Author's note: hello everyone, VZ here. this is my first fic so please don't expect it to be perfect. all reviews accepted if they are actually helpful, please don't flame me without writing a suggestion. i hope you enjoy the reading.

a big part of the inspiration of this fic comes from Ackdam,, and his fic is naruto one man team. credit to him, and thanks for his good work.

Also people, I'm not a native speaker, though I do have rather good handling of the English language. Any kind of help, and constructive criticism is appreciated, but don't flame me with no reason. Please.

Also, there will be MAJOR Sasuke, Sakura, and Kiba bashing. I'll give the mutt a chance at redemption, but the other two will be bashed as hell. You were warned.

Disclaimer: I'm Colombian. Naruto is a Japanese manga. Therefore I don't own it. Though I would like to. It seems i'll have to settle for this page.

Talking
Thinking
Biju/Jutsus/Inner Sakura
Biju thoughts/Jutsu
Reading
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"yes, yes. I get it. yes, I'm taking out the trash. no, i'm not throwing out dad's present, okay!"

the man closed the door without noticing the shadow hiding close silent stalker approached the newly-dumped trash and started searching through it. after some time he found some scrolls and ninja gear, just what he was searching for. he quickly pocketed his findings and ran away as silently as possible, just before the door opened again.

"no, i don't see anyone. Must have been your imagination, mom."

meanwhile, the silent stalker traveled to the rooftops to his hidden stash. he had learned that if he avoided the streets, it was easier to avoid the glares and the beatings. he arrived at an undeveloped piece of terrain. cutting his palm he placed blood on the floor, and it suddenly opened, leading to a cavernous, open space. once there, the kid started taking out and organized all his new materials. he didn't want to go out but dawn was approaching. sighing, he left his hideout, putting up his act. within seconds, the stealthy shadow became the loudmouthed academy dobe. But the time of revealing his true face was approaching. how surprised will the village be, how surprised indeed.

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dawn broke in Konohagakure, and one Uzumaki Naruto was getting ready for his graduation exam. it was his third try at becoming a genin, but Naruto kept trying and never gave up. he put on his bright orange, "kill me" jumpsuit and ran out to the academy. he was confident in that he could pass this time.

the written part he could barely pass, but he was he would pass. written work wasn't his forte. he could ace the Taijutsu portion easily, but that was the easiest part overall. Genjutsu he would fail. Hard. He had way too much chakra for genjutsu. so everything fell on the Ninjutsu portion. he could pull it off. Kawarimi and henge were easy, and he finally managed to get his chakra control down enough to do a decent bushin no jutsu. with this conviction he silently waited to be called for the exam, earning him strange looks from his classmates.

as he had foreseen, he passed the written part, but barely. he aced the taijutsu session, getting second place just behind that stuck-up asshole Sasuke. in genjutsu he failed miserably, but in the special ability session he made up for it when he built five high quality traps in under three minutes. He had the villagers and all the traps they put in his apartment to thank for that. it was finally time for the ninjutsu part of the test. The kawarimi and henge were piece of cake, but when he tried the bushin no jutsuhis clone only lasted about a second. It took a bit for him to notice what had happened. Mizuki-teme had messed up his chakra flow, that bastard.

"Uzumaki Naruto, failed" said a sad Iruka

"oh come on Iruka-sensei, hi did a workable clone this time and really pushed himself hard! let him pass" said a lightly smiling Mizuki, while inside he was grinning. Everything was going according to his plan.

"Im sorry but the rules are the rules, i want to pass him but if he can't make a workable bushin he can't be a ninja" with that Naruto left, snarling. That bastard Mizuki would pay. he was thinking what pranks to pull on him until said object of his hate approached him.

"Naruto, I have a proposal for you..."
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Sarutobi Hiruzen, third hokage of Konoha, was sitting down in his office, trying to finish yet another infinite pile of paperwork. he was sighing at the though of more paperwork after this when suddenly someone barged into the room. Hiruzen lifted his head to meet the sight of a blonde kid in an orange jumpsuit.

"hello Naruto, what brings you here?" asked the old leader.

"I'm sorry jiji but i have to do this" Naruto said, and suddenly he went through a series of hand seals and...

"Oiroke No Jutsu!" exclaimed the kid, and suddenly transformed into a naked blonde with two pigtails, who made a cute expression at the old hokage. in this circumstance, Hiruzen did the only thing any man would do.

he got a huge nosebleed and fainted.

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"i still can't believe that the HOKAGE fell for that trick" said naruto as he arrived at his destination, a hidden shack in the forest outside the village.

He had stolen the scroll of seals, just as Mizuki hat told him to. He really didn't want to work with the bastard, but doing as he said was the only way of capturing him. Naruto knew that the make-up exam didn't exist, he wasn't an idiot.

"well, lets see" he opened the scroll "Kagebushin no Jutsu? sounds interesting, I might be able to learn this before i get caught"

closing the scroll he started practicing the jutsu. It wasn't so hard in his opinion, and he couldn't get the reason they made it a kinjutsu. once he was able to pull it off, he got an idea.

"I might not be able to learn all jutsus, but I can easily copy the scroll!" he cried as realization hit him.

Naruto sat down and opened the scroll of seals. beside it he placed an empty jumbo-sized scroll and started his work. He finished fast, since he had loads of experience copying scrolls. when you live constantly getting scrolls form the trash, you really want to make another, cleaner scroll really fast. when he finished he brought out a sealing scroll and sealed the copy into it, before pocketing the scroll.
not long after he had finished, he heard the telltale sound of footsteps through the forest. sighing, he got ready to confront the traitor.

"Naruto why did you steal the scroll of seals!" shouted a pissed iruka at his favorite student.

Naruto was startled, since he wasn't expecting anyone to find him except Mizuki. But at the same time Iruka seemed to have the special ability to always find him in five minutes flat...

"I was doing my make-up exam, Iruka-sensei. Mizuki-sensei told me about it. Did he send you to check if I was able to do it?" hinted Naruto to his sensei. He wanted Iruka to find out, he really did, but he just couldn't flat out tell him, right?

"Make-up exam? What are you talking about?" asked a thoroughly confused Iruka. he had never heard of such a thing. Suddenly he heard someone coming and got battle-ready. He noticed Naruto doing the same, that boy was seriously underestimated.

Out of the woods came a very confident looking Mizuki. He was sure his plane had worked perfectly, and now he only had to kill that demon. But as usual, he was wrong. That meddlesome Iruka was there. This was going to cause trouble...

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After an enlightening exchange of words and giant shuriken, Naruto fled the clearing. He was really confused, scared and pissed. And who wouldn't? When you're suddenly told that you've been sort of evil-demon-containment-cage since the day you were born, and that's the reason everyone hates you, it would be strange not to feel anything. Knowing it wasn't your fault doesn't help either. or seeing your favorite teacher and brother figure get almost killed protecting you, by the way.

to put it it bluntly, Naruto was confused as hell. He had no idea what to do. That until he heard talking. cautiously positioning himself so that he could hear without being heard, he caught on Mizuki and Iruka's voices. Mizuki was taunting Iruka with the death of his parents, which were apparently killed my the Kyubi, the demon-thing he just happened to have sealed inside him. Naruto expected iruka to proclaim how much he hated him, but instead Iruka had defended him! and Mizuki-teme dared to call his sensei a fool. And threatened to kill him as well! Naruto was not going to simply stay quiet about that.

jumping forward, he kicked Mizuki in the face. the teme had really bad skills for a chunin.

"stay away from Iruka-sensei!" Shouted Naruto, reverting to his academy mask. revealing everything to Iruka would make tomorrow a lot less fun.

"Naruto, run!" Cried Iruka. He was not going to lose Naruto to that psycho. Sure, he was mean to the boy at first. He saw him as the monster that killed his parents, but after observing him in the academy, he realized the boy was exactly that: a boy. And one severely mistreated, by the way. Naruto had come a long way since then, but he was no match for a chunin...

Or so he thought. He had to check his eyes. Seeing an academy dead-last beat the living daylights out of a chunin is not an every day occurrence. And if the thought wasn't bizarre enough, Naruto used a jonin-level technique! It was official from now on. He was giving Naruto his graduation pronto.

"Iruka-sensei, are you alright?" Naruto finally stopped mincing the teme into dust, and was checking on Iruka.

"Naruto, close your eyes for a second" ordered Iruka. Naruto did as commanded, and felt Iruka remove his goggles. Shortly after, he felt him wrapping something where the goggles had been. He already knew what it was, but played ignorant. He couldn't blow his mask now. That was for tomorrow.

When he opened his eyes he was shocked to find Iruka wearing his goggles. now THAT was unexpected. He smiled slightly at the fact that Konoha's prankmaster had been pranked.

"Iruka-sensei, why are you wearing my goggles? I want them back!" asked the teen feigning ignorance and irritation.

"Naruto, check your forehead please" commandeered Iruka. Naruto did as ordered and found a metal plate. He immediately broke into a grin. Three years spent in the academy for this, and damn if it wasn't worth it.

"Uzumaki Naruto, congratulations. You have successfully graduated from the ninja academy of Konoha" announced Iruka.

"now, can you take me to the hokage, please? I can't move" added the older man sheepishly a little while after.

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Hiruzen Sarutobi had a very interesting day. He had gotten a break from his paperwork, but before he could do anything, Kotetsu and Izumo had arrived with the information on the new Academy graduates. Which meant even MORE paperwork. And then Naruto just had to come and use his ero-ninjutsu on him. And well, Hiruzen was a man though and through, so he fainted from blood loss. Just imagine his surprise when he found that the scroll of seals was missing, and the whole shinobi forces was in a complete mess.

He was leading a search team to the forest to look for Naruto, when he heard footsteps coming from the trees. And out of the forest came a beat up naruto, carrying an injured Iruka over his shoulder, the scroll of seals in his hands. He waved at his team to stop, and waited for Naruto, since he seemed to want to talk

"Naruto, why did you take the scroll of seals?" asked the old leader"I'm sorry jiji, but Mizuki-teme tricked me, saying I could graduate if I learned a technique from the scroll. Looking back, that was pretty stupid of me. I mean, if there was truly a test like that, why wasn't it offered to me before?" answered Naruto, feigning sheepishness. However, hi did send a look towards the hokage for about a second, while he gave the scroll back to him. There was a single meaning behind it: I'll tell you later.

Sarutobi took the scroll back, and nodded. He had known that Naruto was stronger than he looked for a while now, but kept quiet. However, if Naruto had managed to beat a chunin, then he really didn't know how strong the young blonde really was.

"thanks Naruto. Now, judging by his hitai-ate, it seems naruto did indeed graduate, right Iruka?" asked the old leader happily. He was glad Naruto had finally become a ninja

"yes, hokage-sama. Uzumaki Naruto failed the exam, but we later found out he had ben sabotaged by the traitor Mizuki. He showed great prowess, determination, and used a Jounin-level technique, which should be impossible for an Academy Trainee. He also beat traitor Mizuki, a chunin-level ninja. Overall, I felt the academy had nothing left to teach him. And after that display, he deserved his graduation" the hokage expected most of what was said, but he nearly had a stroke at the mention of a jounin technique. He chuckled. Naruto had one-upped them all again.

"I really need to learn more about my almost-grandson"

"All right, then I'm granting genin Uzumaki Naruto an A-rank mission completion. The scroll of seals holds many secrets and it could cause the village a lot of problems if it was stolen. As a reward, genin Uzumaki Naruto will also have permission to keep the "object" he acquired in the mission, however I expect him to come with me and give a detailed mission report. Is that agreeable, genin Uzumaki?" stated the Kage. Now it was Naruto's time to be surprised at his jiji. He was sure no one knew of him copying the scroll of seals. But jiji seemed to have no problem, so it was alright.

"Alright jiji, but we get Iruka-sensei to the hospital first, okay" he demanded. There was no bloody way his sensei was ging to die after being saved.

"sounds fair. Now lets go, or Iruka will faint from blood loss" noted Sarutobi, and with that, they left.

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After dropping Iruka at the hospital and dismissing all the search teams, Sarutobi and Naruto arrived at the hokage's office. Sarutobi sat in his chair and looked at the blond.

"now Naruto, what is this I heard of a jounin-level technique?" asked the hokage, full ofcuriosity

"well, Mizuki told me I needed to learn a technique, so I did just that. It was the Kagebushin No Jutsu. And by the way, why is it considered a kinjutsu? It was pretty simple, and is way more useful than the lame academy version" answered the kid. The hokage could see his reasoning but could see Naruto didn't read all about the technique.

"Naruto, anyone with normal chakra reserves would die from chakra exhaustion using that jutsu. It divides the user's chakra evenly between the clones and the user. However, with your absurdly big chakra reserves, the jutsu is perfect for you" Sarutobi then suddenly got a stern look on his face "I guess you know about the Kyubi?"

"yes, but I already accepted the thought. And finally I have some answers about why the villagers hate me so much. It was quite a shock, tough" answered the jinchuriki, while unconsciously rubbing his belly. Sarutobi ruffled the kid's hair, and smiled. Naruto was ging to go far.

"ok then Naruto, your pay will be transfered to your account. Just sign here and we'll be done" he said as he headed Naruto a paper, which the young ninja quickly signed "congratulations on your first successful mission. And Naruto, isn't it time to drop your mask? Some of us want to se how strong you really are"

Naruto grinned at his jiji, nodded and left. Now that that was done, Sarutobi had something to organize,

"With Naruto, the number of graduates becomes non-divisible by three, so the most reasonable choice would be to leave Naruto as the odd one out. However, since I believe Naruto is stronger than most genin and he knows the Kagebushin no jutsu, I'm going to leave him as a one-man cell, but confined to the village until I can be sure he can survive outside" decided the hokage. With that out of the way he turned his chair... To find more paperwork waiting for him. This was going to be a long, long day.

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Meanwhile, Naruto headed to a secluded part of the village. There, he placed his hands on the ground and muttered something. The 'ground' rose, revealing that it was actually a metallic trapdoor. Naruto jumped inside and closed the door. He was now inside his hideout.

He had stumbled upon this place some years ago, when running from a mob. Afterwards, he cleaned it out, got rid of anything he thought was not useful, and made it into his personal training center, vault, and stash. He had filled it with weapons and scrolls taken from the trash, training grounds and in cases, dead bodies from the forest of death. It didn't bother him, though.

Quickly going through his scroll of seals copy, he found out the user retained the memories of the Kagebushin when it was dispelled. He grinned. With this, he could learn all new styles of taijutsu, practice jutsu, learn jutsu, learn weapon styles, and so much more. He decided to use this ability right away. So he went into the armory and picked a ninjato, a jutte, a pIr of tonfa, a staff and two Chinese dao. He then took out some scrolls with katas for said weapons.

Grabbing the ninjato and strapping it to himself, he created 50 clones. To his delight, the weapons also got cloned. So he gave them the scroll and had them start practicing. He than did the same with the other weapons. He already knew how to use a ninjato, but had his clones practice a new style.

Satisfied, he got out of his hideout, sealed the door, and headed to the shopping district. Tomorrow everyone was in for a rude shock. He had decided to drop his mask, and it probably wouldn't sit well with some people, but screw them.

The thing was finding a ninja store that wouldn't overprice him. He saw a promising store and entered, finding it to be a serious ninja store. There was everything from exotic weapons to basic shuriken. They also had a great assortment of ninja clothes. He approached the counter and was greeted by the sight of a cute girl dressed in some kind of combat Chinese shirt. her hair was tied into two buns.

"hello, my name is Tenten. What are you looking for" asked the girl
"Nothing, just looking from some clothes. This jumpsuit was all I could get before, and it's an eyesore" answered Naruto. He had a feeling he had met this Tenten somewhere.

"You're a ninja?" questioned Tenten, trying to remember his fellow shinobi

"fresh out of the academy, yes" Answered Naruto humbly

"well, I'm Tenten Higurashi from last year's graduation. Go ahead and take a look at the clothes, and tell me if you need any help" she offered. Naruto now remembered. She was one of the few who were nice to him last year. He smiled a bit at that

Some time later Naruto came back to the counter wearing a black shirt with a mesh undershirt. Above it he wore an open black jacket with a red spiral like the one in his jumpsuit on its right shoulder. It was designed to hide the wearer in dark areas, and was made of a material that didn't hinder movement. The sleeves stopped halfway down the forearms. He also wore ANBU pants, and combat shoes. He had on black fingerless gloves, and had moved his hitai-ate to his left shoulder. On his leg there was a kunai holster, and he had a shuriken pouch on his other leg. He was holding more copies of said outfit in his hand. Seeing him like that, Tenten couldn't help but blush. Naruto looked good.

After paying, and surprisingly, without being overcharged, Naruto left the store, and a blushing Tenten, behind. He then went to Ichiraku's ramen for dinner. When Ayame saw him arrive, she instantly stood in front of him and greeted him

"how was your day, Naru-kun?" asked the waitress

"well, it was a little crazy, Ayame-nee-chan. But I graduated from the academy after all!"

"that's great, Naruto! First round's on me!" shouted Teuchi from the back, where he was cooking
"That's great, Naruto-kun! You'll continue getting stronger and reach your dream. I know it" said Ayame, while bringing him the first bowl of ramen.
"thanks Ayame-nee-chan. Itadakimasu!" and he dug in. In between bowls, he narrated his day to Ayame, who listened intently at everything Naruto said, immersed in the tale.
Twenty-five bowls later, Naruto said goodbye to the Ichirakus and headed home. Meanwhile he thought about what he would do tomorrow. The uchiha teme was in for a reality call, which he couldn't wait to give. And he could finally drop that fake crush for the pink-haired banshee. She could be cute, but her personality ruined that. And that mutt was going to leave his hime alone or else...

And Hinata, his hime. He was finally able to reciprocate her feelings. He was sure she would faint once or twice throughout the day. But her fainting was so bloody cute. Still, he would have to make her gain confidence in herself. She was strong and beautiful, but her clan had made her really shy. Well, that came in later. For now, he would ask her out, and if anyone tried to object, then they someone would face his fury. Especially the mutt.

Taking a detour, he went to his hideout and checked how his clones were doing. Since they were still training, he went home to prepare for the night. After closing the door, he grabbed his ninjato for safety. After all. It wasn't below the villagers to thy and kill him in his sleep. He then sat in lotus position and prepared to rest. Only rest. He had gained the ability to keep aware of his surroundings while 'asleep' so that he could escape an attack, gas or other things. Closing his eyes, he went into this trance, his brain actively thinking about tomorrow. He had no idea how important that day would be for his life.

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Well, that's that. I hope it was good and to your liking. It is a little short, though. But oh well.

Well guys, I'm officially a fanfiction writer. Please help me get better. Please. Porfavorcito. And please don't be mean. I'm still starting.

To all of my friend in here, this is the story I decided to post first. Please let me know of your opinions. And DEA, just 'cause it's naruto doesn't mean you can't check it out.

Well, Read and Review please! If you read, please review. Even if it's only "I like it", but please review. Please? Yeah, thanks.

And Ackdam, credits to you bro. You're awesome.

VZ out.