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Chapter 2: Blackmailing Iruka and Meeting the Rookies

Naruto Junbuu, formerly Uzumaki, was trying not to fall asleep in utter boredom. For some stupid reason, old man Hokage had told him to come to this classroom today. Okay so he knew the stupid reason. He was supposed to join one of this year's genin teams. He just could not understand why he could not be in a team of genin his age. Okay so he knew that also. No one in his age group had graduated. And the year after, only one team of three had passed the initial graduation exam. Now, there he was, stuck with a bunch of preteens that he could beat blindfolded. It was just sad. He understood why though, especially after that conversation with the Old Man.

Flashback-The Night Before

Inside the office of the Hokage, two men were having a heated discussion. One was an older man. He sat at the Hokage's desk and wore the Hokage's hat and robes. He even smokes the Hokage's pipe, but that is probably because it was the Hokage. The other figure stood across from the Hokage, leaning across the desk and screaming in the Old Monkey's face. He stood at about 5'5". The figure was dressed in black shinobi pants with a black kunai and shuriken pouches. He had on black tabi boots with reinforced steel soles. On his torso, he wore a mesh shirt. His arms were covered in bandages and he had fingerless black gloves with metal plates on the back on his hands. On his head, he had on a black mask. The mask covered his entire head save for the hair on the top of his head and his left eye; however, it seemed not to effect his rang of vision.

"What the hell Old Man? Why do I have to be on a team with those little brats?" The man in black screamed right in the Hokage's face.

"Naruto-kun, Konoha values teamwork above all else. That is why I am putting you on one of the teams that are graduating tomorrow, provided you pass the graduation exam." The old Hokage could not keep a smile off of his face as he said the last part. Snickering to himself, he could not help but imagine Naruto failing the exam. That would be amazingly hilarious.

"This isn't funny you Old Monkey! Why the hell are you laughing? Gah, why not just put me in Anbu? You know I'm at least high chunin level. I could easily join a patrol team. Heck I would even settle for a rookie chunin team. You know I'm strong enough." Naruto could not believe this was happening to him. He was trained by the Hokage for kami's sake. It was ridiculous.

"Naruto-kun, you are plenty strong. In all reality, you could easily beat any of our current chunin. However," the Hokage interrupted Naruto's eventual outburst, "it isn't your strength I'm worried about. It's your teamwork skills. You are right, I could have you join a patrol team, but that would require that I pull that team off duty until you are fully trained in all teamwork exercises, the same exercises that you learn and experience in a genin team. I can't afford to pull any Anbu teams from patrol. And again, you're right, I could make you a chunin and have you join a rookie chunin team. However, that will not work either because in order to make the chunin level, you need to prove that you can both lead and follow. That is why we have the genin rank." The Hokage ended his little speech with a great sense of finality.

"But Jiji, I don't want to have to work with these brats. It's ridiculous. Please gramps. I just don't want to work with people who would hold me back," Naruto pleaded with the Sandaime.

"I'm sorry, Naruto-kun, but it's for your own good. Besides, you need friends closer to your own age. I know you like playing with Konohamaru and training with Asuma, but you need friends you can grow with. Alright." Sarutobi hoped this would work. It was his last card to play against the blonde. He knew, if he could play Naruto's emotions, then Naruto would cave.

"Fine Old Man, but you owe me now! You have to take me out for all you can eat ramen at Ichiraku's! Wahoo, ramen!" With that Naruto began to jump around the room and plan out all the different flavors of ramen he would eat and in which order. This made the Sandaime smile. No matter how strong Naruto was, he was still a teenager. He loved the fact that Naruto still kept his childlike innocence no matter what he went through in life. The only thing he wished would change was the fact that every time Naruto would get "all you can eat ramen" Sarutobi would have to make Asuma take three A-Rank missions to cover the bill.

Flashback End

After that heated discussion last night and the all you can eat ramen for dinner, he finally calmed down enough to agree with the Old Man. He agreed with the monkey, but he did not like it. He hated the fact that he was sitting in the back of the classroom, waiting for the little brats and their teacher to show up. He had no idea why the Sandaime told him to come to this classroom so early in the morning, the sun was not even up. Oh well, at least he would be able to observe all the potential genin in the graduating class, whenever they got there that was.

Just then the door to the classroom opened up. The man who walked in was a chunin, probably the instructor. He had the regular chunin vest on and the traditional Konoha shinobi attire. The only odd things about him were the pineapple shaped hair and a scar across the bridge of his nose. He knew who this was, only through reputation. This was Iruka Umino, the top instructor at the Ninja academy, before that he was an Anbu black op, codename Dolphin, who specialized in infiltration and extraction. The only reason Naruto knew this was because of his time as the apprentice of Ibiki Morino, the head of the Anbu Torture and Interrogation department. That guy had dossiers on everyone, and Naruto had studied them all. While Iruka was walking to his desk, he had his head buried in a book, not just any book either but Icha Icha Violence. This was almost to god to be true. Now he had dirt on the teacher.

"Good morning Iruka-san. I see that you enjoy Jiraya-sama's writing also. I personally enjoy his first novel The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi." Iruka was so surprised by the voice that he dropped his book. Looking up in a mixture of shock and shame, he could not help but realize that he had been caught in one of his private and embarrassing past times. Seeing the one who caught him, Iruka was slightly confused. He did not recognize this student, make that, he could not recognize this student. The mask was not really that uncommon in the students. A lot of times they wore them for some form of practical joke. It was the blonde hair. Only one student in his class had blonde hair and that was Ino Yamanaka, a girl. This was a boy, no young man. He could not detect a transformation over the student either. Now he was worried. Who could sneak undetected into the Academy past all the secret Anbu patrols? Whoever it was had to be very good at stealth.

Slowly and discretely moving his hand towards his kunai pouch, Iruka plastered a small smile on his face. Whoever this was, the intruder would not be able to defeat him before he was able to at least raise an alarm. "Yes, I do enjoy a little Icha Icha every now and again. Now if I may ask, who are you?"

Naruto tried to hide his displeasure at the actions Iruka was taking. It was obvious to him that he needed to put the instructor's fears to rest before he could relax in his seat.

"Now really, Dolphin-san, do you have so little faith in your former teammates that you believe I could actually be a threat? For shame." Naruto could not keep the sarcasm or his displeasure out of his voice as he spoke to the former Anbu. "If you really don't know who I am, all you need to do is look at your updated class list for the day. I am a new addition to your classroom. Straight from the Hokage, so no worries on my abilities to pass the test today," Naruto finished with a smile.

Iruka was shocked. He had heard about this student from the Hokage. So this is what Naruto Junbuu looked like. The boy who has been apprenticed by the head of Anbu T&I, the entire Sarutobi clan, and various other jounin of Konoha. This boy was also the container of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, the beast that had killed his parents. If Iruka was a lesser man, he would hate the boy. Instead, he pitied him. Almost all of Anbu had heard of the day Inu-san had disgraced them all, the day that this boy had lost the eyes he was born with. Kakashi was still an outcast from most of his buddies from Anbu. It was not that they particularly liked young Naruto, but they could not be around someone who would do something so horrible to a child.

"Please don't look at me like that. I don't need your pity. Just be my instructor for today, and maybe my friend and comrade in the future. That is all I ask." Naruto had seen the look in Iruka's eyes and it disturbed him. Pity was something that he was not used to. He had seen it before directed at others but never at him. He could not understand why anyone would pity him.

"So I guess you are here for the graduation exam today, Naruto-san. I have to ask though, why are you here so early? There is at least another two hours until class starts."

"Saru-jiji told me to get here early. Said something about getting go info. I think that I found out what he was talking about, Violence-san." Naruto could not suppress a laugh at the look on Iruka's face. It seemed as though Iruka had forgotten that he had been caught reading Jiraya-sama's smut.

"You won't tell anyone about that, right Naruto-san?" Naruto let out an evil laugh that sent shivers down Iruka's spine. He was not sure what he had gotten himself into, but whatever it was, he was scared for his life.

No one could believe what they were seeing. Here, Iruka Umino, one of the most respected chunin in the village, was painting graffiti on the Hokage Monument. It was inconceivable. Why would he do this? No one could understand. The Shodai had black paint on his lips and eyes and white paint on the rest of his face. The Nidaime had what looked like war paint on his face. The Sandaime was painted to look like a monkey. The Yondaime was painted to look like a toad. No one could believe it. Why would anyone do that?

One person who really could not believe what was happening was the Sandaime. In fact, if someone would have been in his office with him at that time, they would have seen a mix of shock and irritation on his face.

"ANBU," called out the aged Hokage! Immediately the Old Monkey was surrounded by a squad of four Anbu. "Get Umino-san in here, NOW!" With that the Anbu vanish in four puffs of smoke. The Anbu reappeared on top of the Hokage Monument, looking down upon Iruka.

"Iruka Umino, you are wanted by the Hokage. Stand down and allow us to take you into custody." Iruka was sweating now. He was so embarrassed and also slightly afraid. Damn Naruto and his blackmail.

"Um, you'll have to catch me first." With that Iruka disappeared. Over half an hour later, Iruka was tied up and placed in a chair across from a very irate Hokage.

"Now, Iruka-kun, what possessed you to deface the Hokage Monument like that? You are an elite chunin of this village, you know what the heroes on that monument stand for. Explain yourself." The Hokage seemed very close to killing Iruka if the feeling of death in the room was anything to go by. Iruka was shaking like a lone leaf in the middle of a tornado. Sweat was pouring off of Iruka's head. He could not believe that he had actually gone through with it.

"Um, I just thought that they looked a little bland. A little color never hurt anything you Old Monkey." Sarutobi was now extremely angry and also confused. Angry because one of his chunin had the audacity to call him an old money. Confused because the only person who ever called him that was… The Hokage could not help but let out a deep chuckle at that. A deep chuckle that both confused and terrified the tied up chunin.

"So, what does Naruto-kun have on you? It has to be something good for you to disrespect the Hokages like that." Iruka, while glad that the Hokage figured out it was not his idea to paint the monument, was slightly confused as to how the Hokage knew Naruto had blackmail on him. "Don't worry Iruka-kun, you aren't in any trouble. I'll admit that Naruto can be quite devious when he gains blackmail on someone. I'll just need you to clean the monument before you head back to class. Also I would recommend that try and be more careful around Naruto-kun in the future. Any piece of information he gets on you will be used to embarrass you."

During the whole debacle, Naruto was still sitting in the classroom watching as the rest of the students came in. The first to come into the classroom was a young boy in a grey trench coat and sunglasses, the traditional attire of the Aburame clan. That must mean this boy was Shino Aburame. Following the next student into the room was a young girl, obviously shy. Naruto could tell that this was Hinata Hyuuga just by looking at her Byakugan eyes. After her a few students from the civilian sector came in, mostly hopeful kunoichi. They all followed in after a young boy in a blue shirt with a fan on the back. That was definitely Sasuke Uchiha, sole survivor of the Uchiha massacre. Following directly after the female students, was obviously an Inuzuka, if the smell was anything to go by. At exactly five minutes to the bell, in walk two boys who seemed to be close friends. The first was a larger boy eating a bag of chips. Most likely an Akimichi, making him Chouji Akimichi. That must mean the other boy was Shikimaru Nara. As the bell rang, two more girls tried to run through the door at the same time. If the shouts were anything to go by, one of the girls was Ino Yamanaka. The other was some nameless civilian.

They were both screaming about sitting next to their 'true love, Sasuske-kun.' It made Naruto want to barf. Eventually all of the other girls in the class got involved in the argument, saying things like "I was here before all of you," and "Sasuke-kun loves me most." It was really nerve racking. Eventually one of the smarter girls suggested just asking 'Sasuke-kun' who he wanted to sit next to. This led to all of the girls turning to Sasuke just to see that he was sitting at the end of one of the rows, with Naruto on the other side of him. Unfortunately for Naruto, this made sure all of the attention was directed towards him.

"Hey you," screeched the pink haired civilian girl. "Who are you and why are so sitting next to my Sasuke-kun? GET OUT OF MY SEAT, CHA!" This in turn started another argument over who 'Sasuke-kun' belonged to, thus the explanation for the giant sweat drop on the back of Naruto's head.

"Are they always this loud?" Naruto asked. As soon as the question left his mouth, one of the girls flew past him. "Or this violent?"

"Pretty much," answered Sasuke. "They don't know the meaning of the word no. I just ignore them."

"I see."

"Hey, BAKA! GET OUT OF MY SEAT!" It seemed as if the pink haired gorilla had subdued the rest of the so called kunoichi. "I won, so I get to sit next to Sasuke-kun."

Cleaning out his ears, Naruto could not stop his witty come back. "Geeze, no need to screech. Is your voice always this annoying or did I catch you while your balls were dropping, flat chest." This caused the entire class to immediately stop all noise. An eerie silence filled the room and a pathetically week killing intent was made known. Maybe if Naruto was an infant, he would have been scared. Heck, if he had more brains that brass, he would have been afraid.

"What did you say?" Sakura's voice was deathly quiet. The smarter students began to crowd towards the corners of the classroom. Again, Naruto was not to bright sometimes.

"I said that your whining voice was making my ears bleed. Anyway, I'm not moving. Go sit next to the one who smells like a wet dog. He seems like someone who would hump anything that moves. This is good for you because you're so ugly, I don't believe anyone, not even a sex craved gorilla, would want to touch you." At this, most of the class could not stop laughing. Kiba and Sakura, however, were leaking enough killing intent to kill a civilian.

"NO WAY! I wouldn't touch that flat chested, big headed, loud mouthed man lady. Not even if you paid me." Kiba had just made the biggest mistake of his life. Before he opened his mouth, Sakura was completely focused on maiming Naruto. Now that Kiba insulted her, all of her anger was then directed at him. Kiba's screams could be heard all throughout Konoha.

A/N: So this chapter was mostly an introduction to the Rookie 9. If anyone has any questions about Naruto's abilities, feel free to pm me. Just so everyone knows, I wount normally update this fast. It will usually be about a week between updates. Thanks for reading. Please leave a review.