Alright, here's my go at a fanfiction. The idea, thingy, is about Naruto. Though, that should be obvious. So, I intend to change a lot of the characters, and some of their personalities. Some will be more useful, others, won't. I just don't like some Naruto characters. I'll try to bash them though. Not too much anyway. In this story, Naruto is still an orphan, but not completely hated. Because he's not the jinchuriki of Konoha. He's just another orphan. Minato and Kushina are still alive and had another child, who is the holder of Kyuubi. I'm not good at this yet, but I'd appreciate if you gave it a go. You can leave constructive criticism and all that jazz. Or insult me. I'll just cry in a corner later. Okay, here we go.

Chapter 1

Naruto awoke to the sounds of excited yelling outside his window. He sat up slowly, and peered down through the dusty glass. The citizens of Konohagakure were celebrating below. He sighed, it was, of course, October 10th. A very important day to much of the town. Where they celebrated the defeat of the great demon by the hands of our almighty leader. Or something along those lines. Truth be told, Naruto had never really cared for any of that. He was more excited to finally enter the Shinobi academy tomorrow.

Ever since he had been sent to the orphanage, he had read all he could about shinobis. He even knew all the famous kekkei genkai, though unfortunately he didn't have one. The librarians didn't really care what he did, as long as Naruto was quiet. He still didn't know much besides the basic, but if you looked into his eyes, you would see nothing but determination. To be the best ninja the world had ever seen!

'Just you wait Konoha.' He thought to himself as he collapsed on his bed. 'Soon you'll be celebrating something new.'

7:30 a.m.

Naruto's room was silent. Peaceful, tranquil even. Nothin could disturb his restful slumber. Well, except for his alarm, that is. That internal thing could wake the Shinigami himself. Luckily for the alarm clock, it only had to wake one sleeping child. Unluckily for the alarm clock, Naruto did not appreciate the wake up.

"Reporting to battle!" He shouted as he woke up suddenly. Naruto's hair was strewn across his forehead, and his eye had bags under them. Naruto turned slowly towards the offending object that dared to wake him, and smacked it with this fist. Though he had no ninja training yet, the cheap alarm clock stood no chance against him. It shattered easily, which was very satisfying to anyone watching it's demise.

Naruto rolled off his bed, onto the floor. Reluctantly, he got up and stumbled towards his closet. He grabbed a pair of black shorts, and a gray t-shirt. Naruto looked at the outfit in the mirror, before nodding in satisfaction. 'This'll do.' He thought to himself. Pulling on the outfit, he walked/stumbled/hopped into the kitchen.

Arriving in the tiny kitchen of his equally small apartment, he pulled out a healthy breakfast of instant noodles. Ah, a college student's best friend. As the noodles were warming up in the microwave, Naruto bounced up and down excitedly. Finally! A chance to be a ninja, and do something for once.

He slurped down the noodles as fast as he could, pulled on his sandals, and threw on a black sweatshirt, before heading out the door. Naruto raced down the streets of the village, towards the academy. Pedestrians yelled at him as he pushed past them, but what are they going to do against the main character?

He stopped, leaving a trail of dust on the dirt path. There, in all it's glory. The Konoha Shinobi academy! He could almost taste what being a ninja would...taste like?

(I don't know, work with me here!) Naruto looked at all the people who would be joining this year. All the infamous clans, like the Uchiha, Hyuga, Aburame, Ault, andthe Namikaze, and many other students he didn't recognize. The excitement he didn't think could get any more severe reached a boiling point.

He followed the crowd into the building, and then down the hall. When he reached he classroom, he stepped inside, and saw his teacher. "Hello students! My names Iruka-sensei, and I'll be your teacher for the next few years. Now, I've assigned your seats by order of last name, so please, refer to the board for your seat location." Naruto's heart skipped a beat. He didn't have a last name! Did this mean he would fail, before he even began! Oh what a cruel trick fate had played on him!

During the midst of his mental breakdown, many of the other students had already taken their seats. He heard a voiced but it seemed so far away, that he couldn't make out what it was saying. "Naruto? Naruto!" Iruka yelled next to him. Naruto jumped, doing a very good impression of me when my mother barges into my room. "Would you please take your seat?" Iruka asked, looking down at him. He nodded, and headed towards he only empty seat left in the class. He sat down between a fairly creepy boy with sunglasses and a tall jacket, and a girl with red, short, spiky hair. Naruto peered at the board, and read the name of the classmates sitting next to him. 'Shino Aburame and Kui Ault.'

In that moment, what remained of Naruto's soul left his body. Sitting between prestigious clan members! Oh, the gods must have been feeling merciful after all. "Hey, why are you staring off into space like that, ya weirdo?" Asked the girl next to him. Kui, his mind supplied. Naruto turned towards her with a shocked expression on his face. 'She's speaking to me!' He shouted internally. At this point, Kui was trying to figure out this strange boy? and began waving her hand in front of his face, to gain his attention.

"Hey, hey you. Stop staring like a creep, and tell me your name." Naruto snapped out of it. "I-ts N-narut-to." He stammered. Kui snorted. "Alright N-narut-to. Now, would you kindly tell me your gender next?" All of the blood left his Naruto's face. "I'm a guy!" He shouted. Kui shrugged at him. "It's a little hard to tell." She said.

"No it's not!" He said indignantly. "Actually, between your hair, hood, and voice I was having a hard time as well." said the boy next to him. "See, even Shino agrees!" Kui said cheerfully. 'Even Shino?' Naruto thought frantically to himself. Sure he had longer hair, but that's because he'd been too busting studying for the academy to cut it. Yes his hood covered part of his head but not all of it. Maybe his voice was a little high but he was young. Not to mention nervous! All the blood went to his face, and he sank lower in his seat.

He reached up and took down his hood. "There. Better now?" He asked Kui. She nodded at him. "Much" she stated simply. A large eraser hit Kui square in the forehead, knocking her head back. "Now, if we are done discussing our classmate's gender, perhaps we can pay attention?" Said Iruka angrily. "Yes sensei!" Shouted the three students.

After what had to be the longest day of his life, Naruto stumbled into the library. The academy had been fun, but seeing all the talented young Shinobi in training, he felt he needed to catch up somehow. He walked over the the books, and began looking among them. 'Genjustu, no. Weapons, no. Sealing, no.' While he was reaching for a book on summoning, another fell out on to the ground. How utterly convenient.

'Nature affinities for dummies' the title read. 'Well,' Naruto mused 'I've always wanted a nature affinity. Might as well learn what mine is.' He turned to the opening page, where it described what each affinities effect would have be on paper. Now feeling much more excited, he grabbed a piece of paper, and rushed to training field #14.

Training field #14 was a fairly quiet one. It was located behind the Akimichi clan compound, but considering most of their training involved eating, there wasn't much activity there. It was a rocky area, in a small valley, to ward off anyone who could be watching. The perfect place for Naruto to train.

Naruto took the chakra paper out of his pocket and held it in his hand. He breathed deeply, and closed his eyes. 'Please, give me something I can use.' He pleaded. Naruto pushed his chakra into the paper, before dropping it in surprise. The paper ripped apart, seemingly pulled by forces acting in multiple directions.

Naruto sat down, in shock. In the entire book he had read, this was not listed as a nature release, nor a kekkei genkai. He had to find out more, to harness and control this strange power. Slowly getting up, he trudged back to his small apartment in complete silence.

Walking into the darkness of his bedroom, he peeled off his sweatshirt, that was dirty with sweat and grime from training, he flopped onto his bed. Naruto shakily raised his hands and looked at them. 'I wonder..' he thought. He decided to try to use his nature affinity once again. The small boy looked at the small action figure on his dresse. Concentrating on it, he stretched his hand forward, and willed the strange power to activate again. The figure started to shake violently, and Naruto concentrated harder. Sweat rolled down his forehead and into his eyes as the figure shook faster and faster, until it just, exploded. There was no other word for it, it just pulled apart in multiple directions.

Now completely exhausted, Naruto slowly rolled over and closed his eyes, already excited for another day of the academy and training tomorrow. Already, in the course of one day, he was already way stronger than when he began.

End

Well, that was the first chapter. Hope ya liked it, I spent like an hour on it. I hope to make them longer in the future. Now, to clarify, Naruto's new ability still has him near the bottom of power ranking in his classroom. It will take him a lot of training before he gets anywhere with it. Luckily, he will have the perfect sensei. This story will have a lot of pairings, and I will let you vote on some of them, if this story gets enough attention for me to feel like that's an option. Though the thing about Kui not knowing Naruto's gender was a joke, it won't be the last time that happens. Him and Haku share similiar struggles, it seems. The next chapter will be up tomorrow or the day after. Whenever I feel like I have the time and motivation. Thanks again for giving it a go. See you whenever.