Hi guys, this is a story I thought of. I'm quite new at this, so let me know how I can improve. Thanks!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto does.

Chapter 1- A few slight changes

The night was dark, not much could be seen, except for the faceless in the night. These faceless were known as a part of a group named ANBU, the Hokage's personal soldiers. This group had one goal currently, to protect the Jinchuuriki of Kyuubi. This however was classified knowledge, and all the ANBU knew was that he was their 'client'. The Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had told no-one this knowledge, except his prized pupils, Jiraiya and Tsunade Senju of the legendary Sannin. After learning their godson was in the village, they stopped in the village as much as possible, to give their invisible support to him. The reason the Jinchuuriki needed this protection was that an old enemy of the Village Hidden in the Leaf, Orochimaru of the Sannin, had infiltrated the village.

The Hokage was pretty sure that his former pupil wasn't after Naruto, but the dead bodies of the recently dead Uchiha clan. But Hiruzen didn't want to take any chances. The dead Uchiha were securely away from the village. Hiruzen's pseudo grandchild was currently near a forest, known as the infamous Training Ground 44. Over the years, it had earned a name for itself, the Forest of Death, but a secret fact about it was that many people unlocked their kekkei genkai there. Naruto was also was of these people. When he was 4, he unlocked a new bloodline limit, with a combination of Earth and Wind release to make Meteor release. He could make earth do whatever he wanted in the sky and could create many things with it but it's main use was falling.

Naruto went to the Forest of Death, until he started the academy, regularly, training in his in his kekkei genkai. When he started the academy, he would make his flying meteor clones to train as they had similar properties to that of a shadow clone apart from the fact the only way they could dispel was with Naruto's will, a mortal injury or if the chose to drop to the ground. The meteor release had two weaknesses, earth chakra- which would knock out the wind ratio- and touching the ground which would cause an explosion, hence the name meteor. This gave the clones the properties of exploding shadow clones.

As Naruto went through the academy, he stayed in 14th in the ranks always, as it was the dead center. He was guaranteed not to be placed with Sasuke or Sakura, lucky for him. He would also not be placed in a civilian team thanks to his 'Jii-Jii'. When it came to graduation, he finished dead center, with an average score. When it reached team assignments, he was placed with a strong, confident Hinata Hyuuga, and a lazy, but smart, Shikamaru Nara, so there was a strong close-range, a mid-range, and a genius far-range. Mixed with a Jonin sensei of Kurenai Yuhi, Team 8 was a great team. If only the ninja world knew it...

So let me know how it is, and check out my other story, Mentality.