The Legend of the Hidden Leaf

There in the hospital sat 5-year old Naruto Uzumaki and Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi who began to wonder where he went wrong.

'Was it when I promised Minato he'd always be watched over and treated as a hero… or was it when I allowed Minato to use that jutsu instead of doing it myself.' Hiruzen pondered sadly with his gaze on the boy that considered him a grandfather.

Naruto always received glares and eyes that held nothing but hatred towards him for what he contained, but never had Hiruzen thought that Naruto would have an attempt on his life. Not only was Hiruzen surprised that day that his own ANBU were sent on a mission that he hadn't assigned them himself but then he felt that malevolent chakra.

Flashback – 3 days ago

A hooded figure stalked his target, the Nine-Tails jinchuriki Naruto Uzumaki, he was given a mission stating to get rid of his target as quickly as possible. As soon as his target took a shortcut to get home he cut him off in an alley where he began his assault.

'Something's wrong, I don't know why but I have a bad feeling' Naruto thought before making his way back to the main roads of the village to be out in the open before being cut off by a cloaked figure.

He was pretty tall; with shades on as well was blue mark on the right side of his mouth. He lifted his hand towards Naruto and his target was immediately swarmed by what appeared to be hundreds upon hundreds insects.

Naruto immediately began to panic, not knowing how to fend off all of these insects; he was soon overpowered by them and forced to the ground where he felt a strange new feeling.

'Is this how it feels right before you die?' Naruto thought to himself tiredly before he realized what he just said. 'Wait! I can't die yet!' Naruto thought before unconsciously drawing forth the Nine-Tails chakra.

Potent red chakra began to come off of Naruto's body in folds before his appearance became more feral. Naruto was no longer seeing the cloaked figure in front of him; all he saw was red and felt the negative emotions in front of his new target flickering from hate to fear.

With one loud roar Naruto sliced through the air between them with the malevolent chakra.

The cloaked figure looked at the boy in a confused fear until the red chakra blended into the air and traveled to him cutting straight through him and shredding him into four pieces.

Seeing he got rid of his target the chakra began to wear off and Naruto came face to face with what he had just done before he was flanked by the Hokage and his personal ANBU squadron. Beginning to panic again his heart went into overdrive from the previous event that occurred before Naruto passed out from all the stress.

End Flashback –

Naruto began to stir in the bed before waking up. As soon as his eyes opened he noticed he was in the hospital, it was his first time ever being there seeing that he's never been sick in his life.

Naruto saw the Hokage seated on the other side of the room and felt the worried expressions coming from four different areas outside of the room.

"H- Hey Grandpa." Naruto said loud enough for the Hokage to hear.

"Naruto my boy are you feeling alright?" Hiruzen asked with a worried expression

"I'm feeling better" Naruto replied before looking out of the window "You can tell them to come out now Grandpa, it gets kind of weird when I can't exactly see them" Naruto informed him

Hiruzen was taken aback when Naruto, a 5-year old child, informed him to allow his personal ANBU squad to enter the hospital room. "Naruto, what are you talking about?" Hiruzen asked feigning ignorance to see if Naruto truly knew what he was talking about.

"The ANBU, I could feel them outside of the room." Naruto replied before closing his eyes to truly focus "There are two of them not too far to the right and the other two are behind the hospital, I think their all pretty worried about me so I'd like for them to know that I'm alright."

'Great Deities he's a natural-born sensory type ninja, and he possesses Lady Mito's same sensory skills of emotions' Hiruzen thought before signaling the ANBU to enter the room.

One by one they filed into the room, a dog-masked ANBU with gravity defying spiky silver hair. He was followed by a feminine ANBU that was wearing a cat mask with long purple hair. Then entered a bear-masked ANBU member who had short brown hair, alongside a tiger-masked ANBU member with long brown hair that he kept up in a pony-tail.

Naruto noticed that all of their moods began to brighten slowly at seeing the boy awake and feeling alright. Naruto knew however that he was about to be questioned seriously so he dealt the first question to his leader.

"Hey Grandpa Sarutobi… was my dream a dream? Or did what happen in the alley really happen?" Naruto asked timidly

Exhaling aloud to soothe himself before answering Hiruzen confirmed Naruto that it truly occurred although he wasn't to be held responsible for defending himself.

"That's what I thought, but hey what was that chakra that I used? All the chakra I see is a light blue or light green color… why was mine red?" Naruto asked still scared of what occurred in his dream.

"I'll need all of you to leave this room except Inu and Neko" Hiruzen informed his ANBU deciding he would keep his promise to Minato another way.

After the other two ANBU dispersed from the room Hiruzen signaled for the other two to remove their masks which they hesitantly did.

"What I am about to inform you Naruto is an S-Rank secret that is highly punishable. The story that was told of the Fourth Hokage killing the Nine-Tailed Fox was a lie to protect you. The Fourth wasn't able to kill the fox but seal it into a newborn child, I'm pretty sure you know who that child is Naruto." Naruto was about to question why he was chosen until Hiruzen raised a hand to stop him "Please allow me to finish Naruto, you aren't the only one I'm disclosing S-Rank secrets to" Hiruzen informed which raised eyebrows on both Kakashi and Yugao's faces "The Fourth chose to seal the Nine-Tailed beast into you because he couldn't find anyone better to use the sealing on than his own child." He finished

'Sensei's son? But they told everyone that Lady Kushina died before she even gave birth.' Kakashi thought before looking at Naruto's face and piecing the puzzle together

'Kushina-Sensei's son, but why would they lie and say he died in her womb?' Yugao thought to herself

Both Minato and Kushina were senseis before Minato was named Fourth Hokage, Minato taught Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara, the latter two who both passed away in the Third Great Ninja World. Kushina went on to apprentice Yugao Uzuki as they were both sensory type and sword using kunoichi, she even went on to teach Yugao several sealing jutsu.

'My father, was the Fourth Hokage, the same man who sealed the Nine-Tails inside of me?' Naruto thought as he felt as if his whole was crashing down, throughout his thinking Naruto was no longer breathing still taking in what he was told. Taking in a sharp breath Naruto couldn't stop the tears from falling but he was surprised by what happened next.

Yugao, or Neko in her ANBU service, approached Naruto and began to hug him and whisper words of comfort like "It's ok now" and "You won't ever be alone again" to which he replied by only sobbing out loud.

Kakashi looked at his commander with a look that practically demanded an explanation.

"I apologize to all three of you for lying to you about your loved ones; I merely believed that if I handled things this way it could all play out in the end. I intended on informing Naruto on his parentage when he made chunin or I believed he was mature enough, I understand if you all never forgive me." Hiruzen announced only to be hugged by Naruto

"Thank you for telling me Grandpa, it was the one thing I truly wanted to know, I know it must've been hard to make a decision at all." Naruto said

Hiruzen was at a loss for words and merely hugged the boy before shedding a few tears of his own.

"Naruto, do you still wish to become a ninja?" Hiruzen asked hoping everything he had told him didn't sway the boy

"Yeah I do want to become a ninja, and then I'm going to become the Sixth Hokage y'know!" Naruto exclaimed which raised the Yugao's eyebrows at hearing her sensei's verbal tic.

Yugao knew it was against protocol to show emotion while in uniform but she had a hard time holding back the tears while covering her mouth to prevent any crying-like noises from escaping. Although a pat on the shoulder from Kakashi and a sentimental look from her leader let her know it was okay for her to lower the walls this time.

"Why would you want to be Sixth Hokage and not the Fifth Naruto?" Hiruzen asked

"Well no offense but you're getting pretty old Grandpa Sarutobi. By the time you give up your seat I'd like to think I'd probably still be young maybe a chunin at most." Naruto replied which drew chuckles from everyone within the room

"Fair enough my boy. You will be joining the academy in a year however we will begin your training as soon as you're ready, how does that sound?" Hiruzen asked

"I'm ready right now y'know! Who's going to be my sensei?" Naruto asked

Hiruzen then took on a pondering look wondering who he could assign as his surrogate grandson's teacher "Hmm, I think I have two people in mind, which is if they don't mind giving up a bit of their free time." Hiruzen said with his eyes on his two ANBU operatives in the room

"You want us to teach sensei's son?" Kakashi asked

"Well I can't quite think of anyone else in the village that would be as good enough for the boy as you two, but if you do take on this responsibility it would have to be in your free time off of ANBU and in privacy." Hiruzen informed them

"Without a doubt, whenever I have free time I'll spend it training or relaxing with Naruto" Yugao replied quickly once again hugging Naruto

Kakashi took another look at Naruto again and began to mentally berate himself once more for not noticing how this child was his sensei's son. "I'd honestly love to teach Naruto here during my free time, I feel although it'd help the both of us." He replied

"Very well then, in one year's time Naruto will be enrolled into the academy, Kakashi Hatake and Yugao Uzuki, with as much free time as you two can I'd like for young Naruto here to be ran up to speed on the basics." Hiruzen said

"Right Lord Hokage!" They both replied now standing at ease

One Year Later –

Here we find Naruto walking through one of the many forests within the Hidden Leaf village. He would be joining the academy in two days and wanted sometime to himself to relax both his body and mind. Walking around aimlessly he stumbled upon what appeared to be a destroyed house.

'Hm. Why would somebody build a house way out here? It's nowhere close to the village.' Naruto thought before being interrupted

'Perhaps whoever built the house held something of high value that they didn't want falling into the hands of someone untrustworthy, perhaps you should go take a look boy' The voice in his head spoke

Immediately after Naruto passed out after the assassination attempt he unconsciously confronted the Nine-Tailed Fox that he houses within his body. The fox was surprised upon meeting the boy to discover he wasn't intimidated by his might. In all actuality, Naruto thought it was another one of those crazy dreams he had after eating sweets right before going to bed; I mean who meets a fox the size of a mountain inside of a sewer?

After talking to the entity for what seemed to be hours and later finding out everything that had occurred and was currently going on was real they both became naturally interested in one another. Kurama, the Nine-Tailed Fox saw great potential in the child while Naruto saw Kurama as a friend he could have for life and was quite happy he met him as early as he did.

'I don't know Kurama, isn't that trespassing? Plus what if there's somebody in there?' Naruto asked his companion

'Now you're merely just making things up boy, that house has been reduced to rubble. There is nobody in there you know as well as I do, that's why neither one of us feel any sort of emotion coming from the inside. You can be quick about it, in and out.' Kurama replied with a tad of annoyance in his voice at the boy's hesitation

After deciding to enter the house through the barely standing door instead of the rather large hole in the wall to hear Kurama scoffing Naruto stumbled across a blade.

'Hey this is what Kakashi-Sensei showed me that one time, he called it a kunai. Weird though, why does this one have these prongs on the other side?' Naruto thought while gently poking the prongs until noticing there was some sort of writing on base of the kunai. 'Hey what's this say? Aw man it's chicken scratch, none of this is even legible.' Naruto complained to his tenant feeling the trip inside the abandon house was a waste.

'Wait boy, that kunai appears familiar…' Kurama said before Naruto ditched the weapon 'Now I remember, that's the same blasted kunai your father used whenever he fought someone.' Kurama replied with a bit of annoyance in his voice at recognizing the weapon

'No way! This is the exact same kunai dad used in his fights? There's no way I'm getting rid of this, let's see if I can find some more out here somewhere.' Naruto said with cheer in his voice

Later on that day Naruto returned to his apartment pretty miffed that he wasn't able to find anymore kunai reminiscent to his father's but all in all he was elated to have one if none.

One Year Later – Academy

Naruto truly proved to be a prodigy with the right training as he took his class by storm to the point to where a few instructors stated he could possibly graduate the same year he entered. Now 7-years old, Naruto was once again held in high regard up to the point that all of the instructors would constantly tell the Hokage he should be a genin already.

Naruto showed prowess in ninjutsu and taijutsu up to where he could keep up with the older kids in both facets easily. He was also aware that his teachers were pushing him to see if he could graduate early, but in all truth Naruto wished to graduate along with kids his own age, that being the reason he's still in his current class. It also doesn't hurt when you have mixed feelings towards a certain girl, Sayuri of the Uchiha clan, daughter to the Konoha Military Police Force (KMPF) Chief.

Naruto didn't know what it was that drew him to her but he knew that something definitely did. He was aware that they were different, but they were also alike, the both of their fathers held high ranking within the village, he even found out that their mothers were best friends as well as rivals before his mother's untimely death.

One thing Naruto didn't know however was that he was once again spacing out while looking at the girl, which didn't go unnoticed by his friend.

"Hey Naruto, eyeing your crush again?" Kiba said aloud while nudging Naruto with his elbow knocking him out of his thoughts

Naruto's first reaction was to look at Kiba with a questioning look, something he learned from Kakashi. Whenever their training was at a standstill Kakashi would pull out an orange book and begin to read it while laughing to himself, naturally Naruto was curious as to what he was reading but Kakashi would throw on a questioning face and tell him that he'd let him in on it later. That also led to Kakashi getting scolded by Yugao a few times, once again to Naruto's confusion.

"Hmm, did you say something Kiba?" Naruto asked feigning ignorance

"I'm just saying if this class was based on Sayuri instead of jutsu and history maybe you'd actually pay attention for once." Kiba replied smugly with a grin on his face.

"Hmm, whatever you say man, maybe if this class was based on Akamaru and Ino instead of jutsu and history you'd be nowhere near your current dead-last ranking." Naruto said with a hint of haughtiness in his voice

His reply led to Kiba blushing and steaming out of his ears that he'd put his crush on Ino out there in the open like that. Practically everyone besides Sayuri knew Naruto was interested in her, however nobody knew of Kiba's crush on Ino.

Sitting in the row to the side of them, a rather portly child began to snicker while a child with a spiky ponytail was yawning with a look of boredom on his face.

"Sheesh do you two ever believe in letting some of us get some sleep around here?" Shikamaru asked

"You sleep everywhere you lazy bastard" Kiba retorted

"KIBA! SHIKAMARU! Since you two have so much energy I want the both of you to explain the history of the Senju Clan before we take our test!" bellowed their instructor Iruka Umino

"Awe man what a drag…" Shikamaru said before letting his head slam back on the desk only to be hit with the piece of chalk Iruka was using to write on the board.

Later on in the day when everyone was leaving and being picked up by their guardinas Naruto sat alone just like every day and waited for either Kakashi or Yugao to pick him up. He knew that he could've just walked home but he simply wanted the joy of being picked up from school and asked how his day went before returning home. While sitting off to the side he noticed Sayuri began to approach him with a curious look on her face.

As soon as she walked up to him he extended his hand to her saying "Naruto Uzumaki, future Sixth Hokage" with a wide grin on his face.

She replied by shaking his and stating "Sayuri Uchiha, future Uchiha clan head and… well I don't know what else right now"

"I'm sure one day you'll come up with something, can I help you?" Naruto asked

"How are you so strong, everyone says you aren't even from a clan, so I don't get how you're the strongest kid in our class? Even the instructors say you should be raised for graduation this year." Sayuri questioned

Naruto merely replied by shrugging his shoulders casually while muttering things like "I don't really know" and "I guess because of my studies" not wanting to give away anything serious to Sayuri.

"Hn, I'm still curious as to who you are exactly Naruto Uzumaki."

"Hey I'll tell you what, how about I help you get stronger and train with you? That way we both get stronger and get to know each other better." Naruto said

Sayuri was surprised at how this stranger immediately offered to help her, after hearing his request she allowed a smirk to come across her face before muttering "I'd like that, tomorrow training ground 2" before she felt a presence behind her

Turning around she saw her mother accompanied with her elder brother with a smile on both of their faces looking at what they believed was a new friendship. Her mother, Mikoto stepped forward with the same smile on her face before slightly kneeling down to be face to face with the two children.

"Hello I'm Sayuri's mother Mikoto," she stated before turning to her daughter "have you made a new friend sweetie?" she asked in a melodic tone

Sayuri replied with a shrug before speaking "Hn, I guess you can say that mother we'll be training together soon." Sayuri replied. That caught her elder brother Itachi's attention, Sayuri would only want to train with him, who was this child and how had he caught his kid sister's attention.

"Oh is that right? Well I hope you two have fun when you start your training, if I may… what is your name?" Mikoto asked with her full attention on Naruto.

Naruto really like the way this woman's emotions were rolling off of her, she was genuinely a nice person. Sayuri's elder brother however had a few emotions going through him, calmness confusion and… is that a little bit of envy?

Shaking himself clear of their emotions Naruto extended his hand to Mikoto's the same way he did to Sayuri before exclaiming "Naruto Uzumaki, future Sixth Hokage y'know!"

Mikoto began to extend her hand towards his and liked the boy's enthusiasm; it reminded her of her kid brother Obito who perished in the Third Great Ninja War, before she froze at hearing that verbal tic at the end.

Naruto noticing she wasn't shaking his hand wondered if he did something wrong until he remembered exactly how the lady introduced himself, Itachi's emotions caught him so off guard he wasn't truly paying attention to the lady. 'Crap, this was mother's best friend and rival! If what Grandpa Sarutobi said was true about me having her verbal tic this lady just picked up on me being the long lost dead child.' Naruto panicked within his head

Itachi seeing how his mother uncharacteristically froze decided to shake the young boy's hand and introduce himself. "Itachi Uchiha, Sayuri's elder brother, I'm quite curious what you and my sister will be training in." trying to relieve the situation

"Oh well, I'm not all too sure yet, perhaps taijutsu and some chakra control exercises if that's fine with her" Naruto said while looking in Sayuri's direction who only replied with a shrug and a stoic face.

That's when it happened; Naruto was barraged with a plethora of emotions from Mikoto who was still frozen looking at him.

'No it can't be. No they told us everyone perished; the baby wasn't even born before the Nine-Tails attacked. But it all adds up, he's around the same age as Sayuri meaning he had to have been born around the time the Nine-Tails attacked. He even looks just like Minato; I have to speak with Hiruzen.' Mikoto thought unaware at how her emotions were coming off so strong towards Naruto.

"Well it was nice meeting you Naruto I hope you and Sayuri have fun and take it easy on each other. Itachi can you take Sayuri home? I need to run an errand while I'm already in the area." Mikoto said before walking off before her eldest could respond to her

"I'll see you tomorrow Sayuri, it was nice meeting you Itachi, I have to go… do something hehe" Naruto said before jumping away

'Weird, what's wrong with mother? I've never seen her act like that, not even in privacy' Sayuri thought while mentally looking for an answer from Itachi who didn't have either

'I got to get there before she does and warn Grandpa Sarutobi' Naruto thought

Upon arriving to the Hokage's window Naruto stepped in loud enough to be heard by the Hokage to let him know it was him.

"Naruto my boy, what brings you here today? Yugao will be pretty upset if she finds out you walked home witho-"

"Not the time Grandpa Saru, I think I accidentally spilled the beans to Sayuri's mom about my identity." Naruto interrupted

Hiruzen's face turned serious before motioning for him to elaborate.

"Sayuri approached me after classes today and her mother and brother introduced themselves to me, when I introduced myself I kind of let my verbal tic slip. I blame Itachi, he was throwing so many emotions at me I was hardly paying attention to their mother! It all caught me off guard I swear!" Naruto began to plead

"This is quite serious Naruto, your mother Mikoto were inseparable in their younger years before they got married. Is this your way of warning me that she'll be coming here?" Hiruzen asked

"Yeah, right before they were going to take Sayuri home she said she had an er-"

"Naruto Uzumaki! Do you know how worried you had me when I didn't pick up your chakra signature anywhere near the school!?" bellowed a protective Yugao

After being given permission to train and be with Naruto in privacy Kakashi and Yugao began to get pretty protective of Naruto almost as if he were their kid brother. At times they would argue amongst themselves as to who was the better older sibling and such.

Upon entering the Hokage's office the same way Naruto did Yugao began to crush him in a hug, hell she was off-duty, she could naturally show emotion.

The door began to open to the Hokage's office and in came the Hokage's secretary followed by one Mikoto Uchiha. Upon entering the Hokage's office the first thing Mikoto noticed was a long purple-haired woman hugging the same boy she met outside the academy. She then put together the pieces to the puzzle, which was Kushina's apprentice who went ANBU hugging Kushina's son.

Mikoto's mind went into overload and there was only one thing that she heard above all else. Her legs carried her over to her godson before she dropped down on her knees with tears in her eyes and hung onto him like a lifeline. Yugao who was taken aback then figured that Mikoto learned who Naruto really was.

Hiruzen motioned for the secretary to leave as well as the ANBU to put up the special barrier so no outsider could listen in. Mikoto was now bawling and incoherently making promises to Naruto that he couldn't quite understand.

Naruto wrapped his arms around Mikoto and began to soothe her by rubbing circles on her back, it was the same thing Yugao did whenever he got too emotional thinking about his parents.

About ten minutes later with Naruto and Mikoto now both sitting on a sofa due to Mikoto fearing of letting Naruto go, Hiruzen figured it was time to explain to Mikoto.

"Mikoto what you have just learned is a S-Rank secret that is highly punishable, I expect for you to inform absolutely no one of what you have just learned am I clear? Now, I must apologize for you lying to you about the true night of that story but I felt it would be better for Naruto to learn later in life of his parentage." Hiruzen explained

Naruto immediately felt the sorrow in Mikoto turn into rage, quickly acting he began to soothe her again and said "don't take it out on Grandpa Hokage Ms. Uchiha, he was only doing what he though was best, besides I'm glad to have finally met you." Naruto finished with a gigawatt smile that melted Mikoto

Hiruzen inwardly thanked Naruto from saving him from Mikoto's wrath, remembering when both she and Kushina would barge into his office as teenagers demanding answers from him.

Mikoto smiled back at Naruto before wrapping him into another hug. Turning her attention to the Hokage she asked one question, "What about Hiashi? He's practically been killing himself over the past few events I'm sure you know."

Hiruzen sighed upon hearing that name; Hiashi Hyuga was an extraordinary man both on and off the field before tradgedy struck his life. One by one he lost important person after important person. First Minato, the same man that introduced him to his wife Hitomi, the night of the Nine-Tails event shocked everyone to the core and then hearing that Minato died made him feel hollow how he couldn't help his friend. Then he lost Hitomi, his wife and formerly Minato's teammate, she passed away giving birth to his youngest daughter Hanabi which really struck a chord. Finally he lost his younger brother Hizashi after the Hyuga Affair with the Hidden Cloud Village. Hiruzen remembered when Hiashi was ready to give his life away to the Hidden Cloud.

Perhaps it was best for Hiashi to know that Minato truly isn't gone all essence. He was coping the deaths of the others well but Hiruzen could see the slight pain on his face whenever he thought of his fallen loved ones. 'I pray nothing happens to any of those children.' Hiruzen thought before calling the ANBU

"ANBU, send for Hiashi Hyuga immediately…" Hiruzen said loud enough for everyone to hear him

'Hiashi Hyuga, isn't he the clan head? What does he have to do with all of this?' Naruto thought

Five minutes later Hiashi Hyuga arrived to the Hokage's office with a stoic visage. He took a look around the silent room before his eyes landed on Mikoto and a blonde-haired child who were both seated on the sofa. He noticed that Mikoto was holding onto the boy and had tearstains underneath her still puffy eyes.

Hiashi's eyes were the size of saucers when he saw the boy's eyes. 'It can't be, how could he have gone this entire time without me even noticing? Minato…' "Lord Hokage, what is the meaning of this? Is that child who I believe he is?" Hiashi practically demanded an answer

"Yes Hiashi, young Naruto here is Minato's legacy."

Hiashi stood there rooted to the ground as he kept his eyes on the boy in Mikoto's clutches. He was going to walk out of the room until Mikoto explained what their leader told her as well as Naruto's backstory and why the Hokage is now letting it be known only for the family's closest friends as well as the punishment for letting the secret slip.

Hiruzen later went on to explain to both Mikoto and Hiashi that he cannot let either one of them adopt Naruto just like he couldn't let Kakashi or Yugao, but if they truly wanted to spend time with Naruto they would have to do so in privacy.

After dismissing the unplanned meeting Hiruzen began to think of how he was getting to old for everything.

Three Years Later –

It was nearing the end of the academy season and looking back at everything that had happened after meeting Mikoto and Hiashi Naruto had to admit it's been a pretty wild ride.

He was practically forced to attend all of Sayuri and Hinata's birthdays as well as Hanabi's and even one of Itachi's, who the hell keeps a straight face the entire time they blow out the candles to their cake? Itachi freaking Uchiha that's who. Naruto also could've sworn that Sayuri was beginning to have feelings for him after the failed coup d'état.

An elder in the Uchiha clan along with four other Uchiha began to spread around rumors that they would overthrow the Hokage for his poor treatment to the Uchiha clan. Upon hearing this, Naruto confronted Sayuri's family, minus Sayuri and informed them of their corrupted clansmen plot. Safe to say Fugaku made sure everything was handled and that the Uchiha clan was trying to get their names back in the village's graces.

Mikoto later confronted Naruto and asked why he came to them and saying "what if we were actually planning to rebel against the Hokage?" to which Naruto merely replied that he had a hunch the claims weren't true and he was merely looking out for distant family.

Naruto was sitting in the classroom awaiting the instructor Iruka to enter so he could start another day of simple class. Naruto was wearing a short sleeve ash-colored hoodie with the red Uzumaki crest on the back over a long sleeved black shirt with bands on them (like Minato's shirt just black in color) along with black pants and ninja boots that stopped around his calves.

Upon entering the room Iruka flashed a smile towards Naruto that was caught by both him and Sayuri, clearing his throat to get his class's attention Iruka yelled at them to make them sit down.

"Class today I have a special announcement, one of our very own has been moved up to the graduating class and will become a genin if he passes the exam." Iruka informed his class

Just about everyone in the class looked towards Naruto who tried to avert his eyes from everyone at being put on the spot like that.

"Naruto Uzumaki, it's been a pleasure being your teacher, I'm pretty sure you'll easily pass the test seeing that you know all of the fundamental jutsu the academy teaches you and then some." Iruka said with a smile on his face.

'What the hell/What the Fuck!' both Naruto and Sayuri thought at the same time. Naruto came to an agreement with the Hokage that he'd graduate alongside his current class. Meanwhile, Sayuri was truly getting attached to Naruto and began to think that she'd rarely see him again; he'd be on a different team than her, make chunin and jonin before her, take on his own team and teach them while he leaves her behind.

Naruto began to make his way to the front of the class while shooting Sayuri an 'I don't know' look as well, he was congratulated by his classmates as well as his teachers once more before leaving to the other classroom where he passed the test with the highest score.

To say Sayuri was upset was understatement, although she wouldn't show it, internally she was pissed! And it hit Naruto like a freight train when she approached him after classes were over.

Upon reaching Naruto she noticed the newest accessory to his out, the Hidden Leaf headband which signified he was now a genin, legally an adult, no longer a student.

"So, who are your teammates and sensei?" Sayuri asked in a quick yet upset manner

'There's no way she's blaming this on me right? I mean I didn't know I was going to be promoted early… hell I even skipped Neji's class I didn't know I could do that!' Naruto thought to himself

"I was told that I'm going to be apprenticed, they didn't tell me who they just told me to come back to the academy tomorrow at 7:30." Naruto replied still inwardly shying away from Sayuri's hostile emotions.

"Hn." Sayuri merely grabbed him by the hand and began to walk away from the academy in direction to her house, now that they had been friends for so long in the academy they didn't necessarily have to hide their friendship anymore.

Later on that day at the Uchiha compound Naruto was beside himself with all the emotions he was receiving from Sayuri. One moment she was upset, the next she relaxed, then she was envious which was followed by shameful and finally respect. Naruto being the smart child he was decided to catch her on that good emotion and dismissed himself but not before giving her a hug and pushing the envelope by giving her a kiss on the cheek before saying "don't worry Sayuri I'll make sure to keep you updated as much as possible I promise."

Although Sayuri heard what he said it all sounded muffled and her heart was in her throat with the brightest of blushes on her face. She stood rooted there for the next five minutes before walking to her room, not even noticing her mother and brother in the shadows peeping on her interaction the entire time.

The next day Naruto was in an empty classroom and was told by the Hokage himself that he'd take on four different senseis for the next year, Kakashi Hatake, Kurenai Yuhi, Might Guy, and his surrogate uncle Asuma Sarutobi. Kurenai had recently received the ranking of jonin and Asuma recently came back to the Hidden Leaf Village from his stint in the capital as one of the 12 Guardian ninja. Kakashi was recently relieved of his ANBU duties and Guy practically volunteered to tag along with his comrades and to show something he called "the springtime of his youth" before taking on a team of his own.

Naruto was also told that he'd truly be an apprentice to somebody next year before being assigned to a team, this year he was just doing more training as well as solo D-Rank missions which weren't all that solo seeing he had shadow clone jutsu down thanks to Kakashi who was nearly punished for teaching him that jutsu for his 8th birthday present.

Over the next year Kakashi helped Naruto with his ninjutsu and taijutsu while Kurenai supported him in using genjutsu. Contrary to popular belief Naruto was actually pretty good at genjutsu thanks to all of the chakra control exercising he performed when he was younger, he just didn't really use any genjutsu personally. Might Guy specialized in Naruto's strength and conditioning training as well as his taijutsu training, Naruto would never forgive his senseis for telling Guy he felt his "flames of youth" deteoriating at an immediate rate which led to him running 20 laps around the village. Asuma would help teach Naruto in flowing chakra through his weapons as well as teaching him a few wind style jutsu.

All in all Naruto learned the following jutsus:

Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu

Fire Style: Flame Bombs

Wind Style: Dust Storm Jutsu

Wind Style: Supreme Typhoon

Wind Style: Air Bullet

Wind Style: Vacuum Bullets

Wind Style: Pressure Damage

Lightning Style: Violet Bolt

Lightning Style: Thunderbolt

Lightning Style: Earth Flash

Earth Style Shadow Clone

Earth Style: Mud Wall

Earth Style: Hidden in Stones Jutsu

Earth Style: Hidden Mole Jutsu

Water Style: Hiding in Water Jutsu

Water Style: Liquid Bullets

Water Style: Water Trumpet

Water Style: Water Wall

Water Clone Jutsu

Genjutsu: Optic Delusory

Demonic Illusion: Death Mirage Jutsu

Demon Illusion: Fire Jutsu

Genjutsu: Sylvan Fetters

Ninja Art: Shuriken Giant Body Technique

Ninja Art: Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu

Shadow Shuriken Jutsu

Naruto also went on to create a few of his two of his own jutsu:

Ninja Art: Hidden Leaf Jutsu which relies on both his shadow clones as well as the transformation technique, it's mainly used for diversions and ambushes.

Everywhere Shuriken Jutsu where Naruto creates scores of shadow clones and they all throw shuriken at their target with the intent for the target to try to dodge and run right into a blindside attack.

And That's Chapter 1…