A look beneath the mask

Originally written by: wickedlfairy17

Revised and Rewritten by: Shinigsmi no ko

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, you'd know it.

Warning: Shounen ai, Shoujo ai, Sadism, Language (Shisui will have a mouth like Hidan, so you've been warned), AU, OOC-ness, Use of OC's and Sakura bashing.

Pairing: A shounen ai/ shoujo ai. Many one-sided x Naruto...

Permanent:

Itachi/Naruto

Kakashi/Iruka

Sasuke/Haku

Sai/Shin

Neji/(non cannon) Lee/Gaara

Anko/Kurenai/Anko

Shino/Kiba

It's been nearly seven years since the violent attack against Naruto, who was taken in by the Uchiha head and his wife shortly after Itachi and the others had told them what had happened. When the rest of the clan heard the news, they were beyond upset and rose up to demand justice be sought. When the other clan heads found out, they supported the Uchiha clan and there was nothing the civilians could do about it.

Six years ago, at five, Itachi, Shisui, Iruka and Kakashi decided to train Naruto in the basics along with Ninjutsu, Taijutsu and Genjutsu theories. The history of the shinobi world and everything that he would need to know to succeed during the early years in the academy. It was around that time he was told the truth about what he was and had been introduced to his demon guardians, who taught him the basic of the powers he would be getting due to them being locked within his body; as they later found out, the other three had added some of their own powers to Naruto.

At six the shinobi's started his conditioning. They had him doing laps around the forest, started with two and working its way up; along with laps, he was also made to practice doing handseals so he could execute his jutsu that much quicker. And when he got fast enough to use two hands, they made him practice using one hand, the ultimate surprise for anyone. Training with his demon guardian was basically the same thing minus the usage of handseal training, instead he was to practice calligraphy and study the history and cultural of every species of demon, you didn't know when that would come in handy after all.

At the age of seven he was working on chakra control, and practicing low ranked ninjutsu with Kakashi. How to detect and break genjutsu with Itachi. Shisui taught him several taijutsu styles and allowed Naruto to build upon it as he sees fit. Iruka helped him with fuinjutsu since Naruto had expressed a fascination for the sealing arts. The four demons continued to have Naruto training his body physically.

When he turned eight, the four demons began training him to use the youki that flowed through his veins while the three continued to work on his chakra control, his taijutsu, ninjutsu, genjutsu and his fuinjutsu, they also had Naruto pick out a weapon that he wanted to learn to use. He chose two different ones, one he had to learn on his own for no one else could teach him to use it while the other was a simple katana that no one bothered to look twice at.

For the last three years, Naruto alternated training. Some days he worked on conditioning, then he worked on his genjutsu, taijutsu, ninjutsu and even his kenjutsu. On other days he practice his calligraphy along with his fuinjutsu. Then he'd practice forming his youki as well as using the ability he gained. And in those seven years that he was training, each of his 'sensei-tachi' were quite proud of how strong he was becoming; they wagered he was about high chunin to a low jounin in power and couldn't wait till the boy showed the world what he was made of.

Now it brings us back to the present. Naruto, now eleven, sat in a seat in the back of the class, near the window having just passed the genin exam with the students a year ahead of himself, waiting to hear Iruka announce the team he would be on. He was hoping he would at least be put on the same team as Sasuke, he had least knew the boy he called 'nii-san' though they weren't all that close, the older male spent most of his time away from the compound in favor of hanging out with some of his friends, not that Naruto minded all that much.

"...team 7 consist of Uchiha Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura..." Iruka was interrupted by several screams of outrage at the fact that Sakura got to be on the same team as 'Sasuke-kun' not bothering to comment on the unfamiliar name until a boy raised his hand and voiced his question. Iruka blinked in confusion, "What do you mean?" It took him a while to realize that Naruto took the test early thus none of the students in the room actually knew who he was. "Oh, you don't know Naruto." facing the boy in question, the academy instructor smiled, "Naruto, could you stand up so the class knows who you are."

Doing as asked, Naruto stood and waved his hand, "Hello" he soft voice caused many to stare in disbelief before turning towards Sasuke who grinned and waved at the younger boy. "It's nice to meet all of you." he stated before taking his seat again, nodding his head towards Sasuke and ignoring the looks he was being given by males and females alike as Iruka continued announcing the teams.

After the teams were given, iruka dismissed them for lunch, telling them afterwards they should return to meet their jounin instructor. As soon as Iruka left the room, Ino disappeared from her seat to appear before the blond, "Hey, I've never seen you before. Are you really an Uchiha? Related to Sasuke? Your the first Uchiha I've seen with hair and eyes that color."

Naruto smiled, "I've known both Itachi and Shisui since I was really young and when I turned four, they took my to the clan where Itachi and Sasuke's parents adopted me having been best friends with both of my parents when they were alive, they thought it would be a good idea to raise me, so I've been living with them for the past seven years now."

"That will make you, about, eleven right?" Ino questioned as she ran her fingers through the golden blond strands, "Wow, your hair is so soft. And I love the color, the blond is more gold then yellow."

The flaxen haired teen giggled, "Yeah but yours is more platinum than yellow as well." Naruto pointed out, motioning towards her hair color, "You have lovely hair as well. And to answer your earlier question, yes, I am eleven. I took the genin test early, I couldn't stand being in the academy for one more year, beside Sasuke was graduating this year and I wanted to be on his team, so, I got lucky that I was actually assigned to be on his at all."

"Hey Sasuke, why didn't you tell us you had such a cute sister." Kiba called out being close enough to hear the conversation going on between Ino and Naruto. "And why didn't you bring her along when you came, I'm sure she would have had allot of fun."

Sasuke turned and stared at Kiba with a raised brow, "What are you talking about mutt. Naruto is a boy." at those words everyone gaped in disbelieve. "His on the short and slender side but he is, indeed, a boy." the dark haired Uchiha chuckled as he glanced towards the blushing blond, "Beautiful isn't he?" he muttered towards his group of friends, "I think he and aniki has something going on though. And I believe Shisui as a crush on Naruto as well."

"Troublesome." Shikamaru uttered, glancing towards the mentioned blond, running his eyes up and down the feminine male's body, "He is quite stunning, so they can hardly be faulted for wanting to be with him. If he's this pretty now, he'll only develop his looks as he ages." The group couldn't help but nod their agreement to that statement.

It was three hours after lunch, all the other teachers had long since picked up their students while team 7 still remained in the class, waiting. Sakura growled and slammed her hands upon the desk, "Where the heck is our teacher."

Sasuke rolled his eyes and didn't bother to say anything as he turned his attention towards his adopted younger brother who was currently reading through a scroll, occasionally popping a stick of pocky into his mouth, nibbling at the tips as he concentrated on whatever was written on the parchment. 'So kawaii.' a light tint of pink dusted his cheeks as he averted his gaze.

Naruto looked up from his scroll and glanced towards the door, "It looks like our sensei finally decided to grace us with his presence." he stated, rolling the scroll back up and replacing the seal, making sure to key it to his chakra. It wouldn't be do to leave it unlocked where anyone could take it and be able to gain the information wrote inside. It wouldn't do at all.

The door slid open causing Sasuke and Sakura to turn their attention towards it as a tall, lanky man in his mid twenties appeared, eyes bored, as he stared at them. "Hm, you seem like a boring bunch of kids, meet me on the roof in twenty seconds." he stated before vanishing. Naruto ran off with Sasuke close to his heels and Sakura behind him. Arriving at the roof, Kakashi nodded his head with a smile, "Now that we are all gathered, tell me something about yourself. Names, likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams for the future that sort of thing."

"Can you go first sensei?"

Kakashi stared at the kunoichi for a bit before sighing, "If I must. Names Hatake Kakashi. Likes and dislikes are none of your business. I have a few hobbies that don't concern you and I don't really feel like telling you my dreams." he replied, pointing his finger towards the only female, "Bubblegum go first."

Sakura glared, "My names Haruno Sakura not bubblegum. My likes..." she glanced at Sasuke, blushed with a giggle and looked away. "My hobbies..." she trailed off with a blush and giggle before turning away. "My hobbies..." again she blushed, giggled and looked away causing all three males to roll their eyes in disgust by her actions.

Kakashi grunted, 'Girls that age cares more about boys than training.' he rolled his eyes discreetly, "And what do you hate?" he questioned, bored.

A frowned overcame the pink haired girls face, "Ino-pig." she declared.

Kakashi just hummed and motioned for Sasuke to continue, "Go on duck butt." he ca;;ed out with a teasing tone, taking delight in seeing the flustered glare being directed at him from the second born son of the Uchiha head. "Go on, introduce yourself to the team."

Sasuke crossed his arms, "Uchiha Sasuke. I like tomato's, my family, training and hanging out with my friends. I dislike fan girls." here he glanced at Sakura, who appeared to have missed that part and just smiled at seeing her crushes attention on her which caused Naruto to shake his head in disbelief, "My hobbies, can't say and as for my dreams, well I want to some day be on par with my aniki."

Naruto smiled at that, "Uchiha Naruto." the blond grinned at Kakashi, who nodded his head, hiding the affectionate smile that was beginning to form across his concealed lips, "I like hanging out with Itachi and Shisui. I also enjoy training. I dislike closed and narrow minded people, along with those who discriminate against someone for no apparent reason. My hobbies are hanging out with Anko-chan and learning every thing she can teach me." a small smirk graced his lips at the shiver that racked the famed copy cat shinobi's spine. "As for my dreams, well I just want to be the best I can possibly be."

Kakashi nodded, "Good, good." he stated before becoming serious once more as he explained to them the real purpose of the exam and about the upcoming one and the risk they take should they fail it. "Now that you understand, I'll take my leave. Meet at training grounds 13 by five." Bringing his hands to form the transportation seal, Kakashi smirked at the three, "And don't eat breakfast, you just might lose it." with that said, he vanished.

Itachi and Shisui greeted the newly made genins as they approached the gates. "Yo, you two, how did it go? I see you two passed, that's great. So whose your sensei?"

Naruto smiled, "Hello Shisui, Itachi. Yep Sasuke and I both passed and were put on the same team with this fan girl who apparently has a major obsession with Sasuke and over seems like the type who would be in the way during missions; doesn't appear to like training either from what I could see. And our teacher is Hatake Kakashi, he was three hours late in picking us up from the academy." Itachi and Shisui nodded their heads.

"Is it true that we aren't really genin? If we fail tomorrows test, do we really get sent back to the academy?" Sasuke questioned, not liking the thought of being sent back to the academy for another year of testing. At the nods he received, he scowled. "So that exam really meant nothing."

Shisui snickered, "I wouldn't say that brat, those genin exam is to weed out the losers from those who have the potential to be a good shinobi or a kunoichi. I have the utmost confidence that you and Naruto will do just fine, hopefully your third team member will pull her weight."

At that, Naruto and Sasuke shared a look, "We're doomed." they stated.

Itachi chuckled, "Come on you two. Shisui and I will practice with you until Kaa-san calls us for dinner." the clan heir stated. At the enthusiastic cheers that statement received, Itachi couldn't help but be amused while Shisui grinned, ruffling both boys heads, ushering him towards one of the training grounds within the compound. 'Hm, tomorrow, will be quite interesting!'

Tsuzuku

(To be continued)

Shini-ko