Super!Naruto

Prologue

Naruto looked across the room at himself and smirked. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu was a success. He'd snuck a peek at one of the Hokage's big scrolls the last time he was in his office on disciplinary charges, and this was the result. His smirk slipped slightly as he recalled the other result. The Hokage had been lenient, considering what some of the council members had wanted to do to him. He'd been forbidden from taking the gennin exam until he turned twelve. He'd been counting on this jutsu letting him graduate early after he heard from one of the older students how the test was almost always on Bunshin. Now what was he going to do for the next six years.

He sighed and flopped back onto the bed, shading his eyes with one hand. He heard his clone moving behind him and shifted to see it. It looked…well, it looked just like him. If he hadn't known better he could have been looking into a mirror as both physical features and expression were identical to the ones he himself was currently wearing.

"So what now?" he questioned. "What do you…I…we…What do you think we should do now?" Stumbling over pronouns was a little embarrassing, but it was an unusual situation, and at least he was talking to someone he knew wouldn't make fun of him for it.

He was proved right when his clone shrugged, ignoring his verbal stumble, and answered him, "Well, I guess we've got to wait. I mean, there's not a lot else we can do." He looked thoughtful, and Naruto was instantly aware how odd that expression looked on his face, "I suppose…I mean if the test is on Bunshin, then we're pretty much guaranteed a pass in six years, right?"

Naruto sat up, narrowly avoiding smashing his head into that of his clone, leaning over him. "That's right! So that means we don't really need to worry about the academy any more, huh. We can spend the time training on other things."

"Well sure," the clone matched his enthusiasm, "but what other things, Boss?"

"Boss?" Naruto was a little surprised by the moniker but didn't let it slow him down, "never mind, listen. I'm weak, I mean we're weak."

"We're six years old, Boss."

"That's no excuse, Bro. Other six year olds are stronger than us. And the older kids, don't even get me started. There's this kid in the class above, can't do so much as a henge – worse than me, even – but yesterday I saw him put his fist right through a dummy. And you know that proper ninja's are gonna top even that. I want that, Bro. I want that kind of power."

The clone looked intrigued, but also surprised. "How long you been planning this, Boss, 'cause I didn't know any o' this stuff when you made me?"

A sheepish look spread across the originals face, "'Bout five minutes. Doesn't make it less true, tho'. But how d'you get strong anyway? I mean, like, I guess you lift weights or something but..."

His clone tapped its chin gently as it thought, and a slow grin spread across its features. "You know what, Boss. I bet we could find out." He spread his arms in an expansive gesture, "After all, Boss, you've got an army."

Naruto chuckled, "I guess I do, at that." His stomach rumbled and he leaned over to his side table to check his alarm clock for the time. "Damn thing's stopped again. Hey Bro, you mind checking out the time in the kitchen."

The clone shrugged, "Sure thing." The whole apartment was only really two rooms, including the bathroom, but he stepped over closer to the fridge so he could see the wall mounted clock above the stove, before turning to return to the bed, "Well Boss it's about…" Before he could finish the sentence, he slipped on a patch of water on the floor and went careening over backwards, cracking his head on the fridge door. Seconds later he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Naruto had leapt from the bed when he saw the clone fall, but staggered now as the clone's memories rushed to join his. His eyes were wide as he contemplated the consequences of his discovery. A wide grin split his face and a casual seal summoned another clone. Meeting his own eyes across the room his grin threatened to crack his face in two.

"We're gonna have a lot of fun with this, Bro."

His clone mirrored the grin. "Whatever you say, Boss."