Words

"Talking"

"Demon Naruto Talking"

'Thinking'

-LOCATION-

"Demon talking"

'Demon Thinking'

This story has been elaborated on by Fox-Sama, almost doubling the word count. my thanks to him for his hard work. XP

-NARUTO'S APARTMENT-

In a small run down apartment in the poorest section of Konoha, a blonde boy the age of twelve slept soundly after what could be called the most stressful night in his young ninja life. But as much as he was enjoying his ramen-filled dreams, they had to end as the constant buzzing of his alarm clock woke him from his slumber. He looked at the clock to see it was seven a.m. "mmm, No no no no no!" He whined out as he pulled his pillow over his head in hopes of drowning out the sound. "Why couldn't the villagers steal you when they broke in?" He asked the clock. Surprisingly, he didn't get an answer.

Deciding to get up, he mad his was into his sparse kitchen, in his practically empty apartment, where he sat, half asleep, groggily eating the ramen he was adamantly dreaming about and drinking milk. A soft breeze blew through the broken window. He sat and thought about what had happened for him to be a genin...

'Yesterday I snuck past seven patrols of ANBU while I was wearing my bright orange outfit. The old man really needs to up the standards to become an ANBU... Then I painted every one of the past four Hokage's faces before anyone even noticed I was there. After that, I outran 20 Chunin and even a few Jonin, before getting caught by Iruka-sensei, again... Then in class I mad a fool of my self and failed again, I couldn't even look the girls in their eyes. After school before I could even leave school grounds, Mizuki-teme-sensei thought I was stupid or something and told me I could pass if I took the scroll of sealing from Jiji's secret vault. I did it anyways because I knew there'd be awesome jutsu on it. I only learned the KAGE BUSHIN no JUTSU before Iruka-sensei came and caught me. Mizuki-teme came and tried to kill Iruka-sensei and then he told me I was the Kyuubi no Kitsune that almost destroyed the village and Iruka-sensei hated me. I can't believe I thought he was right...

After that, I ran away... Then I heard Iruka-sensei telling Mizuki he didn't hate me. Then I did another stupid move. I jumped into the clearing and challenged the bastard...'

Rubbing his cheek at the memory of the hit he took, Naruto ate his breakfast and left. He was so tired, that he forgot to lock the door. Walking down the street, he smiled and flicked his head band "I cant wait to see the look on Saskui's and Ino's faces when I walk in!" He said out loud before yawning."Damn it old man, can't believe you made me stay up 'till three a.m. and write what happened, leaving me with just four hours of sleep."

-NINJA ACADEMY-

The classroom was a loud place this particular morning All the new Genin were all talking about their new lives as ninja: all the things the plan on doing and all the Jutsu they plan on learning. But as Naruto walked into the classroom, chatter stopped, then became whispers of disbelief as the blond boy moved to his normal seat in between his two best friends Ino Yamanaka and Sasuki Uchiha and lay his head down on his desk. But not before smiling at their shocked and happy faces .

To his left sat Sasuki. She wore a sleeveless blue shirt with a high collar and her clan symbol printed on the back, a short sleeve mesh shirt underneath and the white arm-warmers with Uchiha Blue buckles. She had a tan skirt that went mid-thigh with the two front pockets and ninja tape that went all the way to her knees before stopping and starting again under the knees all the way to her blue ninja sandals. She also had ebony hair that went all the way to the end of her shirt and two bangs that framed her face with black eyes that were somehow soft.

Ino was on Naruto's right. She had her platinum blonde hair in her trademark ponytail that went all the way to her back with her bangs covering her right eye. She wore almost identical clothes to Sasuki's except hers were purple and didn't have the Uchiha symbol. Her purple skirt was cut on each the side to show off her long, slender legs and to allow movement. She wore tape around her stomach and thighs and had purple ninja sandals. She also wore purple arm-warmers on her arms and just like her friend.

The girls looked curiously at the half-sleeping blond. He was wearing a black shirt with an orange spiral on the front. He never really understood his affection to spirals or the colors red and yellow. And since he couldn't choose one or the other, he combined them. His jacket was a regular short-sleeve hoodie with black sleeves, a hood, and the zippers and trim. Everything else was orange except for the red spiral on the back. His pants were black, with the right leg stopping mid-shin. There were also orange stripes going down the side and two stripes going around on the left leg and one on the right. His right leg that was exposed was covered with ninja tape and he wore black ninja sandals with orange straps.

"Yes I'm here, yes I passed a make-up test, no I can't tell you right now." Both Sasuki and Ino were now scowling at the blond boy and were about to let him know that they were not happy about him keeping things form them but then Naruto spoke more. "You both look cute when you're pissed..." he said with a yawn.

Despite her blush, Ino smacked him in the arm. "Fine, but your telling us later or we will talk to Ayame, and get you cut off from your precious ramen."

Narutos head shot up and gave her a shocked and hurt look before looking to Sasuki for help. "You two wouldn't... You're bluffing!"

"Sorry Naruto, but you know when it comes to making your life hell, Ino and I are on the same page."

"You both suck." The poor blond said, putting his head back on the desk making both girls giggle.

"Ok, if noone's gonna ask, I will. Naruto, what the hell are you doing here, only students who passed the Academy Exam are allowed here today!" Came a very loud and shrill voice.

With a loud groan. Naruto, Sasuki, and Ino turned to face the pink haired girl.

"Sakura, I'm tired and grumpy, I really don't have the energy to deal with your crap."

"Well tough shit! We all saw you fail, and now you're here with a fake headband! If you really think they'll let you off scott-free, then you're dumber than you look!" Kiba laughed.

"Look flea breath, I was given a make-up test, I passed, so like I told the pink panther, shut up." Naruto said, giving the other boy the finger.

Growling loudly, Kiba stood up and walked down the rows. "Sauski, Ino, why do you insist on hanging out with this loser? Come on and sit with me. Hell, have dinner at my house tonight, I can get my mom to let you stay the night."

"Uhhg, gag me." Ino said, turning her head and making fake gagging sounds.

"I suggest that you back up now Kiba... I hate having unwanted people in my personal space." Sasuki's onyx eyes held a hard glare at the young Inuzuka.

"Well then Sasuki, maybe you'd like to have dinner with me tonight?" Sakura asked, blushing a bit. "I've gotten really good at cooking..."

"For the last time Haruno, I am not interested in girls. And even if I was, I can think of at lest a dozen other girls I would go out with before you." Sasuki said, rubbing her temples.

"Kiba if you're so horny, just take Sakura... Save all of us the headache of dealing with the both of you." Naruto said, forgetting about his dreams of getting in a nap as he watched Kiba move to Sakura's side trying to get her to go home with him.

"So, how do you think they'll do the teams?" Ino asked, not paying attention to the rest of the class anymore.

"I don't know, I just hope we're on the same team so we can see each other alot after the academy." Sasuki replied.

"Fat chance, that's practically impossible. They'll probably put him on some lame team that guards the parks or something..." Sakura said and she pushed Kiba off her.

Naruto stood up and turned to look at Sakura again. "Okay, forehead..." Sakura turned red with rage at the nickname. "if Sasuki, Ino, and I are on the same team, you can never scream for the rest of your life."

"And if I win?" Sakura asked.

"Well... What do you want?" Ino asked, hoping Naruto wasn't doing something they were going to regret.

"You three have to be my personal slaves for the rest of my life." Sakura said, licking her lips looking at Sasuki.

"Ooh, a machoist... That's kinky..." Sasuki said. The rest of the class snickered. That's when Iruka decided to come in.

"Alright class, sorry I'm late. I had a rough night last night. Now I have the team placements here." He said, waving a stack of papers for all the class to see, immediately catching everyones attention as he read off team after team.

"Alright squads one through six are still in use, so we'll go to squad seven: Naruto Uzumaki,"

Naruto listened to his name being read off, slightly worried, but happy that

there wouldn't be some long-winded speech to sleep through.

"Ino Yamanaka," Iruka said. Ino perked up, and looked at Naruto, both giddy with excitement and chanting: "please say Sasuki, please say Sasuki..."

"And Sasuki Uchiha. Your sensei is Kakashi Hatake. Good luck..."

"FUCK YEA!" all three screamed. Naruto spins around.

"Ha-ha, in your face Haruno!. You can never scream again!"

"Naruto! Sit down right now!. "Naruto does but not before giving high-fives to Sasuki and Ino.

"Alrighty then, squad eight: Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuuga. Your sensei is Kurenai Yuuhi."

"Squad nine is still in use and squad 10 is Shikamaru Nara, Sakura Haruno, and Choji Akimichi. Your sensei is Asuma Sarutobi."

"Now you'll get your lunch and come back here to meet your sensei. Before you go, I want you all to know that I am proud of all of you, and I know you will all be fine ninja. Now get out of here." He said with a grin making everyone cheer.

-OUTSIDE-

"I can't believe it! They really put us on the same team!" Ino cheered out.

"I gotta agree. Its odd that they put us together with the difference in our collective scores." Sasuki said with a smirk.

"Oh Ha-ha... I get it, I sucked in my studies. But you both know the teachers are out to get me!" Both girls nodded. "Anyways, my skills are up there with you clan members, so I don't wanna hear it, Uchiha." Naruto grinned, reaching over and taking one of Sasuki's jelly rice balls.

"You ass! That's my lunch!" Sasuki shouted, not looking amused while Ino laughed. "Why don't you take Yamanaka's food?"

"Because, Ino-chan didn't call me dumb." He looked at Ino with a stern look. "And she's still on that damn diet." Now Ino stopped laughing and sucked her neck in and looked at her two glaring friends.

"Look guys I.." Ino was cut off.

"Ino, how many time do we have to go over this, you're already too thin as it is!" Sasuki snapped.

"Ino you're a ninja, you train yourself into the ground, We work off body fat and turn it to muscle." Naruto added.

"I know all that. I just... I..." Ino's face turned red before looking away.

"Just what, Ino?" Sasuki asked.

"Come on, tell us!" Naruto added.

"I just want you to like me!" Ino shouted out with a red face.

Now it was Naruto's turn to blush. He knew that Ino liked him and he liked her too... But he also liked Sasuki, which is why he never asked either of them out before. "Ino, I like you for you. I don't care what you look like as long as you're you."

Ino was blushing really hard now and looked away from the other blond and caught sight of Sasuki's hurt and sad eyes, and she knew what she had to do. "Naruto... You should know that Sasuki likes you too."

"Ino!" Sasuke shouted with wide eyes and red cheeks.

"I know." Both girls looked surprised at this. "I'm not blind, you know." He leaned back on the tree they were under. "I've known for a while that you both like me."

"Then why didn't you ever tell us?" Ino asked softly.

"Its because I like you both." Both girls gave a knowing smile. "I've spent countless nights lying awake, thinking about it. Like what would happen if I chose one of you, and how the other would feel. You two are my best friends, my family. You're my sister." Naruto said, sadly.

"So you were afraid of hurting one of us..." Ino said a matter of fact manner.

"Yeah, that about sums it up. I'm sorry..." Naruto said, looking rather upset.

"What if we... Thank god I don't have to be an Uchiha around you two!" Sasuki blushed, making both blonds laughed a bit before Sasuki started talking again. "What if Ino and I share you?"

Narutos mouth fell open in pure shock. One of the hottest girls he knew just suggested a man's dream. Ino was not doing much better as she looked redder than a tomato.

"What!" Ino asked looking her friend in the eye.

"Think about it Ino... Naruto will never hurt us, so he can never choose between the two of us. And for the fact that he couldn't pick tells me that he wouldn't play favorites and we both know that he would treat us the same, too."

"I guess you make a good point... But I don't know... I know I can be a bitch sometimes. And I don't think I can share Naruto like that." Ino said, still with tinted cheeks.

"Then there's only one thing we can do: we give up on him and let the creepy Hyuuga stalker of his have him." Naruro shuddered at the thought of Hinata. Yes, she was cute but dear god is she freaky. "You need to tell Kiba that you're ready to get groped at all hours of the day, and I need to tell Haruno that I'm ready to play ball for the other team." Sasuki crossed her arm showing she did not like that Idea.

Looking ready to throw up at the idea of Kiba's paws all over her, Ino looked back to Sasuki. "But what if we start getting jealous of each other? It could tear all three of us apart..."

"Oh that's easy, Ino! If anyone is feeling jealous we just speak up and don't hide it. That way we can fix it before it's a real problem, and as time goes on, we'll set time so we can have one-on-one time with him."

Naruto was sitting there with his moth hanging open still in shock that they're talking about sharing him like he wasn't even there. "Umm, do I get a say in any of this?" he asked looking form girl to girl.

Both girls stopped talking and looked at him before smiling. "No." both said at the same time making his shoulders slump.

Ino shifted her weight in the grass. "Do you really think it will work, Sasuki?"

"I really do, yes. I know it's a gamble and it could ruin our friendship but I also think the rewards outweigh the risks. So share?" Sasuke extended her hand to Ino

Smiling Ino took her friend's hand and shook it "Deal! Naruto-kun is ours." After shaking hands the girls moved over and placed their heads on Naruto's shoulders.

"So, just like that? You're my girlfriends? And I have no say-so in the bargaining, and you two are going to boss me around even more now, am I right?" Naruto asked with his arms already around them.

"Yep that sounds right to me." Ino said with a smile."

"All right!" he exclaimed, hugging them. "I love bossy girls!" Both Sasuki and Ino giggled. "But Ino, you have to do one thing before anything happens betweem us." Ino looked a little hurt that Naruto was giving her an ultimatum and pulled away. "You have to stop with that damn diet and eat more."

"That's a great idea, Naruto-kun!" Sasuki grinned and looked at Ino. "Well Ino-chan?"

"Fine, fine you win..." Ino said tossing her hands up and started eating her lunch. And from the way she ate, Naruto and Sasuki knew she was hungry.

-ONE HOUR LATER-

After lunch, everyone started making their way back into the class, only everyone was sitting with their teams. Most were talking about their teams, and some were even talking about Kiba's new twin black eyes.

On the way into the class, he smacked Ino's ass which made her and Sasuki turn around and punch him at the same time before Naruto could even retaliate.

Soon teams started leaving one by one. Squad 10's sensei came in with a lit cigarette in his lips and took his team away. Next was Squad eight's sensei. She was a woman with piercing red eyes. After a while, only Naruto, Sasuki, and Ino remained alone in the class for three hours. Naruto had fallen asleep first, opting to lean back against the desk behind him. Sasuki and Ino leaned forward on their desk and fell asleep also.

*poof*

All three woke to see the weirdest person ever. He wore standard Jonin attire except for the face mask that covered his nose and mouth and the headband that covered his left eye. The only other noticeable feature was the stand-up-straight silver hair.

'So that's the Jinchuriki...'

"Ok, meet me on the roof and don't be late." *poof* said the silver-haired Jonin.

"Says the guy who was four hours late..." Ino grumbled.

"At least he came, right?" Sasuki asked, placing a reassuring hand on her friend's shoulder.

Naruto, his usual cheery self asked "Soo... Our sensei is a scarecrow?" All three shared a laugh as the walked to the roof.

As they walked through the door, they were all laughing but stopped when they saw Kakashi's stern face.

"Sit down." He pointed across form him and they did. "Ok what's your names, likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dreams." Asked the silver-haired man.

"Why don't you go first." Sasuki said.

"My name is Kakashi Hatake." He said plainly.

'All we got was his name...' thought the three irritated Genin.

"Now whose gonna go first?" Asked the silver-haired shinobi.

Naruto raised his hand. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like ramen, Ino-chan, and Sasuki-chan, not necessarily in that order. I dislike waiting for ramen and people who hate me for something I can't control. My hobbies are studying, training, and gardening. My dreams are to become Hokage and start a family." Sasuki and Ino blushed at the last statement as they pictured themselves as the one he made the family with. And that blush intensified when they remembered the deal they made not five hours ago.

"My name is Sasuki Uchiha. I like Naruto-kun and tomatoes. I dislike people who try to pity me or treat me like royalty just because I'm an Uchiha. My hobbies are training, meditating, and walking. And my dream is to become the strongest Kunoichi ever, have a family, and ask my brother why he killed my clan."

"My name is Ino Yamanaka. I like Naruto-kun, cherry tomatoes, and pudding. I dislike people who believe girls who like boys are weak fangirls. My hobbies are shopping, gardening, and training. My dreams are to become a strong kunoichi and having a family too..."

'Well at least I don't have two stupid fangirls...' Kakashi thought. As he turned around he used body flame technique, said: "Meet me tomorrow at eight a.m. at training ground three. And don't eat breakfast." and disappeared.

"What a nice guy..." Naruto retorts sarcastically.

"I guess that's why Iruka-sensei said 'good luck'" Ino said dryly.

"Probably..." Sasuki replied.

Naruto stands up and heads towards the edge of the roof. He looks over his shoulder; "I don't know about you two, but I think it's time for our first date!"

-END-

my next story is his only failed mission, a naruto and itachi, non-yaoi, fic you're gonna hafta wait for anything else, kukukuku!

elaborated by Fox-Sama: 5-12-11