Hi! Well this is my first story, well Naruto story anyway so I will probably end up missing out things or messing up a few scenes but I'll do my best. The story will probably be a big confusing at first but hopefully things will start to become clear as they go on. There will also be a lot of bashing towards mostly Konoha and other characters and the pairing will also make sense later on in the story, and there may be a bit of a harem but definitely no Hinata, I just don't like that pairing, but there will be no lemons as I'm not into that, rated M for safety and swearing/gore(Not too much). Hopefully you enjoy!

Powerful Naruto but grows stronger over time.

Smarter Naruto.

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Demon"

The single occupied apartment through the entire complex was home to none other than Naruto Uzumaki. Graffiti decorated the corridors with words ranging from 'monster', 'demon' and 'you killed my family'. Others that use to occupy the floor moved out once they found out that the 'demon' lived there.

Within his one roomed apartment, laying down on his bed is the protagonist of this story. It was a restless sleep for Naruto, he was tossing and turning with a cold sweat.

He was a having a nightmare.

Though this was not an uncommon thing for Naruto, this things that the villagers did to him plagued his dreams turning them into despair. At first he found it difficult to deal with all the glares that they gave him, especially when he was at the orphanage as it was the only home he had ever known. He was an orphan, no parent to look after or him, or cradle him as he wept. But he never let that get to him. However, it was the more drastic things that crept into his nightmares, the beatings and 'fox hunts' as they called them and even worse...

But this nightmare was different than the rest. He was surrounded by darkness. He couldn't see anything else nor feel anything. But if it did feel one thing, then it was real. Suddenly, within the darkness, a giant red eye appeared, it had 9 tomoe's that were in a spiral like pattern and circles rippled towards the inside. That's when he woke up drenched in sweat.

Shaken and slightly disturbed, emotions not normy known to Naruto, he turned to his alarm clock to see what time it was. '5:45, great' Naruto thought with a moan.

He was unable to get back to sleep and was sweaty, so the best thing he could think of would be a shower. Unfortunately, it would have to be a cold one because for whatever reason the water was never hot. A certain landlord shivered in his sleep.

As he got off his bed, he didn't notice that his feet was actually touching the floor from sitting on his bed, something that shouldn't be normal.

He opened the door to the tiny bathroom which consisted of a shower and toilet, not exactly the best apartment but it was better than a moldy mattress and baths in the river at the orphanage.

He flicked the light switch on and walked towards the shower, turned the tap on and stepped in. Letting the water flow down his hair, he noticed that it felt heavier to him. He shrugged it off and continued to shower.

After about 5 minutes, he stopped the shower and grabbed a towel to start drying himself off. That was when he stood opposite the mirror.

He blinked.

He blinked again.

He rubbed his eyes to see if he was seeing correctly.

He waved to the mirror to make sure it was him in the mirror, and the boy in the mirror followed.

So he did the only thing he could think of, he screamed: "AAAAAHHHHHHH" he shouted in shock stumbling backwards after did so.

He was so confused. He walked to the mirror and carefully examined himself.

His hair had grown down to back of his back, spikey (Like Madara's) and was full of life shining in the mirror. Not only had it grown longer, it was now mostly a glistening silver, luscious and shiny it seemed to reflect the light from the light bulb. There were a few blond highlights but they were few and far between. His eyes remaind blue but the pupil had hint of silver. His face had become sharped, the babyfat gone and he looked like a incredibly handsome man. The whisker marks were still there but they had become slightly fainter for reasons he couldn't understand, in fact he couldn't understand any of this. His skin had become ever so slightly plaer as well.

The final thing he noticed was that he was taller than before, a few inches but it managed to put him at the height at his classmate Sasuke.

"WHAT THE HELL!" Naruto shouted an pointed at the mirror.

'Is that me? BUT HOW? What's going on?' Thought a thoroughly confused Naruto.

Where was his blonde hair? And why was he taller? For the matter of fact, he actually didn't seem to care, he was actually kind of happy assuming that this was real, he looked a lot better, maybe he had a chance with Sakura now?

'Should I go tell Jiji? No it's too early and I doubt he can explain it' Naruto thought leaving it till the morning, well later on in the morning.

He went over to his cupboards and pulled out the only food he had.

Ramen.

The shelves were full of it.

"Itadakimasu" Naruto said out loud after boiling his ramen.

He had became addicted to it when his Jiji had took him to a ramen shop and they actually served him with correct prices.

All other shops either did not let him or tripled or even quadrupled the prices, and with him being an orphan getting a set allowance each week, he couldn't afford that so ramen was his only choice.

Naruto decided to just do nothing for the next hour and a half leaving him at 7:30.

The academy started at 9:00 and his Jiji was usually at his office at around 8:00 and with walking time and getting past the receptionist that seemed to hate him with all her guts, he should be able to get there for around that time.

He walked to get his orange tracksuit in the cupboard.

'I really need some new clothes' Naruto thought then froze.

'I've always loved this tracksuit and orange color. Why I am questioning it now?' Naruto thought a little scared considering the fact that he was changing in more ways than just physically.

Deciding to just get rid of the thought, he pulled on his atrocity of a tracksuit.

'I don't want people to see me like this yet, I know! I can use the Henge technique to go back to my old self ' Naruto thought not really liking the idea of people seeing his new form for something that he couldn't help but feel, like a deep feeling inside his gut.

"Henge!" He called out and was replaced by his old self, it wouldn't but a problem to hold it because of his massive chakra reserves.

"Time to see Jiji!" Naruto called out in his usual self.

In the Hokage's Office

Hiruzen Sarutobi sat on his chair behind his desk currently doing his paperwork.

'Dammit where does this paperwork keep coming from! I made sure there was none here yesterday and suddenly there is a stack of papers! Seriously?' He thought inside his head.

Paperwork, the bane of being the Hokage.

His thoughts were interrupted when his door opened to reveal someone he didn't think he would be seeing this morning, it was graduation day today and he hoped Naruto would pass this time.

"Ah Naruto, can I help you with something?" He questioned to the small blonde.

"Actually Jiji, I needed to talk to you about something" Naruto said quietly and slightly nervously.

This immediately got the Hokage's attention, Naruto was never nervous and was obnoxiously loud, so it must be quite serious if it made Naruto nervous, he was the type of kid to stare death in the face and torment it.

Somewhere in the afterlife, the Shinigami sneezed 'Someone must be mocking me' It thought in annoyance.

"You have my attention Naruto" Shifting his voice into a more serious tone.

"It's private Jiji" Naruto said again quite quietly for his normal self.

"Anything you say inside this room won't be repeated outside Naruto" The Hokage replied a little softer this time seeing as it was likely personal.

"But what about the over four people in the room?" Naruto questioned with a slight tilt of his head.

This immediately got the Hokage's attention. There were currently 4 ANBU hiding around for safety reasons, but they were supposed to be masters of stealth.

'Naruto could sense them? How? ' He thought but he had an idea that it may be related with the problem Naruto was having.

"ANBU, please leave the room" Hiruzen said and the 4 presences were gone.

"Now that we're alone Naruto, what would like to talk about?" He said putting his hands on the desk and leaning on them.

"Well, I woke up this morning looking a little different" Naruto said while sheepishly rubbing his head.

"Different, how so?" The Hokage replied.

"Promise you won't freak out?" Naruto asked.

"I promise" Hiruzen replied. 'I hope this has nothing to do with the fox, this could cause problems'

"KAI" Naruto said and dropped the Henge.

In replace of his old self, his new self was basking in the light of the sealing. The Hokage's jaw dropped. When he said a little different, he was thinking maybe a change of eye color or maybe even a tail. But the person in front of him could barely even be classed as Naruto.

"W-what? What happened?" He questioned recovering from his little shock.

"That's the problem Jiji, I woke up, went to the shower and looked in the mirror and BAM I looked like this" he said turning slightly to the side to show off his looks.

'What in the world could have caused this? If it was red then it could have been the fox but this is like a new Naruto. This could cause all kinds of problems' He thought thinking of a certain council.

"Naruto, I understand that you look a little … different right now, honestly no offense but I would say it's the improvement, you look like you have aged a few years. But if anyone else finds out about this then questions will be raised and I don't like questions" He thought once again thinking of how the council would react, they would probably have him executed thinking the fox took over, ignorant fools.

"I understand Jiji" Naruto replied with a small smile, he knew he looked a lot different.

"Naruto, you are aware you have extremely large chakra reserves correct?" Hiruzen questioned.

"What's catra?" Naruto replied with small tilt of his head.

'You have got to be kidding me, this is like one of the first things they teach' "Naruto, how do you not know what chakra is, its one of the most basic things they teach at the academy?" He asked but not with a disappointing tone, he knew that chakra would interest Naruto and Naruto tended to be good at things he was interested in. Things he wasn't interested in, it was like teaching a pig to fly.

"Well, Jiji, I get sent out a lot from class. Sometimes I don't understand what I did wrong. There was one time when all I asked was a question and I wasn't allowed back in the class for the rest of the day" Naruto replied turning to a small whisper at the end. He tried to show it didn't affect him, but how could he become Hokage if he couldn't learn the basics?

On the inside, the Hokage was fuming, how dare they treat Naruto like that. It's a school of shinobi, they shouldn't have their judgment skewered by random reports. However, a lot of people found Naruto irritating because of his pranks, just last week he painted the entire mountain of the Hokage's. To be honest, nobody knew how he did without anyone seeing him.

He then explained the basics of chakra to Naruto and basically said that he large chakra reserves for his age and would easily be able to hold his Henge throughout the day. So Naruto transforming back into his former self got ready to leave.

"Naruto, this is now an S-Class secret, I will tell you who you can tell your secret with at a later date" Which Naruto replied with a nod.

"Oh, and good luck with your exams" He wished on his way out.

Naruto froze. The exams! He had forgotten all about them! He couldn't fail again, how was he going to take the Old Man's place if he couldn't even graduate? He ran straight to class in attempt not to be late realized they had been talking for longer than they had thought.

Inside the Class

Iruka was currently go through his register with his other teacher Mizuki next to him. It was going well, 100% attendance, as expected of graduation day, then he got to one of the last names.

"Naruto Uzumaki?" Iruka called out. No response so he asked again.

"Why bother sensei? It's not like he's going to pass anyway" Came Kiba's reply.

"Yeah, what's a loser like him doing in the academy anyway?" Someone else shouted which resulted in several giggles. The only ones who didn't where Hinata, which was little disappointed since she admired Naruto, Sasuke who didn't care, Shino sat silent, Shikamaru muttered a little "Troublesome" and Chouji ate his chips.

Then the door flung open with a surprising amount of force revealing a slightly panicking naruto.

"Am I late?" Naruto asked a little awkwardly considering all the class was staring at him, not like he wasn't use to being stared at.

"Just in time Naruto, take a seat" Iruka said, he was one of the only teachers that seemed to treat him as a human being as he could sympathize with him being an orphan, however, both of them missed the little glare Mizuki sent his way.

"Hai sensei!" He yelled out cheerfully made his way next to Sasuke who surprisingly neither Ino or Sakura was sitting next considering they usually did, but it was likely they would soon fight out of his spot.

"Hn" Sasuke muttered as he sat down next time not really caring, as he was a clanless nobody.

"Alright, seeing as everyone is here. Lets get on with the exams. First of all there would be a written test, then a test of 3 basic jutsu, the Henge, Substitution and the Clone technique" Naruto froze as those words left his sensei's mouth, he could do the Henge and Substitution fine, but the written test, he knew he wouldn't do as well as he wasn't overly smart, and then the one jutsu that he just couldn't do, no matter how hard he tried he could not do the Clone technique.

The written test was given out by Mizuki, who smirked as he placed Naruto's test down first. It had a Genjutsu on it so it made it impossible for Naruto to pass as they were the wrong questions.

When Naruto started the test, he was confused. It was like he already knew the answers, like from somewhere deep in his mind, someone was telling him the answers. He quickly wrote them down and finished. He looked around and the usually smart people had also finished, Shino and Shikamaru being an example. The time ended and Iruka collected everyone's papers.

"Alright next up, we will call you out one by one to test your Ninjutsu skills so please wait inside the classroom while the others complete their exams" Iruka said calling out the first name and leading them outside.

Immediately, Sakura, his crush, and Ino charged at him in attempt to get him out of his seat.

"NARUTO BAKA! LET ME SIT NEXT TO SASUKE!" Yelled the famous banshee making him wince.

"SHUT UP FORE-HEAD IT'S OBVIOUS SASUKE WANTS TO SIT NEXT TO MEET" Ino yelled back.

Naruto on the mean time was doing some thinking. Crazy I know. 'Why does she always want to sit next to Sasuke and not me? Wait a minute, why do I even like her in the first place? Yeah, I admit she maybe a little good looking, but other than that what? She screams like a banshee, has fangasms over Sasuke constantly and even hits me, when did I even start liking her?' Naruto thought deeply.

Sasuke was just hoping Naruto would stay where he was, he may not like Naruto, but nobody could be worse than his fangirls.

"No thanks" Naruto said quietly completely out of character which caused Ino and Sakura to look at him weirdly and even Sasuke raised any eyebrow thinking he would do anything for 'his' Sakura.

"NARUTO! LET ME SIT NEXT TO SASUKE!" Banshee yelled again.

"No" he said again.

"BAKA!" She yelled attempting to slam her fist on top of his head.

However to her surprise, and even Sasuke, Naruto lent back completely acting on instinct allowed her fist to miss and smash into the table. Sakura was shocked, Naruto never dodged any of her punches and it seemed as the classes attention was now on them.

"If Sasuke allows you to take my seat then you can have it, just ask him" He said completely disregarding the looks he was getting as he was acting completely out of character.

"SASUKE! Can I please sit next you?" She asked going quieter towards the end and played with her fingers.

"No" was his instant and short replied, on the inside he was actually happy, he didn't have to deal with two fangirls.

"There happy? Go back to your own seats" Naruto said and put his head on the desk not wanting to continue his conversation any longer.

Ino and Sakura gave each other a weird and so did the rest of the class, what on Earth put a damper on the clowns mood?

After going through many more names and many people coming out with Leaf Headbands, it was finally Naruto's turn.

Naruto was determined to pass this time, he wouldn't allow himself to fail.

"Now Naruto, hopefully you revised for this test because last time you failed" Iruka said giving Naruto 'the look'.

"Of course I did!" Naruto shouted returning back to his usual self.

"Ok then, please perform a Henge" Iruka asked while Mizuki sat silently.

Naruto did so and transformed into the Third Hokage.

"Could, now do the Substitution" He asked again Naruto managed to do it but it was with a chair and it was close by so it didn't get him many marks.

"Finally, the Clone technique" Naruto knew this was the final part.

The one he could never do.

He concentrated as hard as he could.

He desperately wanted to pass.

"POOF" Naruto hoped it worked.

He looked next to him and froze.

Next to him was, it couldn't even be called a clone, it looked a grey sandbag on the floor and the next one looked like a deformed version of him.

He failed.

"I'm sorry Naruto, but with your written test and the fact you can't do the technique properly, I'm afraid you failed" Iruka said with sympathy.

'I failed' Naruto kept repeating in his head, attempting to keep the tears from falling.

"Come on Iruka, he managed to make to clones, they weren't perfect but they were still clones" Mizuki said, thought he wasn't doing this for the good of Naruto, he just wanted to get on his good side.

"As I said Mizuki he failed, I can't risk allowing him to pass and have his teammates a risk of dying because he wasn't ready" Iruka said finishing his speech leaving Naruto to his thoughts.

'I thought Iruka cared for me? He was the only one who tried to teach me. Why wouldn't he let me pass?' Naruto thought solemnly.

The Hokage was watching through his crystal ball, a little disappointed in himself because after finding out yesterday that he wasn't taught properly, then it was the reason why he failed.

Naruto stood there for a minute and then silently left.

He walked out with his head in shame, the only one not to pass the exams.

He went and sat on the swing of the tree and watched as all of the other students came out.

They smiled and ran over to their parents and he watched them congratulate their children.

He felt a strong pain in his heart watching this. How would his life been if he had parents, a family, or someone that looked after him. He envied them, they had so easy and he had to practically raise himself from the age of 4.

He could hear the whispers that were about him.

"Looks like he was the only one that failed"

"Serves him right"

"Why was even in the academy?"

"What would've happened if that dem-" One said but was cut off.

"Shhhh, don't you know about the Hokage's law about that?"

All Naruto could do watch. He would have to spend another year in the academy with younger years. He was a failure.

He sensed someone next to him to see Mizuki.

"Came to gloat?'" Naruto whispered quietly, it was no secret the others were happy he didn't graduate.

"Gloat? No, not at all. Opposite actually. You know, you shouldn't be so hard on Iruka, he's looking out for you, he was like you, no parents and he knows how it feels. But, how about I tell you about another way you can graduate?" Mizuki said with a grin.

Naruto immediately gave him his full attention. He could do it! He didn't have to be a failure!

Later that Night

Naruto was currently sneaking into the Hokage's office, Mizuki had told him about the Forbidden Scroll and if he managed to get it, it would mean he could graduate!

He saw the Hokage and was told he had to get passed him, he only knew one way.

"SEXY JUTSU!" He yelled his own creation and turned into a beautiful naked women showing off all her 'assets'.

The effect was immediate. The Hokage was sent flying into the air and his head went through the roof as the blood spurting from his nose propelled him up like a firework.

Wasting no time, he went to wear his sensei told him, grabbed and escaped, not finding it weird that there was a lack of guards tonight. He finally reached the forests and sat down, all he had to do was learn a jutsu.

He unlocked the scroll and the first one caught his eye.

"Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu – Allows the user to create multiple copies of themselves" Naruto read out loud which was also followed by the hand signs.

"MULTI SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" Naruto yelled out, for some reason, the jutsu just came to him naturally, like he already knew it, all he did was read the scroll and his instincts told to do the hand signs.

And just like that, there were 5 full clones standing next to Naruto.

"YEAAAH!" The yelled out next to each other.

When they dispelled, Naruto immediately noticed that he got the memories of each of the clones! The uses of this jutsu were limitless, no wonder it was forbidden.

Deciding to make the most of his time, he made several more clones and memories the other jutsu within the scroll, just how to do them, he didn't actually manage to learn anymore but it meant he could learn them at a later date.

He then sensed someone coming and outcome Iruka.

"IRUKA SENSEI! YOU FOUND ME!" Naruto yelled with a little laugh.

"NARUTO! DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE?" Iruka yelled.

"Yeah. If I learn a jutsu from this scroll, then I graduate right Iruka sensei?" Naruto asked with slight confusion.

"Who told you that Naruto?" Iruka narrowed suspiciously.

"Mizuki, why?" Naruto asked again.

"Naruto, what you took was the Forbidden Scroll, it contains all of Konoha's secret and banned jutsu's. I don't know what's going on but it seems like Mizuki has tricked you to steal the scroll, but I don't know why" Iruka explained.

The pieces fit together in Naruto's head. He noticed that he seemed to be getting a lot smarter recently, from the test, to his view on Sakura, and he even learned the secrets of the shadow clone technique.

'Mizuki tricked me' Naruto thought angrily.

"Well, well, well, I was hoping that I would get here before Iruka could explain the situation but It doesn't matter know, you will both DIE!" Mizuki yelled taking out his large shuriken.

"Iruka sensei, let's take him out together" Naruto told his sensei.

"No Naruto, you can't handle him, I'll take him, I failed you by letting another teacher trick you, I should have seen it coming" Iruka shook his head in disappointment.

"Oh really Iruka? Or is everybody else but me that has been tricking little Naruto?" Mizuki told Naruto and Iruka.

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked obliviously while Iruka went wide eyed at what Mizuki was hinting at.

"Oh? You don't know why you are hated by everyone inside the village?" Mizuki laughed and Naruto paid attention to what he was going to say – he would finally find out why.

"NO DON'T SAY IT" Iruka yelled.

"12 years ago when the 9 Tailed Fox attacked the village, and on your birthday October 12th, when the people say the fox died, it didn't do you know why? BECAUSE YOU ARE THE NINE TAILED FOX!" Mizuki yelled while Naruto froze solid.

It all made sense. Why everyone hated him. Why they called him 'demon'. Why they called 'monster'. And finally why he heard some say 'Kyuubi-brat' during his 'sessions' with the villagers.

"DON'T LISTEN TO HIM NARUTO!" Iruka yelled trying to discourage him.

"Don't Iruka sensei" Naruto whispered and Iruka feared that he had betrayed him.

"Don't you see Naruto, everyone has been tricking you from the start! Now be a good boy and give me the scroll"

Iruka went to move but Naruto stopped him.

"It doesn't matter" he whispered and then turned into a shout "I WILL BE THE HOKAGE! I WILL NOT LET A STUPID FOX STOP MY DREAM!" Naruto shouted and started to walk towards him.

Iruka was stunned as was the Third who was watching, finding out you were a demon, well at least having a demon sealed inside you would be devastating, but he took it maturely.

"Naruto.." Iruka whispered.

"YOU'RE GOING TO PAY MIZUKI!" Naruto yelled.

"And how are you going to do that?" Mizuki questioned with a laugh but Naruto grinned.

"I alone may not be able to take you, but what about a thousand! MULTI SHADOW CLONE JUST!" Naruto shouted and large amounts of smoke claimed the area.

Mizuki's and Iruka's draw dropped as the area was filled with Naruto's.

"ATTACK!" They all yelled together and piled on top of the now punching bag called Mizuki.

'Amazing, he managed to master a forbidden jutsu in under two hours' Iruka stared at Naruto with nothing but awe.

After the beating, Iruka wanted to have a word with him.

"Naruto we need to talk, but how about we go to Ichiraku's Ramen first?"

"RAMEN!" Yelled Naruto completely forgetting about what just happened.

Ichiraku's Ramen Shop

Naruto got his usual order, by usual, he meant 9 bowls and Iruka had anime tears running down his cheeks looking at his now empty wallet.

"Ok Naruto, I just wanted to tell you that you are not the fox no matter what anyone says. You are Naruto Uzumaki, Konoha's prankster and number 1 unpredictable ninja. The fox is sealed inside, you are not the fox, Understand Naruto?" Iruka explained in a soft tone.

"I understand" Naruto said quickly and went back to his ramen while Iruka sweatdropped, attempting to explain how he wasn't a demon and he preferred to eat ramen.

"It's just like a scroll and kunai. Does the scroll become the kunai if the weapon is stored inside. No, it doesn't, so thanks sensei but I'm fine" Naruto replied.

"Ok, who the hell are you and what have you done with Naruto?" Iruka yelled.

"Huh?" Naruto just questioned.

"Since when is the Naruto Uzumaki that smart?" Iruka said teasingly.

"Since this morning" Naruto replied casually "AND HEY I TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT" Naruto shouted while Iruka just smiled at his student.

"Turn around Naruto, I have something I need to give you" Iruka said while Naruto just accepted and turned around to feel something wrapping around his head. He knew what it was.

"Congratulations on becoming a genin Naruto!" Iruka said with a proud smile.

"YATTA!" Naruto just yelled happily knowing that he finally wasn't a failure.

Later that Night

Naruto returned to his apartment. He dropped the henge and looked in the mirror in his new form with the head band on. He had to admit that it looked pretty awesome.

'I just wish I had someone to congratulate me' Naruto whispered with a frown, sure having Iruka praise him was nice, but he was an academy instructor, he praised every passing student. But he just wished he had someone special to him.

"Mom, Dad, are you alive? Did you abandon me? Will I ever meet you?" Naruto whispered to himself as he climbed into bed.

Unaware to both Naruto and even the Kyuubi, something else inside his shared a single tear for the poor boy.