Summary: Naruto Uzumaki, 10 year old kenjutsu prodigy, able to cut through mountains with a single sword strike, but that is what is hidden under his mask, to Konoha he is just the dead last demon brat. How will they react when he shows hims true self after he makes genin.

Disclaimer: I own only my OC's and Original Jutsu.

'Today is the day' Naruto Uzumaki thought ' Today is the day i can finally show my true colors' as he ended his thought. He was excited, not his emotional mask sort of excited, he was actually excited about becoming a genin and losing his emotional mask. He wasn't thrilled at the idea of working for the people who beat and insulted him, but he would have to deal with it for the moment.

He walked out of his small, run down, and raggedy appartment, and started his trek torwards the ninja academy. Just thinking about that place made naruto laugh, it was full of civilians, whos parents fed them false ideas of saving the world, and always getting the girl. What a joke! The world of ninja's isn't all sunshine, and lollipops. It is full of death and tragedy, something only afew of the students in the academy knew.

The only people who understood true pain in the academy were Sasuke Uchiha because of the Uchiha massacre, and Hinata Hyuga because of her mother and the attempted kidnapping. They are the only true ninja in the academy.

Naruto was so wrapped up in his thought, he just barely noticed he had reached his destination. He shrugged and walk torwards his classroom. As he walked in, he gave his instructor, Umino Iruka, a nod of respect and walked torwards his seat in the back, next to his best friend, Hinata Hyuga. She had been his best friend since he saved her from some spoiled civilians who were playing ninja.

She didn't have much confidence back then, but after they started to get to know each other, she started gaining confidence steadily, but that wasn't the only thing she gained**. She almost never stutters, but whenever he talks to her she has the cutest faint blush on her cheeks. " Hello Hinata-chan, how are you today?" Naruto asked his best friend.

"Naruto-kun, finally showing your true self i see." Hinata responded

"Yes Hinata-chan, it's time i show these wanna be ninja's what the are to kenjutsu** can really do." Naruto replied, watching the door as the civilians and clan heirs entered the room, until it was filled with students. "Hello class," Iruka started " today we will take the genin exams, i have confidence in all of you, but not everyone will pass, i just hope you all do your best, follow me for the Taijutsu portion of the test." Iruka finished with a smile as he led his students out to the training ground. " The first match will be Naruto Uzumaki versus Sasuke Uchiha." Iruka announced. After that was said all you could hear was the sound of Sasuke's fangirls yelling about how 'thier Sasuke-kun' was going to teach the dead last a lesson. Sasuke himself was thinking about how this would be an easy win.

Naruto was busy thinking about which skills he would show. They both stepped into the fighting area, waiting for Iruka to give the signal to begin the match. "Naruto Uzumaki versus Sasuke Uchiha, Begin!" Iruka announced has he got out of the area. The class watched in amazement as neither child made a move to start the battle "come on Uke-chan." Naruto taunted. (A/N Uke is a term that refers to a submissive Homosexual (A/N i have no problems with homosexuals.)) "come and get me." Sasuke growled in anger, and charged in with a fake right hook that Naruto saw through, and countered buy ducking his swing and jabing him in the stomach, and proceeding to kick his legs out from under him and hold a fist over his face, securing a quick, but effective win. Everyone except Hinata was stunned at Naruto's skill level until... " Naruto-baka cheated!" shouted a certain pink haired baboon (An insult to baboons everywhere). With her shout, everyone began shouting their protests about how naruto used mini explosives to injure sasuke. One even went as far as to say he hired invisible monkeys to try to eat sasuke's face."

Iruka quickly quieted the academy students, telling them that he saw the entire fight, and that Naruto won the match class was skeptical, but held their tounges, lest they incur the wrath of an angry academy teacher. Iruka continued to announce that it was time for the written portion of the test, and proceederd to lead everyone inside the building. Iruka passed out the tests, made sure he gave one to everybody, and uttered a single word of "Begin" and sat back to watch the children begin to solve the painfully easy questions. Naruto stared at his paper, trying to Make something of it.

Name: Uzumaki Naruto

Date: January 17

1. Who was the Shodaime Hokage?

A. Orochimaru B. Hiruzen Sarutobi

C. Hashirama Senju D. Tobirama Senju Naruto answered C

2. Who did Hashirama Senju fight in the valley of the end?

A. Madara Uchiha and Kyubi

B. Orochimaru and Ichibi

C. Yagara and Sanbi

D. A and Ichibi

Naruto chose A.

3. Name one S ranked missing nin. Itachi Uchiha

4. What Konoha clan is the strongest at the moment? Hyuga

5. Who killed off the Uchiha clan?

A. Madara Uchiha

B. Itachi Uchiha

C. Orochimaru

D. Kyubi

Extra Credit: Who defeated the kyubi to save the village? Minato Namikaze

Naruto continued to stare at the questions, even as he had already solved them, wondering about the simplicity of them, until Iruka called for them to all pass up their papers. Naruto walked out of the room to get some fresh air, as he walked out, he saw the current leaderboard for the Genin Exams, and this is what it said...

Cliffhanger no jutsu

Tell me how i did.

** Hinata has a crush on Naruto, but is too young to figure out her feelings for him.