A/N: How was the first chapter? I'm a little disappointed that as I write this there are no reviews for the story, but I'll just write more. Review please!
And this chappie took a little longer because I feel I need longer chapters.
"I really need to lose the orange," said a twelve-year-old Naruto. But now, with his memories of the future, he knew where to go. That walled compound that nobody ever wanted to tell him about was the Namikaze compound, and his by right. So, he activated the blood seal, which recognized him as he strolled in, whistling innocently. He found the room that had clothes for someone his size, and found a white T-shirt with two gold dragons (A/N: Twin Rising Dragons anyone?) intricately stitched on the front and back. Looking further he found white fingerless gloves with black metal plates stitched on the back, and took those 'cause they looked awesome. Some basic dark shinobi pants, some bands on his sleeves (the resemblance to his father was too awesome to pass up), and his outfit was complete. Wait, one more thing. He found a low drawer and pulled out a white trenchcoat the same style as his father's, but plain and unadorned. Then, being finished, he left to take the academy test which this time around would most likely be pitifully easy.
He ignored the stares he was receiving in the streets, as many did not recognize him as Uzumaki Naruto the demon brat, as there was no orange or goggles and he dressed like a badass. Some of the girls screamed "KAWAII!" and tried to jump him, but he avoided them all with practiced ease. Otherwise Temari would kill them even from Sunagakure. When he arrived in the classroom the entire class stopped talking to stare at him. Naruto, noticing the looks, asked innocently, "What? Is there something on my face?" Kiba shook his head at how dense the prankster was. "Dude, where'd you steal the new clothes?"
"Stealing? Me?" Naruto put a hand to his chest, mock horrified. Then Uchiha Sasuke walked in and saw the dobe between him and his seat. He threw a lazy right hook that the old Naruto wouldn't have noticed before it sent him down a desk or three. But this wasn't the old Naruto. Reacting faster than most of the students could see, Naruto turned, fell onto his left palm for a one-handed handstand before swinging both his feet into the shocked Last Uchiha's stomach. Needless to say, this made his trenchcoat swing out behind him epically as in slow motion Sasuke crumpled before flying into the wall, leaving a Sasuke-shaped indent. Again the shocked silence as Naruto landed in a graceful crouch. Naruto scratched the back of his head and said sheepishly, "Oops. Reflex, sorry."
Kiba was again the first to speak up. "Dude, that's better reflexes than the frickin' Jounins!"
"Umm... Awesome clothes make an awesome ninja?"
"NARUTO - BAKA! STOP TRYING TO BE COOLER THAN SASUKE-KUN!" screeched a certain pink-haired banshee. Everyone within a ten-meter radius winced. Then Iruka entered the classroom and conversation ceased. No one wanted to be kicked out of the Genin Exams for talking. Little did they know that sort of thing was only in the Chuunin Exams.
"Aburame, Shino."
And so the ninjutsu portion of the exams progressed, many passing, some failing, as Naruto had in the original timeline. But when "Uzumaki, Naruto," was called, Naruto was ready, as chakra control was a mental thing and Naruto had plenty of that from the future.
"So, Naruto, perform a henge, kawarimi, and make three bunshin to pass."
Almost before the words were done, Naruto had made sixteen Kage Bunshins, had them all (and him) henge into the Yondaime Hokage, and kawarimi with random objects all over the room until there was a storm of chibi-Minato's and random objects being switched. Iruka was about to yell at Naruto to stop it when he was used for a kawarimi, and the chibi-Minato at the desk looked up, stroked its chin thoughtfully, and said, "Congratulations, you pass." and wrote down in big letters "NAMI" crossed it out, and wrote again, "UZUMAKI NARUTO, PASS." Mizuki, annoyed at the demon brat actually passing, struck him in the face with a kunai, screw the consequences. Nevertheless he was greatly surprised when it poofed into chakra smoke. One that was hopefully the real one grabbed a hitai-ate on a white cloth and tied it on. Iruka became suspicious when he noticed that when the henge was dropped, all that changed was mainly the hairstyle and the whiskers. Otherwise he seemed a mini-me of the Yondaime. The class was greatly perturbed to be on the receiving end of "Namikaze Hijutsu: Chibi Minato no Arashi! (Namikaze Secret Technique: Storm of Chibi Minato's!)" as he entered the classroom. Nobody noticed how Naruto implied himself as a Namikaze.
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Temari and Kankuro were arguing over who would take Gaara his food, Kankuro insisting it was the woman's job and Temari offhandedly replying that if Kankuro wanted it done, he should do it himself. The main point of the argument was that since Sabaku no Gaara was always brooding or killing people, one of his siblings should bring him food. As they argued, Gaara came in and began eating his food, laughing quietly as he did so. As the laughter slowly filtered into Kankuro and Temari's auditory processors, the argument stopped abruptly. Temari smiled, hugged Gaara, and said, "I didn't hear you come in, otouto."
Gaara waved to Kankuro over his sister. "Hello Kankuro-niichan."
Kankuro, believing this was the old psycho Gaara, looked around wildly for tendrils of sand. Was this some form of last kindness before he was killed? Finally calling him older brother? Temari chuckled as Kankuro sprinted out of the room as fast as he could. Then her face suddenly grew serious.
"So what do we need to do to change what happens?"
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Kakashi wandered into the almost-empty classroom his customary two hours late, absorbed in his book and giggling. Then a chalk-filled eraser fell on his head, invoking a strange sense of deja vu. But no one had ever dropped an eraser on his head before, so where was this strange feeling coming from? Whatever. Ignoring the cries of "SENSEI YOU'RE LATE!" a grunt, and suspiciously silence from the blonde. Despite what the reports seemed to indicate, he was sitting quietly on the ceiling, meditating apparently. His visible eyebrow arched. He was a genius in some senses of the word, after all. The long coat, the blonde hair, the whiskers- dammit! It made sense now! That was Minato-sensei's son! He had been one of the first to know when Minato had gotten Kushina pregnant, but in the aftermath, he had simply fallen off the charts, and been forgotten. Just like Minato-sensei, hiding his true strength. Kakashi quickly revised his plan of training the Uchiha and using the others as stepping-stones. Minato-sensei would have wanted the best of help for his son after he was gone. But the pink-haired fangirl continued to shout. "AND NARUTO-BAKA ISN'T EVEN HERE!" Kakashi suppressed a smile at this, and was unsurprised when Naruto dropped down in front of them, causing the banshee to scream in shock and the Uchiha to begin fuming.
How could the dobe learn such a skill when I can't? Dammit! I'm not strong enough! thought the Avenger.
Naruto-baka! Stop trying to be cooler than Sasuke-kun!
Shannaro! shouted a strange persona with "Inner Sakura" printed on their forehead, while punching a bag with a crude picture of Naruto on it.
The blonde, not noticing the byplay, nodded to Kakashi, blues eyes dancing mischievously.
Kakashi, still thinking, said absently, "Meet me on the roof." while Shunshining away to the roof, positioning himself so he had a commanding view on the door. So, needless to say, he was surprised when the blonde was sitting on the ground in front of him. Again, the eyebrow arch, then a single eye smile. "Good job Naruto. What technique did you use to get up here?"
The blonde who was full of surprises today shrugged, saying guiltily, "nothing..." while shoving something behind his back. Kakashi looked straight at him, saying, "No secrets from your sensei. What's behind your back?"
Then the boy began to sweat and Kakashi idly wondered what could possibly evoke this reaction. But then he was shocked beyond belief when the boy slowly and nervously pulled out a three-pronged kunai with a certain seal wrapped around the handle.
Damn! I shouldn't have gotten lazy, now my cover's blown. Quick, excuse or truth. Umm...
Kakashi's mind, too, was running at a thousand miles a second. What in Kami's name... WAAH! HIRAISHIN KUNAI! DANGER WILL ROBINSON! DANGER!
"Naruto! Where did you get that kunai?"
Doing his best to remain calm, Naruto replied, "The Namikaze compound. The blood seal let me in anyway."
Then of course the other members of Team 7 arrived and the conversation was cut short, but the last of the Hatakes gave the last Namikaze a meaningful glance that seemed to say, "See me afterwards. Hokage's office." Naruto, for his part, had no idea how Kakashi could impart that information with a single look, but settled down, ignoring the screeching and grunting from the other members upon their arrival.
"So, guys, let's introduce ourselves, name, likes, dislikes, you know."
Sakura piped up, saying, "You go first, sensei. Show us how it's done."
"Hmm... Well, my name is Hatake Kakashi, I like and dislike things, I have some hobbies. Blondie, you next."
"I'm Nami- I mean Uzumaki Naruto!" Kakashi was the only one noting the first attempt. "I like ramen! AndTemachan!" The last part was said so quickly no one understood what he just said. "I dislike people who judge others without knowing them! And giant demon foxes!" Cue confused blinking. "My dream is to become Hokage, dattebayo!"
Cue more blinking. "Emo kid, you're next."
"I'm Uchiha Sasuke. I dislike many things, and like few things. My dream, well more of an ambition, is to restore my clan, and kill a certain man."
The unusual persona identifying itself as Inner Sakura cooed, Sasuke-kun is so cool!
Then Sakura went, saying, 'I'm Haruno Sakura! My likes-" she looked at Sasuke and squealed. "My dreams for the future-" she looked at Sasuke again, squealed even louder, turned red, and stopped talking.
Mentally groaning, Kakashi prompted, "Any dislikes?"
She then declared hotly, "Naruto-baka and Ino-pig!"
So then the Jounin-sensei told all of them, "Be at training ground 7 at eight for our final Genin test. Don't eat breakfast, unless you like puking." And then he shunshin'ed away, ignoring the shout of "WHAT DO YOU MEAN FINAL GENIN TEST! SENSEI COME BACK!"
Then Kakashi was in front of the Hokage, dragging in Naruto. "Hokage-dono, Naruto has something you need to see. Naruto-" he hesitantly pulled out the object again. The old man's pipe fell out of his mouth.
Break blah blah talking about Naruto's heritage
Kakashi wandered into the bridge area three hours late, ignoring the already-expected "SENSEI YOU'RE LATE!" and seeing a brooding Uchiha and a meditating blonde. Again. So then he took out his bells and said, "The test is to see if you can grab these bells from me. And as you can see, only two of you can pass, one of you will go back to the academy." At this point Sakura wasn't even listening, she was staring at Sasuke hungrily.
"Sakura, I said BELLS. And ME."
"Oh." she said, quieting down.
Continuing on, "Come at me with intent to kill, otherwise you won't get the bells. Go."
The three shot off in different directions as Kakashi pulled out his beloved Icha Icha and giggled. He was at the part where Reiko was finding out her lover was actually her brother, but she didn't care! Ahhh, good literature. Then Sasuke came out. After a quick taijutsu spar, in which Sasuke's above-genin capabilities were showcased, Sasuke began to make handseals. "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu! (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!)"
Hmmm. Genin shouldn't have that much chakra. But, your average Uchiha has been tossing around Katons since they were four. Whatever. Ooohhhh! "Reiko exclaimed, "Even if you are my brother, it doesn't matter! I must have you anyways!" The people nearby gasped in shock." Heehee.
Sasuke looked down the path his fireball had made, only to be shocked when there was no Kakashi anywhere in sight. Where is he? Above? Right? Left? Behind? No! BELO-
And then the hands dragged him underground until only his head was aboveground. Then as he fumed, Kakashi went to find Sakura. Seriously, it was hard to hide with pink clothes and pink hair. Kakashi knocked her out with a simple genjutsu of Sasuke kissing Ino. Wow. And she was supposed to have a talent for genjutsu?
Then he looked around for the surprising blonde, only to find him lying in the ground watching clouds in a Shikamaru-esque fashion. "NARUTO-SAN! WHAT HAPPENED TO GETTING THE BELLS?" called Kakashi.
Suddenly there was a white flash that filled his vision, and when it disappeared half a second later, he was disoriented. He noticed a lack of the familiar weight of his kunai pouch, and when he looked down, the bells were gone too. He looked back at where Naruto stood, seeing him crouching on top of a three-pronged kunai, hair still whipping about from the speed of his passage, and opening the Icha Icha book.
"NO! ICHA ICHA!" cried Kakashi as he sprinted forward, arms flailing wildly. Then Naruto saw the page he had opened to and flew backwards in a stream of blood, managing to stay conscious.
Naruto quickly tossed the orange book at the madly onrushing Kakashi, sweatdropping as his new Sensei caught the book and cradled it to him, tears leaking from his visible eye. He cleared his throat and continued. "I figured out the test is about teamwork, but Sasuke ignored me altogether and Sakura tried to punch for trying to be better than her precious Sasuke-kun. So here, have your bells back." He tossed the bells, too, back to Kakashi and walked away.
