Becoming Known

Naruto woke up with a start. It was a beautiful day and the sun shined brightly. Birds were chirping while he heard the sounds of children playing and running. It was time to train.

Naruto got out of bed and put his headgear on. He tied it, walked over to his cabinet, and opened it. He put on his clothes and walked outside, sniffing the warm air and smiled. Naruto started walking over to his usual training area in the forest.

"Ahhh," Naruto sighed, "what a nice day to train."

Halfway there, he ran into Sakura.

"Hi Naruto, what are you up to?" she asked.

"I'm heading out to train! I'm so pumped!" Naruto said loudly.

"Oh, okay. Have you seen Sasuke lately?" she asked him worriedly.

"Pssh, he's probably training too! He's probably trying to be as strong as me!" Naruto smiled widely.

"Baka." a voice said from behind Naruto, "I already am stronger than
you."

"Sasuke-Kun!" Sakura shouted sweetly.

Naruto spun around, stared at Sasuke, and grunted.

"Your just jealous that I'm getting stronger and better than you!" Naruto said angrily, "Besides, who asked you?"

Sasuke walked past Naruto, smiled faintly, and chuckled. Naruto glared at him as he walked away hands in his pockets.

"You can never beat me Uzumaki, you're just a big chicken." Sasuke said playfully as he disappeared.

"DAMMIT! He always has something to say to me!" Naruto spat.

"You shouldn't pick fights with Sasuke-Kun. You'll get yourself beat up," Sakura said proud fully, "he's just way too strong for you."

"Whatever." Naruto said looking at the ground and said angrily, "I'm going to go."

"Okay, bye Naruto."

I swear. Sasuke is always showing me up. It's making me angry. I know that I can beat him! I've been training hard every single day since I first became a Shinobi. I'm just sick and tired of getting crap from everyone.

Naruto reached the forest and took a seat on a tree stump. He took off his backpack and put on his belt. He reached in to take out three scrolls. He set them down and made his hands into the position required. He then shouted, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Immediately, four copies of Naruto appeared.

"Okay, let's start training. All three of you will attack me, got it?" Naruto commanded.

"Yes, sir!" the clones shouted.

Naruto smiled and get into position. He reached down his belt and touched his Kunai knife and Shuriken.

The clones smirked and whispered silently to each other, "Let's get him hard."

Naruto stared at them and asked, "what do you think your doing?"

The clones glanced at him and smirked.

"Okay, now let's begin," Naruto said.

The first clone ran at him quickly while the other three jumped up. Naruto grabbed his Shuriken and threw it at the first clone running at him. The clone reacted quickly and blocked it with his Kunai knife. Naruto jumped up and got kicked in the chest by the two clones in the air.

"Ouch!" Naruto whimpered.

He got up and grabbed his Kunai knife, and blocked the attack from one of the clones.

"Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as he threw his Shuriken at one of the clones. The Shuriken split into eight actual Shuriken. The clone tried to block one, but the other seven Shuriken sliced him into pieces, and he disappeared with a poof.

The clones smirked and jumped up into the air. Naruto jumped and threw his Kunai knife at one of them at a specific angle. The clone blocked it, but it ricocheted off the clone and hit the one in the air next to it and he disappeared.

Naruto smiled and punched the clone in the air. As the clone fell, it threw a Shuriken at Naruto. Naruto did nothing to block it and just stood there. The clone smiled widely, but his smile faded after he saw the seven Shuriken Naruto threw to kill one of the clones earlier, block the clone's Shuriken, and destroyed him with a poof.

"Yes! Naruto exclaimed. But his words were stopped short after he realized he had made four copies, and that meant he needed to kill one more!

"Oh shit!" Naruto shouted, as the final fourth copy appeared in front of him and was about to stab him.

The clone raised his hand into the air with its Kunai knife in its hand, but right as he was about to strike Naruto, he disappeared with a poof.

"What the hell?" Naruto said aloud.

"Having fun?" a voice he recognized asked softly.

Naruto turned around and saw Kakashi crouching on a tree branch holding a shuriken while reading his favorite book, "Make-Out Paradise".