Hey, what's up. This is my first time trying out a story here on fan fiction so take it easy.. I'm looking at you Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain!

Shikamaru: I don't understand why you would even WANT to do this… and why the hell did you drag me away from my cloud-watching?!

Me: Oh… you know… say stuff that involves me not owning Naruto… ya know.

Shikamaru: … Jharoz doesn't own Naruto or Air Soft… heh heh… That'd be sweet…

ON WITH THE STORY!!

A blonde headed thirteen-year old woke up from a nice peaceful dream. His blue eyes shimmered as he yawned.

The day started out like any other day for one Naruto Uzumaki. He'd wake up, smile to himself, and brush his teeth, do all the cleanly stuff and whatnot… but then he realized today was special. Today was the day he finally decided to pass the damnable struggle called the Genin Exams. He hasn't failed the past two times, but rather not shown any interest in them. Naruto was strong, and had a hell of a lot of chakra. This time he just felt that now was the time to finally live up to his goal... Who the hell was he kidding; he is just tired of listening to Iruka bitching about how he should be paying more attention in class.

Naruto grinned into his mirror and brushed his teeth vigorously. He hadn't brushed his teeth last night because he was too tired from training and running away from the villagers. Oh, did you know Naruto was the container of the Nine-Tailed Fox, Kyuubi? CONTAINER. Sketch that into your brains that he has his own free will. However, the villagers are too ignorant and need a scapegoat to push their troubles away from the catastrophe that happened thirteen years past.

FLASHBACK

This demon monster was just… HUGE! The shinobi of the Leaf Village couldn't even begin to feel the tremors of its paws just adjusting itself to stand. Their secret forbidden jutsu only known to them, because of it lethality, just made the Kyuubi wonder if it had a tick on itself. The fight… scratch that. The MASSACRE continued with Leaf Shinobi falling to the ground, some of them wounded, others dead.

"Hold out, until the arrival of the Fourth Hokage!" Shouted one of the shinobis' commanding officers. That one command made everyone fight with new-born vigor. If anyone can defeat this beast, it would be the leader of them all.

And so it was said that as soon as a monster of equal height, and weight appeared, its body shadowed, with a tidbit notice of blonde between its eyes, the shinobi thought the monster was in trouble. Oh, but the Demon Fox had other plans; with a mighty leap towards its newfound enemy, it started yipping its large mouth; showing its razor-sharp teeth and it's eyes becoming strained with its overdose of power.

The shadow that loomed the other monster had finally lifted to show a… toad? With red skin? Wearing a coat, with a pipe in its mouth, and a dagger at its waist? This was the Fourth's ultimate summoning that was going to defeat the Kyuubi which others had failed at accomplishing? Seriously?!

The behemoth of a toad spit away his pipe and drew his dagger clashing it with the Nine-Tailed Fox, planting it in its side. The Fox howled in pain, jumped back, grabbed the dagger with its teeth, removed it, and tossed it aside. Kyuubi then snarled and pounced upwards, and sent a striking paw heading right for the toad. The toad jumped back, and landed gracefully, but still caused the ground to shake. Kyuubi's paw struck the ground creating a crater around it, effectively one mile long. Kyuubi tried to recover but its paw was delved too deep into the ground. Kyuubi could only watch and wait to see what its opponent would do to it.

The Fourth Hokage decided then was the time to strike, in a series of hand-seals, a spirit appeared that was all but invisible to everybody and everything but two: Kyuubi and the Fourth Hokage. The spirit launched itself at Kyuubi and in a bright light, a scream and a soul was sent into the bundle that was in the Fourth's arms. The Fourth Hokage grinned, but then clutched his heart, remembering the side-affects. "Gamabunta.." he said weakly. The toad looked up and actually SAID something! "What is it, Minato?" the toad know as Gamabunta said in an oddly gruff voice. "Be sure to tell Sarutobi… treat him like a hero… and a son…" Gamabunta nodded and then the Fourth dropped off Gamabunta's head and was sent face first to the ground. Dead.

The shinobi rushed to their leader only to discover that he was lifeless. Like a marionette with its strings cut off. The shinobis' cheerful mood was quickly soured with the taste of their dead leader. Then… the bundle in the Fourth's arms started to move! A shinobi quickly unraveled the bundle to show a bundle of blonde locks, eventually showing a baby with a seal on its stomach. That's the Fourth did. He sealed the beast in Naruto.

With that, the villagers decided that since the demon was inside Naruto, and the demon caused them pain and suffering, he should be rewarded with the exact same thing. Others that didn't weren't affected by Kyuubi's attack were just plain angry with the fact that some brat stole the life of one of the most promising Hokages so far.

END OF FLASHBACK

Naruto sighed sadly. He remembered that night, even though it was so long ago. Naruto finished brushing his teeth and then looked at the mirror, admiring himself.

Naruto is what you call, 'not your everyday thirteen year-old.' His blonde locks made him easily distinguishable in a crowd and his six lined marks, three on each cheek, significantly crushed his ability to ever be a spy. At first he wasn't wearing a top so you could see his rather toned body, though not even nearly toned enough, or so he thought. Naruto grinned to himself and placed on his clothes which consisted of a short-sleeved fishnet top, baggy orange pants, and an orange sleeveless-jacket that he didn't bother to zip-up that was laced with pockets for all sorts of storing and had a swirling circle on the back. As you can well imagine, the dude liked orange. "Hey, Kit, are you finally gonna do it today? Pass the exams, I mean."said an eerie voice. Naruto sighed. He knew of his tenant alright; Naruto and him could be considered best friends, actually. Kyuubi was just a big ol' loveable fuzz-ball when he is sealed up inside Naruto's stomach. But that didn't mean he could be so damn ANOYING! Always asking to lend his chakra when all he wants to do is go back in the outside world for a little bit. It tried Naruto's patience. A LOT.

'Yes, Kyuubi. I'm sick and tired of going through all of this grunt crap with Iruka-sensei, and quite frankly, I remember seeing HIM sign up for the jonin team leaders,'Naruto answered mentally to Kyuubi. He didn't have to talk when he didn't want to, and besides, Naruto prefers to think than talk. That's why he has a big brain, after all.

When he referred to 'him' he was speaking of the same young boy that saved him ten years ago. Though he never saw him six years afterward, he finally saw him, again. He noticed two things, though. He wore a black cloth sweatband over his eyes and had all sorts of marks all over the right side of his body (A/N: If you don't know what I'm talking about… you'll see.). Naruto's goal in life is to some day be strong and kind like he was. Naruto never even knew his name, and yet he inspired him so greatly. Even though he might think the Genin Exams are complete shit, and a total waste of time… he needed to pass in order to have a chance at acquiring his goal. 'Kyuubi, it's time for us to head out, now…' Naruto sang in his head.

Kyuubi put a mental paw to its fore-head. "Naruto? SINGING? What kind of fucked up world is this?!"Kyuubi said in complete shock. Naruto NEVER sang!

Leaf Village Academy

Naruto was patiently waiting at his desk in a stadium-style room along with a few others around his age. Well… he wasn't waiting… he was more like… sleeping. Naruto never like the Academy. It only made him sleep. Then someone walked in, and the atmosphere changed dramatically for Naruto. That someone happened to be one Sakura Haruno, Naruto's love interest, and Sakura had a thing for Naruto, too. She would constantly show it indirectly, though she never thought he'd understand. Oh that's a sack of crap. Naruto is too sharp for that.

Sakura wasn't what you would consider the 'average girl.' She had short pink hair and quite the fore-head to see. I mean it was just so VISIBLE! Her choice in clothing was red sleeveless zip-up, a belt filled to the brim with medical equipment, and green biker shorts. Her piercing green eyes could instantly tell if you were lying. Lastly her bust was quite the marvel considering she was only thirteen, like Naruto.

Naruto looked up at Sakura and flashed her a toothy grin, his signature move that always got Sakura into a little bit of a fluster. "Hey, Sakura-chan. What's up?" Naruto said nonchalantly as he stretched out his arms after his nap.

Sakura's face got a little hotter at seeing his grin. His canines looked perfect to bite into her skin, taking her forcefully to show that she belonged to him and no other bitch could take away her lover… 'Dammit, you pervert! WHY must you constantly follow me around?!'Sakura thought to her perverted inner self.

"Because I'm you! And you KNOW you got the hots for Uzumaki, and I can't blame you! Look at his build! He is your thirteen-year-old version of Adonis! Ooooh, I can't WAIT until I can get some of his great co-" Sakura's inner self was subconsciously shut up before she could start to get into the details of how she totally wants Naruto's insert rooster synonym shoved right into her, insert cat synonym. God, what an annoying little pervert!

"Hey, Naruto. I'm just a little worried over the exams. I can do the basic jutsus pretty good, but I don't think I can do it good enough!" Sakura wailed. Oh, what a load of shit that is. She was perfectly fine when it came to the jutsus. To be completely honest, she just wanted Naruto to support her again. As in, she would take a seat next to him, he'd put his arm around her back and pull her into a light hug.

And that's exactly what happened. Naruto patted the seat next to him which she gladly took. He slid his right arm behind Sakura's back and pulled her closer than needed. "Sakura-chan, that's exactly what's gonna happen if you don't believe in yourself. You need to learn that with self-confidence comes success and with success comes a good life." Naruto said in a tone that said 'hey, just because I'm treated like shit, doesn't mean I don't know how to live life.'

Sakura mock-cried and clung herself close to Naruto, and pressed herself against him in an embrace. "Oh Naruto!" she cried. Naruto blushed, of course. Why wouldn't he, though? You have the girl you love giving you a big hug, with her boobs practically smashing right against your chest. Then he thought about it and inwardly sighed; how many times has this happened, now? Then again, boobies were cool… Oh well, it DOES feel nice to have something so soft rub against your chest, every now and then.

Naruto struggled to not lose any blood in this situation and patted her back gently and soothingly. "There, there… everything will be fine… after this, we might even end up on the same team together. And if you pass, I just might pay for the ramen bill. " Naruto said soothingly. Sakura gasped like she had never heard of that idea before, but it was the best idea yet.

"That'd be great!" Sakura mused. It's not like she hadn't thought of that before, though. I mean come on! Who WOULDN'T want to be on this hot piece of ass's team?! As if on cue, a boy with a scowl on his face walked by, his jet-black hair styled to look like that of a chicken's ass.

As he passed by the blossoming couple he sighed the sigh all emos do. "Talk about public affection.." he muttered to himself. Well, in Naruto's case not to himself. Naruto can hear WAY better than normal. Naruto whispered something into Sakura's ear and she reluctantly got off of her 'Adonis.'

Naruto stood up and did a mock-voice of that of another emo, "Talk about a total chip-off-the-old-stick-up-your-ass." With that he sat back down next to Sakura; a few snickers being heard across the room.

Though Sakura and Naruto never noticed it, the whole entire class assembled with a man wearing a green vest, brown hair, and had a cut across the middle of his nose, standing at the front of the class. They hadn't noticed it at all because they were too busy having a 'moment.'

With everyone settled down the man stepped forward and said in a calm, but commanding tone, "Well, now that Naruto and Sakura are done sharing smells, why don't we start this exam up, shall we?" Naruto and Sakura instantly blushed while a bunch of laughs were thrown throughout the class. All of the Leaf Village adolescents knew that Sakura and Naruto had a thing for each other. They just didn't know what kind of thing it was.

Iruka left the classroom and walked into the back room. Naruto was ready for this, he had to do it. A shout was heard from the backroom. "Abruame Shino!" This was it. The Genin Exams had begun.

After many names being called and every owner of said name came out with a fore-head protector and a shit-eating grin on their face, there were only two names left to call. Each one starts with a 'U!' You guessed it; Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto. "Uchiha Sasuke!" Bellowed the same gruff voice that was there at the very start. Said emo took his time going down the steps, completely over-confident. Entering the back room in the classroom, he opened the sliding door with a smug look on his face, directed to Naruto. Said teenager proceeded to challenge this wordless argument by giving Sasuke the finger; keeping it up until Sasuke disappeared behind that door.

A few moments later, Sasuke reappeared and left the classroom saying only two words to Naruto before exiting. "Fifteen clones." Naruto sighed to himself. Prick, much?

"Uzumaki Naruto!" came the voice from behind the door. Naruto calmly stood up and opened the door, seeing the playing field that he must go through in order to take his first step.

It was a roomy area with no windows, designed for a genin's utmost concentration. At the end of the room there was a desk with leaf shinobi fore-head protectors. Behind it sat the same man who spoke to the class earlier, and wore an exasperated look on his face, and a mildly ticked-off white haired man who was garbed in the same clothing as his companion. "Ok, Naruto. You're the last one up. All we ask for is just three simple clones." After hearing that, Naruto's face blew into an all-out grin that almost split his face in half.

"Can it be ANY type of clones?" Naruto asked, confusing both men.

"Uh.. Yeah sure… whatever floats your boat.." said the white haired man.

Naruto place his two index and middle fingers, shaping it to form a cross. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto called out, shocking the two men observing him. With that, six puffs of smoke appeared beside him, three on the left and three on the right. When the smoke cleared seven Narutos were seen. The white haired man walked up to one of the clones and poked its cheek. The clone instantly retaliated, smacking his hand away. "Hey, I resent that!" the clone shouted.

The white-haired man inched his way back to his seat and looked at his companion. "He made six solid clones. I think it's time to finally let go of him." the white-haired man said with a smile (A/N: Mizuki is going to be good in this fic, alright?! I want to see what would happen if he actually WAS good. Don't like it? TOUGH!). His companion scratched the back of his head.

"I suppose you're right. Naruto? You passed, congratulations!" the man with the brown hair stated. "Just one question, though. How in the HELL did you learn the Shadow Clone Jutsu?!" He asked violently. Naruto grinned, swiped a fore-head protector, and dispelled his clones.

"Trade secret." Naruto said with fox-like grin. Like hell he would tell Iruka-sensei about how Kyuubi helps him training!

Ichiriku Ramen Stand…

Naruto and Sakura were found slurping up some noodles from a barstool, both of them wearing their fore-head protectors proudly, however Sakura wore hers around her neck. Either way, it was still sexy to Naruto, and that's all that matters. Naruto was happily munching away at his ramen, inhaling it, but in a dignified manner. Sakura… eating it the same way. For both of them, their second love HAD to be ramen, no questions asked or your throat will be slit. Teuchi stared at his two best customers, trying to find something out between the two that he just couldn't figure out; even if his life depended on it. He shrugged. 'Oh well, at least they still pay for the ramen. And I'm still making money!'

"So, Sakura-chan. Who do you think is gonna be on your team?" Naruto asked through a mouthful of noodles. Hey, he loved ramen, so?!

Sakura gulped down her noodles and looked over at Naruto. "Well… hm… I'unno." with that, she went back to viciously slurping up noodles. In her head, however, her answer was simple. 'NARUTO! I don't care who the other person is, I just want Naruto on my team!'And the same thing was going through Naruto's mind, he just wanted his Sakura-chan on his team. His other teammate wouldn't matter. He just wanted Sakura-chan on his team!

A shadowed man sitting on the roof of the ramen stand heard every single word exit the two teens' mouths. If you looked close enough, you could barely see a grin etched on his face.

"Heh, if these two are on my team… being a sensei wouldn't be too bad.."

And that's a wrap! I love doing this…

To clear a bunch of shit up, by the way…

1.) Sakura and Naruto are in love with each other, sure, but making them date right at the beginning is not my style of writing! However, if enough people agree to it… what the hell? I'll give it a go.

2.) Kyuubi helps Naruto train because, hey, he is killing two birds with one stone. He prevents himself from dieing because he has a strong-willed container and Naruto and Kyuubi are on good terms, so he wants Naruto to get stronger because it's the right thing to do! Naruto won't be God, though. That just screws up the whole idea of having a new sensei.

3.) Mizuki shall stay living in this fic! I know, it kinda messes up the plot line with the fact that Naruto doesn't even get to hear Iruka's crappy speech about how he and Naruto should be considered family. BORING!

4.) Sasuke WILL be bashed by me. A LOT. And he will be bashed by Naruto. A LOT. And when Shikamaru will do the disclaimer, he might throw in a Sasuke bash in, or two. THE POINT IS(!!), Sasuke is going to be bashed. HARD.

5.) To answer the stupid ramen question, they always go to Ichiriku's after an academy day. Both want it to be a date but are too stupid and naïve to suggest it. -.-

But maybe, if I have enough people say yes; their relationship will be bumped up a couple chapters. shrugs

Ja ne!

-Jharoz