TOPID Ch.1 Revised Edition!

Authors Note: Alright guys, here it is! I hope you all enjoy this. Cause I'm changing multiple things about the story, including parts of the plot!

So, if you liked the other TOPID, you should like this one.

Just another note, if I can time this right, I can get the revised chapters up before the end of January.

Then, I can start with the new chapters! Aren't I confident in me…?

Now, on to the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto…Masashi Kishimoto does, but that's not important. Or is it?

Normal Speech

Thoughts/Jutsu

Kyuubi/Inner Sakura

Konoha lay quite on a breezy Thursday morning. The sun was shining happily down on the hidden village; most people were off doing what they normally did. Shinobi dropped by Hokage tower to pick up assignments, towns people went about as normal.

One boy was doing what most people would have considered abnormal for him. Uzumaki Naruto was at the place most people never went in their free-time. The library! He stared at it with some strange resignation. This was one place he had never been welcomed before, and now he was old enough, and eligible to enter!

The Shinobi Library of Konoha contained all sorts of Jutsu scrolls, histories on shinobi from the village, Bingo Books, everything most shinobi looked for. However, Naruto had never been allowed in here, technically, because he wasn't a Genin, and unofficially, because the librarian hated him for being a Jinchuuriki.

So, he'd waited patiently for the day that he became a Genin so he could enter the Great Library. Now it was here! The chance he had been waiting for!

The short blue eyed boy stepped up to the doors and slowly pushed it open. As he did, he avoided making quantities of sound; as to avoid the evil librarian and her hatred of him.

He watched in wonder as the doors closed behind him. He turned to face the library and was surprised.

His vision of the building had been dark, dreary; dungeon-like. Someplace he didn't want to go. This building however; was well lit, airy, and even pleasantly comfortable.

Naruto walked over to the large area of shelves and peaked at the first scroll he came upon. 'Beginners Techniques! A Raw Genin's Best Friend!' Naruto grinned and picked it up; unfurling it to see what was inside.

The first technique wasn't even a jutsu. It was called a 'Chakra-Control Exercise' and from what Naruto could decipher; was supposed to help with your chakra. He saw a few sentences that described 'tree-climbing' and 'water-walking' but he ignored those to go further.

The first jutsu on the list was a basic Katon technique that made him raise an eyebrow. It mostly described how he would channel the proper amounts of chakra into his hand and create a fireball.

'Ha! Let's see Sasuke do this!' He chuckled to himself as he read further in. He found a few other basic techniques that he decided to try and master. But most of it was just nonsense. Naruto put the scroll under his arm before looking through the shelf and pulling off at least ten more.

He grinned to himself as he ran up to the front of the library. The old lady wasn't even there! A young woman sat there who Naruto supposed might be a librarian. But she had her head buried in a book of her own.

She was pretty with light brown hair and large blue eyes. He noticed that she was wearing a rather large sweater with a short skirt on to cover her legs. She looked up at him slightly when he set his scrolls on the desk, but kept her focus on the book.

"You want to check those out, right?" She asked, not even looking as she continued to read.

Naruto blinked a few times before nodding. "Uh…yeah…"

The girl nodded before standing up and walking over to a cabinet; not even lifting her eyes from the book. "Your name?" She asked, opening the cabinet up and still staring at the book.

Naruto was confused by this girl as he slowly said his name. "Uzumaki Naruto?"

The girl nodded to herself before pulling a card out, reading 'Uzumaki Naruto, Age Twelve, Genin'. She showed it to him before Naruto nodded. "Yep…that's me." The girl nodded again before setting it down near her.

She pulled the scrolls over, quickly wrapped them together with cord, and handed a bag to Naruto; scrolls and all. "Those are due back in three weeks. Otherwise, there is a late fee." She sat back down and continued to read, not even looking to see if Naruto had left or not.

Naruto saw a plaque near his bag that showed a name. 'Satō Miyuki, Head Librarian'. He took his bag and thought about it for a second. "Thanks Miyuki-chan…" He started walking away and didn't even see the girl look at him with curiosity.

When he was gone, the girl grinned to herself. "So that was Iruka's favorite student…" She shook her head, still smiling. 'At least he was interesting.' She thought to herself as she went back to her book.

Naruto sat in his apartment, scroll open on the table; in his pajamas. He had completely absorbed the information on the scroll. For some reason, it was easier to remember all of this stuff. Even when he tried to study in the Academy, everything seemed to slip by him. Even if he stayed up all night to study.

But now, it was strangely easy to read the scrolls and remember things. He'd gotten through all eleven of the scrolls, and remembered each and everything they said. He'd even read off one of the scrolls perfectly. This completely confused him. Since when could he do this?

He shook his head and put the other scroll down. What was the point of dealing with them now? It was eleven o'clock at night! He should be asleep already! Especially since he had training to do in the morning. Kakashi-sensei hadn't said anything about missions this week.

He went over and looked at his few plants he kept in the house. Two medium sized Bode trees that he liked. One of them was looking sickly. He sighed. 'I need to go find someone tomorrow who can help me with my plants.' He shook his head and sat down.

He went into his bedroom and fell onto his unmade bed. His mind exhausted by all of the reading. He smiled to himself. All of the jutsu he could practice now.

He was floating through the air staring at a scene before him. He tried to move as he watched what happened, but he was unable to.

He watched as Kakashi-sensei fought another man wielding a giant cleaver, trying to strike him as they leapt over a lake. He, Sasuke, and Sakura were watching from a distance, trying to follow the battle that was unfolding before them.

Naruto watched as Sasuke charged at him, attacking him with a kunai. Naruto deflected it, and struck out against Sasuke; striking him in the face.

Naruto watched again as he ran up a tree, not even using his hands, he reached the top and stood triumphant.

Naruto jumped up with a start as sunlight struck him. Everything had been so real. What was that? He shook his head and looked out the window. None of that had even happened. He jumped up and ran over to get in the shower.

The warm water felt so good on him as he scrubbed off a day's worth of dirt. He looked to see if he had any shampoo left and was surprised that he did. The other day, he'd dumped about half a bottle down the stupid drain. It was by accident of course, holding a bottle of shampoo and tripping over a bar of soap.

He stepped out of the shower a few minutes later and tied a towel around his waist. He ran into his room and saw that all of his jumpsuits were wet. 'Crap! I don't have anything to wear now!' He started cursing silently to himself before he reached down and found a pair of pants he could wear.

When he was done getting dressed, his hair was dry and hanging down over his face instead of covering his headband like it normally did. He looked at himself in the mirror and was shocked.

He was wearing a plain white t-shirt and a pair of black shorts; he saw that his headband was tied around his arm instead of his forehead. 'How did that happen?' He wondered. He shook his head and stepped out his room.

After a quick breakfast of four or five cups of instant ramen and looked at the scrolls he'd dropped off here. 'Should I return them to the Library?' He shook his head. 'She'd probably think I hadn't read them at all…'

Naruto looked at his plants and decided to make a day to have someone look at them. First, he had to figure out who was good at gardening. 'I could ask Sakura-chan, but she'd probably blow me off. Wait,' He thought to himself. 'I could ask that Ino-chick that Sakura hung around with…´He grinned to himself at his brilliant idea.

So, Naruto leapt out the window and headed to a training field near his house. Luckily for him, it was deep in the cover of trees, so no one would see him. He stepped into the middle of the field and smiled to himself. Now he could practice by himself. At least no one knew he was here.

He closed his eyes and tried to remember the Fire jutsu he'd first read about.

Then, he could suddenly see that section of the scroll before him.

'Katon: Faitama No Jutsu

Class: C-Rank, Offensive, Short Range

Description: Conjures a ball of flames into the user's hands, prompts focusing of amount of chakra. Hand sign(s): Simply use the 'tora' seal to focus the chakra. Remember to start with a larger amount of chakra then you think you'll need.'

Naruto blinked as he opened his eyes. He could have sworn that was exactly what the scroll said. He shook his head, dismissing the idea. It didn't make sense. How could he have remembered exactly what the scroll had said?

Naruto made his favorite sign. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Two clones of him appeared.

"Alright guys! We're going to practice Faitama and see if we can get it…" The two Bunshin nodded at him.

"Right boss!" Naruto grinned and quickly formed the tora seal.

As he gathered chakra he noticed something, his energy seemed…different then it had been a few days earlier. It felt easier to manipulate. It was smoother, less chaotic. He opened his eyes and extended one of his hands!

"FAITAMA NO JUTSU!" A huge orb of flames burst into life as he extended his hand. He blinked in surprise as both of his clones held smaller orbs in one hand each. He grinned to himself as he tossed the orb of flames into a tree a few meters away.

He grimaced as the side of the tree the fire hit was charcoal. 'Okay, so maybe I pushed a little too much chakra into that jutsu…' He thought as he went over to examine the tree. He shook his head and headed back to his clones.

"Let's get to work with some of the other stuff we learned…" The clone nodded and the two set to work.

A week later, Naruto arrived at the spot where Kakashi had told them to meet. His body was still exhausted from the hours of training. His schedule only allowed him time to relax when he was eating or sleeping. Otherwise; he studied scrolls or practiced.

The spot was a bridge sitting over a quiet stream that Naruto had found quite soothing to sit at and read. Most of the time though, Kakashi or Sasuke would walk past it and Naruto would hide. Otherwise, he liked this spot.

He sat down on a red bench and saw that Sakura was walking from the other side of the bridge towards him. "Good morning Sakura-chan!" He waved at her and returned to reading.

Sakura raised an eyebrow as she looked her new teammate over. He wasn't wearing his usual ensemble of orange, instead opting for a white t-shirt, black shorts, and an open orange vest. What confused her even more was that his headband was on his arm instead of his forehead.

"Hi…Naruto. How have you been?" She was only going to talk to him until Sasuke got here and then she would completely ignore him. The strange thing was, Naruto was reading.

In all of their years at the Academy, she had never seen Naruto open a book; unless it was about a technique that they were going to learn. Which meant Naruto would start reading, get confused, and whine to Iruka-sensei.

Naruto waved his hand, continuing to read. "Pretty good. I've been training a lot; I hope Kakashi-sensei gets us a good mission. I'm ready to show everyone how good a ninja I am!"

Sakura nodded. "That's cool…" Then she decided to ask about the scroll.

"What's the scroll about?" Naruto shrugged.

"A couple of techniques that I've wanted to learn. They have a lot of different scrolls at the Shinobi Library that I've been reading. It's pretty cool really…" He trailed off and continued to read.

Sakura decided that now was the time to ask the question that had been eating her up all morning. "Do you know when Sasuke-kun is getting here?" Naruto shrugged and continued to read.

Sakura was tempted to punch the baka for ignoring her like that. But that wouldn't make the information pop into Narutos brain any time soon. So, she was content with waiting there for Sasuke-kun to show up.

A few minutes later, Sakura's wish was granted. Sasuke came walking up to the bridge and leaned on the side opposite them. "Good morning Sasuke-kun!" She greeted, grinning as best she could.

"Hn…" Was the only response she got. So, she decided to make some small talk.

"What have you been doing during the week off?" She asked, keeping her voice curious and chipper.

Sasuke shrugged in response and returned to stare off into space. Sakura sighed and looked at the ground. So, Sasuke-kun was being a little difficult. That had never stopped her before.

Before she could say anything, Naruto stood up and set his scroll down on the bench. "Sasuke…you wanna spar before Kakashi-sensei gets here?" Sasuke turned and raised an eyebrow.

"Why would I wanna fight you dead-last?" Naruto crossed his arms and chuckled.

"Because I've been practicing; and Kakashi-sensei isn't going to get here for a while." Sasuke smirked and shrugged.

"I guess if you really want to get beaten that badly…" Naruto grinned and the two stepped off the bridge.

They stood in a meadow an equal distance from each other before they slid into their stances. Sasuke went into his usual Uchiha Taijutsu stance while Naruto slid into something completely different. He had both of his feet evenly spaced apart while one arm was behind his back, and the other extended in front of him.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Did you learn some new tricks while I was gone dead-last?" Naruto grinned and charged forward surprisingly quickly. Sasuke blocked a punch, then kick, and finally spun around to block a strike to his back.

"Interesting style…" Naruto grinned and continued; spinning around to kick Sasuke in the face. Sasuke grunted as he was hit and fell back. The Uchiha was slightly impressed by Naruto. He was faster and seemingly hit harder with his attacks.

This was good, now Sasuke wouldn't be as bored when they sparred. He stopped pondering this when Naruto swept his legs out from under him. "Come on Basterd! Pay attention!" Sasuke growled and started to push forward. As he did, Naruto grinned as he jumped back.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Two other Naruto's popped into existence and charged for Sasuke. Sasuke twirled around and kicked each one in the face, sending them flying back. He smirked to himself until Naruto formed a single hand-sign.

"Faitama no Jutsu!" An orb of flames burst into life in Naruto's left hand as he charged forward. Sasuke blinked at this before moving and forming his own hand-signs.

"Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu!" A swarm of fire-birds flew from his mouth and descended upon Naruto.

Naruto tossed the fireball at one and flipped back to avoid the others. The one that collided with the fireball blew up and sent the others tumbling every which-way.

Sasuke was confused by Naruto's technique as he charged forward and began using Taijutsu against the other boy. 'Since when did dead-last get a Katon technique? Faitama takes more control then that loser has!' They stopped the Taijutsu as each one began flipping through hand signs.

Sasuke finished first. "Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu!" The same birds flew from his mouth towards Naruto.

Naruto finished a sign and grinned as he held out his hands. "Futon: Daitoppa!" He extended his hands and Sasuke closed his eyes as a huge gale of wind blew the small fire-birds away. Sasuke growled and took a kunai from his pouch, charging at Naruto full speed.

Naruto drew a kunai and charged as well, crashing his own kunai with Sasuke's. The two began pushing back and forth in a contest of strength. Naruto finally gained the upper hand, but instead of doing what any normal shinobi would do. He punched Sasuke in the face, sending the Uchiha tumbling back.

Sasuke pulled himself up and growled. There was a bruise across his cheek where Naruto had hit him. "That's it dead-last! I'm ending this right now!" He flipped through a few hand signs and took in a deep breath.

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" He blew from his mouth and sent a huge fireball at Naruto.

Naruto jumped out of the way as the fireball hit where he'd been. "Jeez Basterd! Take it easy! This is just a sparring match!" Sasuke snarled as he charged forward and struck out, punching Naruto in the face.

The two froze when they heard a cough coming from behind them. They turned to see Hatake Kakashi staring at them with his book wide open. "Well, while that was an interesting match. It's time to get your mission assignments! Today," He held out a sheet of paper. "We'll be gardening for an elderly shinobi and his wife. So, let's get going…"

He looked up and saw that the three Genin were glaring at him with what might have been killer intent. "What?"

Well, wasn't that an interesting prologue? I hope you all enjoyed it. I can't believe I came this far this quickly. Good for me!

I hope that everyone reviews please!

Thanks all!

Isran Darkstrider