a thud, he rested and quickly stood up.

"What is this feeling? I feel stronger... like I didn't fight at all." Satoshi looked at Ryo sensei and saw sitting against a tree.

"You beat him, Satoshi." Ryo sensei smiled and called Satoshi over to him.

Satoshi raised his eyebrow, "Aren't you supposed to be dead?"

Ryo let out a short laugh, 'This book saved me, but I have spend to much chakra so I passed out."

Satoshi headed past him toward his house. "Then I'm going home, I don't have much time until the orientation."

Ryo sensei grinned at him, "Then let's go home."

What do you think? I made Satoshi get Mokuton, but keep in mind that he has to adjust himself so it don't come out when he get mad.

He doesn't have a purpose for now, so he's attitude might seems like he don't care to be a ninja or not. But I'll hope to bring in some character development for him to actually become a great shinobi.

Review, because it makes the story better. Tomorrow I might not be busy so I'll try to drop another chapter.

Shunshin no Jutsu.