Hiro Uchiha jumped for joy as he soared through konoha.

"Today's the day!" he exclaimed, jumping through the village. "It's finally today!"

He jumped ten feet into the air and landed on the balcony of his friend, Yasu Mishima's balcony.

"Yasu!" yelled Hiro impatiently, "get up! It's happening today!"

"What?" groaned Yasu. "You finally hit puberty?"

"Come on! Get up, put some pants on, and take a few half-naked lady posters off your wall. They're practically crowding your room. I'll meet you at the academy!"

Hiro did a backwards somersault off Yasu's balcony into the air. He leapt through the village to his other friend, Rin Kizune's balcony.

"Rin!" yelled Hiro. "Come on! Today's finally the day-"

Hiro was cut off by seeing Rin step out of the shower. She was wiping her head, humming to herself, until she saw Hiro standing there. If it weren't for Hiro's reflexes, his face would've been smashed by the vase Rin threw at him.

Hiro jumped hurriedly out his window, seeing a glass of water sail over his head.

"See you there!" he yelled.

XXX

Hiro smiled crazily to himself, tapping his fingers on the desk he sat at. Hiro was quite handsome for his age, with his dark spiky hair, pale milky skin, and dark academy clothes he always wore, but he kept such a low profile and pulled so many pranks that no one gave him much notice.

He saw Rin and Yasu walk in, Yasu looking like he had just gotten out of bed, Rin looking fresh as a daisy. The two of them sat on either side of him, Yasu on the left and Rin on the right.

Seeing Rin still took Hiro's breath away. She had long, lustrous brown hair, pale skin and a face that was beautiful, but not exactly fragile or delicate. Her arms and legs were well muscled. Her stomach was thin and curvy, her chest large and strong. She was wearing a short sleeved academy sweatshirt, and a short black skirt with short black leggings. She was exquisitely beautiful, in Hiro's opinion. Even more so when she punched him in the arm.

"Pervert," she muttered.

Hiro rubbed his arm as Yasu chuckled. Yasu looked nothing special, but he always said that no lady could resist him. This always earned him a laugh from Hiro and a roll of the eyes from Rin. Yasu had black hair, similar to Hiro's, but less dark. Whereas Hiro's hair was spiky, Yasu's came down except for a few strands that stood up at the right-back side of his head. Yasu was thin and fast and strong as a ninja needed to be, but he was so goddamn lazy. Hiro often joked about how he wouldn't be surprised if Yasu turned out to actually be a Nara, because that kid could really sleep. Yasu was wearing a long genin uniform, immaculate but un-ironed. His headband was tilted slightly.

Hiro saw Shikamaru Nara walk in and talk to Naruto: "Naruto, what are you doing here? This class isn't meant for dropouts."

"Oh yeah?" replied Naruto. "Well do you see this headband, Shikamaru? Do you, do you?"

Hiro saw Naruto point to his brand new headband. Hiro wasn't surprised. He had heard what Naruto had done by defeating Mizuki, a former ally gone traitor ninja of konoha, and how it had earned him his new genin title.

"Class, quiet down," said Iruka, the sensei, "because it's time to announce the teams that each of you will be in."

That shut everyone up completely.

Please, begged Hiro silently as Iruka began to read the list, please, dear Kami, if you're there, please, prove it by putting Rin, Yasu and I in the same team.

"Team three," Iruka announced, "will be: Hiro, Rin Kizune and Yasu Mishima. Team four…"

Hiro grinned like crazy and Yasu just shrugged. Rin sighed.

"Well," she muttered, "someone's gonna have to look after these two idiots."

XXX

One day later, Hiro, Rin and Yasu were waiting at one of the training fields for their sensei.

"Where the hell is he?" asked Rin, feeling quite frustrated.

"Right here," said a new voice.

All three of them turned around to see a new person striding towards them. He had wild, spiky golden-brown hair similar to the Fourth Hokage's, and was wearing a Jonin uniform with black shoes.

"Ando Nakamura, your new sensei, pleased to meet you," he said. He was speaking quite casually, hands in his pockets and a smile on his face.

"Hi," said Hiro. "I'm-"

"Why're you so late?" asked Rin. "Do you have any idea how long we had to wait for you?"

Ando frowned quizzically. "No. How long?"

"Two hours," said Yasu.

"Oh. Well, I'm terribly sorry about that, but why don't we get started? We can begin with your Elemental Styles. Do you know them so far?"

"No," said the three of them in unison.

"What? Like none at all?"

"Well, said Hiro, shifting uncomfortably, "I have been experimenting and… Fire Style comes pretty easily to me. Lightning too."

"Dear Kami," said Yasu, "please. No lightning or fire after last time."

"Well," said Ando, "that's something at least. What do you mean last time, Yasu?"

Yasu sighed. "I dared Hiro to show me a jutsu he'd learned. He set a fireball on my pants."

"Hiro made an actual fireball?" asked Ando surprised. "Well, go ahead, you can show me, no problem."

Hiro nodded and took a few steps back. Everyone made a wide berth for him as he lined up with the dummy.

Hiro took a deep breath as he completed the hand seals. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

Hiro exhaled and blew a massive fireball at the dummy, engulfing it completely and turning it to a pile of ash.

Ando smiled but stopped as he saw Hiro stumble back. He would've fallen if Rin hadn't caught him.

"Whoa, Hiro," said Ando, "be careful. That fireball was massive for a simple fireball jutsu. You need to work on your chakra control. You're tiring yourself too quickly."

"Chakra control has never been one of Hiro's strong points," said Yasu as he helped his friend stand.

Ando opened a small pouch on his belt and pulled out a small tablet.

"Take this," he said to Hiro. "It's a soldier pill. It helps to steady and increase your chakra level."

Hiro took the pill gratefully and was back to normal in a few minutes.

Ando sure was a good teacher, as Hiro came to know in the next couple of hours. He did what would take other sensei's weeks to complete in a day. He had discovered that Hiro could also use lightning style, while Rin was a natural at earth style and Yasu was great at wind.

At the end of the day, when Hiro asked his sensei what style he used, Ando just smiled and said, "You'll see soon."

XXX

At the end of the day, Hiro invited Rin and Yasu over to his place to watch movies.

Hiro lived alone with his cousin Chi, but Chi was a fun lover and trained to be a ninja in Hiro's class, so she was quite easy to hang out with. Since Hiro and Chi were both orphans, they had developed a strong relationship that had elevated from cousins to something like brother and sister. And Yasu would never admit this to anyone, but he was totally in love with Chi.

As Hiro walked into his apartment, Yasu and Rin behind, he called out: "Hey, Chi! We got visitors!"

Chi called back out: "Unless it's the Hokage, I can't really be bothered!"

Chi appeared through the doorway, wiping her hair with a towel. She was wearing a sleeveless top, short black skirt and had her konoha headband tied around her waist like a belt.

Despite being Hiro's cousin, they had slightly different hair color and looks. Chi had long brown-blonde hair, and was paler than Hiro.

Yasu gulped. He go that look he always got when he Chi fresh out of the shower. Chi didn't miss this look.

"Hey, Yasu," she said playfully.

"Um, uh, gah, hi love- I mean, Chi."

Hiro sighed. "I'm gonna take a shower. You guys stay here and… make yourselves comfortable."

Hiro walked into the bathroom and locked the door. He took off his headband and laid it by the sink. He lifted up his shirt slightly, exposing his midriff. He took a deep breath and channeled some chakra into his chest. He saw a small seal of some sort appear onto his chest.

Hiro had had that mark ever since the Uchiha Massacre, when Itachi Uchiha had killed his entire clan. Only Hiro and his father had made it out alive. After going deep into the woods on a high mountain, Hiro's father had called Hiro's mother so they could discuss what was happening.
Hiro didn't remember much about his mother, only that she was a strong woman with a fiery temper, and that she was a Senju. For some reason, Hiro's parents thought that it was getting dangerous for their son, so they had died casting a jutsu on him, but Hiro couldn't help but get the feeling they had sealed something inside him – something alive.

Hiro shook these thoughts from his mind. He had done the research countless times, and he found out that it was impossible to have something living within you unless you were a Jinchuuriki (or pregnant). And he had promised himself to never let anyone find out that he was an Uchiha. When he found out that Chi had survived, he made her promise too, because he knew that the Uchiha Massacre was partially done by the Hidden Leaf, and they might try to kill Hiro and Chi if they found out who they actually were. Not even Rin and Yasu knew. The only Uchiha that Hiro knew were left were Itachi and his little brother Sasuke.

Hiro took a shower and the seal faded, but he knew it would never truly go away.

When Hiro got out of the shower he saw Rin, Yasu and Chi curled up on the sofa. For a bunch of thirteen year old ninja, they were pretty normal when it came to hanging out.

Hiro lay down on the floor and put on a movie. They watched till about 1:00 a.m. Hiro yawned and looked back at his friends.

All three of them were knocked out. Rin was leaning on the arm of the couch slightly, whereas Yasu had thrown his head back and was snoring. Chi had slipped down after falling asleep so her head rested on Yasu's chest. Hiro figured that he might as well wake his friend up before his mother noticed he was gone and threw another fit.

Hiro went outside and grabbed a mop. He came back in and poked Yasu on the head with it.

Yasu woke up and began to say something, but fell silent as he saw what he probably thought was the love of his life curled up sleeping comfortably on his chest.

Yasu widened his eyes and mouthed, "This hot girl has been sleeping on me all night?"

"Yes," mouthed back Hiro.

Yasu tried to get up, but every time he moved Chi moaned.

"What do I do?" Yasu asked.

Hiro thought for a while and then poked Chi in the face as well.

Yasu widened his eyes as Chi's cracked open.

"Hiro?" she asked. "What's going -?" She stopped abruptly as she saw the dark haired genin beneath her.

"Uh, hi," said Yasu.

Chi's face turned red as she got up from the couch. She opened her mouth but seemed unable to say anything as Yasu was led outside by Hiro.

Hiro said his goodbyes to his friend and bumped shoulders with him.

Hiro saw Yasu jump up to his balcony and try to creep into his room, but his mother was waiting there. He saw the light turn on and could hear Yasu's mother screaming her head off despite being a street away. Hiro couldn't help but smile.

He walked back inside and saw Rin still asleep. Hiro's breath caught. She looked even more beautiful in the dark. Hiro probably wouldn't have been able to resist the temptation to kiss her there and then, had Chi not been in the room.

"Rin," whispered Hiro, "come on. It's time to go home."

Rin groaned. "Can't I stay here the night?"

Hiro smiled. "I would love that, honestly, but I don't want your father coming in here tomorrow morning and bashing my head in for you sleeping over with a guy he doesn't know."

Rin groaned again. "I'll bunk with Chi, or something, just… don't make me walk home, Hiro, please."

"Oh, yeah, that'll work. 'Oh Mr. Kizune, I'm terribly sorry for letting your daughter stay here without letting you know, especially since my pervert friend Yasu was sleeping on the couch with her half the night. Oopsies.'"

Rin scowled. "You can be such an annoying asshole sometimes."

"I try my best." He offered her his hand. "Come on. I'll walk you home."

Rin sighed and took Hiro's hand.

The streets of Konoha were beautiful at night. When they stepped outside, Rin shivered, so Hiro brought out the coat his parents had given him the day they had died, one of the only things he had to remember them by. The coat was incredible. It was three-quarter length, made of dark black fabric. The ends of the coat curled with red flame designs. The ends of the sleeves had red flames on them too.

Rin sighed. She had never admitted this to anyone, but she loved wearing Hiro's coat. It was as if it knew what temperature she wanted it at, and bam. She had it. Right now the coat was sending light warmth through her body. Soon she didn't mind the cold of village at all. Her only regret about the coat was that she didn't have her own, because she loved it, but she wasn't about to go pestering Hiro about lending it to her all the time.

They passed Ichiraku's and saw Naruto sitting there, eating hot ramen. He glanced at them and waved. Rin scowled and walked on, but Hiro stayed a while and said hello. He was pretty much the only person close to Naruto's age that didn't hate him.

"Hi," said Hiro.

"Hi," replied Naruto.

Hiro hesitated. "Naruto, I've been meaning to ask, why did you kiss Sasuke?"

Naruto widened his eyes. "What? I didn't do it on purpose!"

"Sorry, I just thought…" He burst out laughing.

"What's so funny!?"

Hiro laughed hard, wiping a tear from his eye. "It's just… did you hear Sakura? She was all like, 'WHAT!? I was supposed to be Sasuke's first kiss. Naruto, you will pay DEARLY!'"

Hiro and Naruto kept talking until Hiro saw Rin with her arms crossed, tapping her foot and waiting for Hiro.

"Ah," said Hiro, "I should probably get back to Rin."

Naruot sighed. "She hates me, doesn't she? They all do. Even Sakura."

"No, Rin doesn't hate you she just… okay maybe a little. Okay, a lot. But they don't know you Naruto. That's why."

Naruto hesitated. "You don't really know why they hate me. I do."

"Oh yeah? Why?"

I… I am… you know what? Never mind. The day I become Hokage, everything will be better. No one will hate me anymore, Dattebayo!"

"Dare to dream, Naruto. Dare to dream."

"Yeah."

"Alright, I'll be heading off. See you in class sometime. And don't spend all night sitting outside Ichiraku's. You'll just get chased off by the villagers or the ANBU. And for the record, Naruto, not everyone hates you. Me and Chi… we don't believe you're all that bad. You were a baby when people began hating you. What could you possibly have done then to earn such hate? I believe you are innocent of whatever crime people think you committed."

"Yeah. Say hi to Chi for me."

"Sure thing. Aregato."

Hiro walked back to Rin, who glared and stormed off. Hiro had to jog slightly to catch up.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"You were talking to Naruto Uzumaki. That's what's wrong."

"Listen, we've had this conversation a thousand times, and I don't think Naruto did anything wrong."

"You shouldn't be talking to him! He's the bad seed! He shouldn't even be in Konoha right now!"

Hiro felt a flash of anger. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't talk to Naruto. Or, even easier, tell me what Naruto did that was so bad."

Rin opened her mouth to speak, but no sound came out.

"Ha," said Hiro, see? I told you that–"

"My parents say that he's bad," said Rin confidently. "That's why, Hiro. Especially my dad. My dad is excellent when it comes to sniffing out what people are like."

"Your dad is an asshole."

If Hiro had said this to any other girl, he would've gotten a slap, but Rin got this remark so much that it didn't even feel unusual.

"Well," she said, "That's what you think-"

"That's what everybody thinks."

"-but I'm still right. Just the other day, my dad said that he thought Mizuki was untrustworthy. And look! Just last night Mizuki tried to steal the Forbidden Scroll."

Hiro sniffed and looked at her with those dark eyes. "Firstly, I was there when your dad said that, and he didn't say he was untrustworthy, he just said that he didn't like Mizuki. And secondly, you don't know who actually caught the guy after he stole the scroll, do you?"

Rin raised an eyebrow. "Just Iruka sensei and some ANBU, right?"

"No. It was Naruto."

Rin stayed silent until they came to her street.

"I'm sorry," she said. "I shouldn't have started this argument. It wasn't smart. But I still don't like Naruto, just so you know."

Hiro shrugged. "Meh. I suppose it's just one of the things that make you Rin."

Rin smiled as they neared her house. She walked up to her doorstep.

"Bye hothead."

"Bye Rocky."

She laughed and was about to give him back his coat when Rin's father burst out of the door, eyes bulging. He took one look at the situation and turned to his daughter.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!?" he yelled. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT TIME THIS IS? IT IS ONE IN THE MORNING! GET TO BED!"

Hiro made an effort to hold his tongue. He hated seeing Rin's dad treat her like this.

Mr. Kizune was ex-Jonin, who apparently quit to spend more time with his family, but Hiro suspected he was just real rubbish at it. He was bald, and was extremely muscular, as if he bench pressed his entire house for a living. Most children would be petrified of him, and would run away just seeing him.

But for some reason, whenever Hiro even remotely began to feel like that, a deep voice would rise up in his mind and take over, filling him with the urge to hit the man, and the confidence to talk back to him.

Mr. Kizune ripped the coat off his daughter and told her to march to bed. Then he turned to Hiro.

"You," he threatened, "have no right to be taking my daughter anywhere!"

Hiro smiled. "She seems fine with it."

Mr. Kizune shook with anger. "If I ever catch you trying to even talk to Rin again, I will rip you apart with my bare hands."

"Bald moron says what?"

"I know what you're trying to pull boy, I'm not going to say what."

"Ha! Made you say it, bald moron!"

"THAT'S IT!" he yelled. He took a step to Hiro, but then realized he still had the coat in his hands. He smiled evilly. He was one of the only few people who knew how precious that coat was to Hiro.

"No," warned Hiro, "don't you dare-"

But it was too late. Mr. Kizune grabbed the coat with both hands and tried to wrench it in half. But then something strange happened.

As he tried to tear the coat, it let out a loud bang that made Mr. Kizune land on his back. A reddish aura grew around Hiro's coat as it flew to its owner and slid itself across his shoulders, the sleeves covering his arms.

Something changed in Hiro as he saw Rin's dad get up. That filth had tried to rip his coat, the only real keepsake he had left of his parents. But Hiro would not stand it. The coat was his. It belonged to him. The coat reacted to Hiro's anger as the aura around it grew brighter. Hiro had heard that when you got angry, your vision turned red and hazy. For Hiro, his vision turned sharp and clear, and he could somehow see dancing colors on Mr. Kizune. His chakra and emotions. Hiro saw Kizune's anger flare as he stood.

"That's it," he said. "Now, there's no question about it. Now I'm gonna-"

"Gonna what?" asked Hiro. Even his voice had changed. It was deep and guttural, as if someone else were speaking through him. "Gonna what, Mr. Kizune? Kill me? I know that one day, you will try, and believe me when that day comes," he raised his head, "I'll be waiting."

Rin's father opened his mouth to retort, but he took one look at Hiro's face and widened his eyes. Hiro saw fear run through Mr. Kizune.

He stumbled back into his house and shut the door, locking it tight.

Hiro stopped snarling. His voice retuned to normal as the red glow around his coat disappeared.

"What the-," he said. Hiro shook his head and walked away.

What had made Mr. Kizune panic like that? Had a simple threat scared away a man of such brute force?

Hiro looked into a puddle to see if Kizune had been intimidated by his looks. Hiro yelled and stepped back as he saw his reflection. His eyes were red, glowing red, with black ripple like patterns around it. (Like the Rinnegan).Each of the four ripples had three tomoe (comma shapes,) circling them. Hiro's teeth had become fangs and his hair had become wild.

Hiro widened his eyes, but even as he was looking the red glow in his eyes faded, his teeth lost their sharpness and his hair returned to its usual spiky self.

Hiro ran until he reached his apartment and shut the door behind him.

Chi raised an eyebrow as she looked at Hiro's panting form.

"What happened to you?" she asked.

"I…" Hiro faltered. There was no sense in alerting Chi. She would just get worried.

"Never mind said Hiro. "I just ran into Mr. Kizune. That's all."

"Ah. The bug eyed asshole."

Yeah. Well, I'm heading off to bed. See you tomorrow."

"'Night, softie."

Hiro laughed and went to his room.

His nightmares didn't help at all.

XXX

Aaight, mates, this is my first Naruto fanfic, hope you like it.
Yes, Hiro combines the two great bloodlines, Uchiha and Senju, so for those who are a bit slow, Hiro is basically the new Sage of the Six Paths, just a little less experienced.
You'll have to wait and see what exactly was sealed inside Hiro, but I bet all the Narutards already know.
Hiro does not have the Rinnegan, (at least not yet,) but he and Chi will soon both get access to the Sharingan.
Bye and I'll see you all next chapter!
Shadowmeister.