Hello people of the interwebs, I have returned to posting things. To get back into posting after almost a whole year I am doing a few one-shots.

If you are a fan of any of my previous stories, I am very sorry to say that the only one I may continue writing is Naruto's Journey. I am going to be giving the stories to a friend of mine who is also on fanfiction, but they won't be able to get to them for a while.

For those of you that don't care about what I just said, here's my story, it takes place after chapter 700 of the manga


"Dinner's almost ready boys!"Sakura calls from inside Naruto and Hinata's home where she and the other girls were helping Hinata make dinner

"Aww…"Boruto complains, having just managed to tag Inojin

"You guys can keep playing after dinner. Let's go before they get mad."Naruto tells the children, fearful of Hinata's wrath

"What's your rush Naruto, you seem scared of something."Sasuke comments with his signature smirk on his face

"Sasuke, hurry up, dinner's ready!"Sakura yells from inside, and the smirking Uchiha flinches

"You were saying?"Naruto responds as he walks past his long time rival

"Shut up."He replies

Their other companions hide their attempts at restraining laughter as they move to the dining room.

"Well, I think we should start off with two things. First, thank you Hinata for arranging this."Naruto begins, and gives his wife a quick kiss, getting a mixture of smiles from his friends and grossed out expressions from the kids

"Yes, thank you Hinata. I just wish it didn't take some big occasion like this to get everyone together for dinner these days."Sakura says, and everyone else choruses their thanks

"And secondly, congratulations on graduating from the academy!"Naruto finishes, directing his statement to the cluster of kids at the other end of the table

The other adults all raise their glasses in agreement.

"Hey dad, what was it like when you graduated from the academy?"Himawari asks innocently, picking up her drink

"Well…about that…"Naruto replies sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head

"Naruto didn't exactly 'graduate' from the academy in the traditional sense."Sakura tells them, and all of their eyes widen

"Thanks Sakura, now I have to tell the whole story…"Naruto mutters, glaring at his teammate, who just shrugs it off

"If you didn't graduate, how did you become a ninja?"Inojin asks

"More importantly, how did you get to be Hokage?!"Boruto exclaims

"Well, the academy was a different place back then, and I had a much different reputation in the village. I had just failed the genin exam for the third time, and I was understandably upset about it-"

"You were sulking on that stupid swing for three hours…"Sasuke interrupts

"Well excuse me Mr. Perfect! As I was saying, I was upset, but then one of our teachers, Mizuki, came over and talked to me about a secondary exam, and I'm sad to say I fell for it."Naruto continues

"You definitely weren't the brightest back then Naruto."Kiba comments, taking a huge bite of the steak he had piled on his plate

"That's rich coming from you Kiba."Ino retorts

"Settle down everyone, we're getting off topic again."Sai says making a placating gesture, and the arguing comrades all take a deep breath

"Again, as I was saying, Mizuki told me that to become a genin I had to steal the Scroll of Seals from the Hokage Tower and learn one of the techniques inside of it. So naturally I accomplished just that. It wasn't really all that difficult to get past the Anbu and the traps, or get it out of the village to where Mizuki said to bring it."Naruto says, attempting to get back on track, to no avail

"You make it sound so simple, avoiding the Anbu, getting through traps that were set by four Kage and managing not to trip the alarms. You even, somehow, managed to get past the First Hokage's seal on the scroll."Sakura comments

"I don't see why you're surprised, Naruto-kun has always been talented, he just hasn't always known."Hinata says in defense of her husband

"Moving on."Naruto interrupts before it can escalate further

"What happened next dad?"Boruto asks eagerly

"I learned a Jutsu of course. It just so happened to be a clone Jutsu, which were my worst kind. No matter what I did I could never get the clone Jutsu down right, but when I found this scroll it had a technique called the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu, and after several long, grueling hours of hard work, I mastered it."Naruto boasts proudly, puffing out his chest a bit

"And since it was the only technique he could do right it became his signature."Choji says jokingly, deflating Naruto

"Be that as it may, several other things happened that I won't go in to, but it all ended after I beat Mizuki to a bloody pulp and Iruka gave me his Hitai-ate."Naruto concludes, and Boruto stares, open mouthed, and the other kids have wide eyes

"Awesome…"Boruto whispers, getting a nod of assent from his fellow graduates

"Naruto, you almost left out the best part."Shikamaru says, a strange smirk on his face, which might have worried Naruto had he noticed

"What's that?"He asks

Shikamaru nudges Shino, who also has a small smirk on his face

"The part when you and Sasuke kissed before the exam started."He says, making both men turn blank white

"What?"Boruto and Sarada exclaim at the same time, staring at their respective fathers in shock

"IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!"They respond at the same time, and all of their 'friends' let their previously contained laughter out


Well, that has been my first post on this site for a long time, and I hope you liked it.

The next one-shot is somewhat of a continuation of this story

Also, I have no schedule for posting and I don't plan on making one because giving myself a deadline stifles my creativity.

Happy delayed New Year!

-Divine Justice