One giant time later
Somewhere in Konoha's red light district we find one Naruto Uzumaki eating a cup of instant ramen. He pretty much had to savory every bite seeing as it was going to be his last for awhile. When Setsuna found out about his addiction, she wasn't necessarily happy. When she first told him he was going to have to cut back on his ramen intake he nearly had a heat attack. After a brief argument and having Mio hold him in a choke hold he relented and promised to only eat ramen a fee times a month.
A good thing that happened over the years was that by the age of fifteen he was pretty tall for his age, standing at about 5' 5". He also had pretty good amount of muscle on him. He wasn't built like a body builder but that doesn't mean his muscles weren't defined. Was just one many results of his training. Speaking of training, Setsuna pretty much ran him through the ground. Not only did take physical strength but also mental strength as well seeing as he had to open certain parts of his mind to use certain fragments. So while Setsuna worked on his studies and fragment use, Kurama worked him to the ground with physical workout regiments and chakra exercises.
Even though he would have loved to shown everyone his new strength, he knew showing it of would cause a lot more problems than solving them. Thus why whenever he went out into the village he used a Henge to disguise himself as a short, loud mouth kid who loved to wear orange. He actually liked the orange jumpsuit and would have worn all the time if it weren't for the death threats that he received not only received from Setsuna and Kurama, but also from Kuchinashi much to his surprise. He never would have thought that a threat would be scary if it was written on paper, but somehow Kuchinashi made it possible. Mio didn't mind since in her opinion the jumpsuit made him look funny. Arguing that jumpsuit would be great for hiding his progress from the public, he was able to get them to let him wear it a long as he was within the village or within the presence of someone from the village.
He finished his ramen with a large slurp before crumpling the cup and throwing it in the trash. He applied a henge that shortened him to below five feet. He grabbed his orange jacket and rushed out the door. Today was a special day at the ninja academy. Today was the day that he would finally graduate and become a full fledge shinobi, not that he couldn't have becameone before. The truth was that Naruto could've twice before, the only reason he didn't was because of the advice of Setsuna. She suggested that Naruto fail two years in a row to make his idiot persona more believable. So much to Naruto's dismay, he had to sit through the academy three times. But today he was allowed to pass this time with flying colors in order to make it look like the 'Dobe' of the academy got lucky.
Finaly arriving at the academy, Naruto walked into his homeroom to find that it was empty, minus Iruka, his sensei.
"Oh, Naruto you're early."
"Of course sensei. It is graduation day, couldn't help myself." Naruto said with a bit excitment.
"Well I wish you good luck." Naruto went and sat near the back row and patiently waited for the other students to arrive. The first ones to show up were Shikamaru Nara and Choji Akamichi. He actually liked those two despite the fact that Shikamaru was lazy and was almost always seen eating something. Naruto would often get into eating contest with Choji that end with both of them eating same number of bowls of ramen. So there were no winners although Kurama would make even harder than already. Even though Kurama said it was to work all the food Naruto pretty much knew it was punishment for eating so much. Also on many of Naruto's off days, which were very few, he would watch the clouds drift by with Shikamaru. It was pretty much to one of the few things they had in common.
The next person to enter was Shino Aburame. Naruto didn't really much about the guy part from the fact that he liked insects and that he usually kept to himself.
The next person to enter was Hinata Hyuuga. Despite being from the Hyuuga clan she didn't carry that aura of aroggance that all Hyuuga seem to have. Naruto just thought they all were born with a metaphorical stick up their ass. Hinata on the other hand was kind and humble although she was shy to fualt. She often stuttered when she spoke (I will not write in her stuttering.) and it seemed to increase more so when she was around him. Even tnough Naruto acted like an idiot, he knew that Hinata had a crush on him. It was pretty obvious what with constant blushing and sturttering around him, not mention the few times she fainted when he talked to her. Honestly, he found it cute. Also, she was the only female in his class actually serious about becoming a shinobi so that was a plus.
The next person to step was Kiba Inuzuka and his partner Akamaru. In Naruto's opinion Kiba was very loud arogant. He would usually he would shout something about being top dog much to Naruto's ire.
Then the king of emos walked in. His name was Sasuke Uchiha. Both sides of Naruto hated Sasuke but for diffrent reason. The persona Naruto made hated Sasuke because he was good at everything he did and always at everything. (Naruto just let him win.) The real Naruto hated him because he was purely arrogant and brushed off anyone he deemed below him, which was pretty much everyone. Sure he earned some empathy points seeing as his whole clan was slaughtered by his brother, but those ran out as soon as started distancing himself from everybody, especially his fangirls.
Speaking of his fans, both Ino and Sakura rushed shouting about who got to sat next to there their 'Sasuke-kun'. Naruto pretty much disliked both of them. Even though Ino had her clans techniques and Sakura was pretty smart, they really weren't good at anything else. What really made it worse was that they weren't serious about their training at all. All the focused on was finding ways to get Sasuke's attention. It pretty much was a shame to kuniochi and in Setsuna, Kuchinashi, and surprisingly Mio's opinion, to women everywhere be it needless, shinobi, or civillian.
"Alright sit down everyone." After a few minutes of waiting for the kids to settle down, He began to speak. "First I would like to say congradulations for making it this far. This test will determine whether are not you are ready to become shinobi of Konohagakure. I wish the best of luck to all." He finished as passed out the writen portion. Most of the class was nervous but still prepared themselves for what was to come.
One long test later. (Serously I'm to lazy to write the full testing process so let's just say he faked his test so he would just barely pass.)
Naruto was standing outside with his new hitai tied to his forehead. He was pretty much happy he finally graduated and was now a full fledge shinobi despite the occasional whispers about the demon brat becoming a shinobi.
'Congradulations onii-chan.' shouted Mio. He had long since established a mental link with his tenants. Over the years Naruto has really gotten close with the beautiful girl squadran as they called themselves. Ever since Naruto became taller than Mio she started calling big brother. It was weird at first, but then it started becoming cute. Although it was cute and Naruto seemed to enjoy it, it also gave him a bit of a little sister complex. He pretty much lost his mind when any girl younger than him called him big brother. Setsuna actully likened his behavior to a certain priest that she knew. Sometimes it was plain scary how much alike the two could be. Then sound of scribbling echoed through Naruto's head.
'Yes Kuchinashi-chan that does mean I will start being more serious.' Naruto sighed in exasperation. He has pretty much gotten used the fact the Kuchinashi doesn't speak and writes what she wants to say on her notebook. It's pretty much gotten to the point to where doesn't have to see her notebook to know what she's saying. But that doesn't mean he still wasn't curious as to what her voice sounded like.
'So does that mean you'll stop wearing that ridiculous jumpsuit?' Asked Setsuna. Naruto pretty much saw her as an older sister figure. But that didn't mean he didn't like her. In fact she was the closest to Naruto than anyone else. She was always the first person to worry about him when he felt down, the first greet him in the morning, and the first to congratulate him whenever he final succeeded at something.
'Setsuna-chan I'll stop wearing the jumpsuit as soon as team placements are over with.' Naruto walked to his apartment in preparation for his oncoming career as shinobi. That meant burning all but one of the many of the jumpsuits that he owned. (Hey he need at least one just in case he wanted to fool people into thinking he was an idiot.) It also gave him time to prepare his new outfit that he would wear when he final decided to show his true self.
The next morning.
Naruto got and walked all the way to the academy still wearing his orange jumpsuit despite Setsuna's protests. When he entered he noticed that there only few people there at the time which meant he must have gotten there a little early. He sat in the back row next to Hinata causing her to blush.
"Hey Hinata."
"Oh, Good morning Naruto." She tried to remain calm despite the fact that her crush was sitting next to her. 'Don't faint. Don't faint. Don't faint.'
"Are you excited to see what teams we get?"
"Um...yeah." 'I hope I get placed with Naruto.' Her thoughts were interupted by the sound of of rumbling. Not even a minute later after the sound was heard, Sakura and Ino barged in shouting about who will get to sit next to their 'Sasuke-kun'. After a long argument that annoyed much of the male population, they both realized that there was a seat on either side him much to the boy's dismay.
'Heh, almost feel sad for the bastard. Almost.' Iruka entered the classroom covered in bandages making a few of the student worry about their sensei.
"Hey sensei, what happened to you, and where's Mizuki sensei?" Asked Kiba.
"Mizuki has been imprisoned because he decided to betray the leaf village and steal the scroll of seals from the hokages. Luckily he was apprehended last night upon the details of how it happened will not be released." Stated Iruka putting emphasis on how details won't be released. There was a loud groan coming from the students signifying that they really wanted to her what happened. Naruto had his own thoughts about the situation.
'I knew something was up with him. I'm pretty sure when I passed the exam that I saw a hint of anger in his eyes.'
"First I would like to say congratulate you all on passing the genin exams from this day forward you will-" That's as far as Naruto made it in Iruka's speech before he started spacing out.
'Hey, Naruto.' Setsuna's voice rang through his head.
'Yeah?'
'When you get the time I want you to do something for me.' For some reason Naruto heard a bit of excitement in her voice. He decided to pocket the questions for later.
'Okay I'll do it after team placements' When Naruto centered his focus back on his sensei who was in the middle of calling out names.
"Team seven will be Sasuke Uchiha,"The emo king just hmpfed as a response "Sakura Haruno"
"Ha! Take that Ino pig." Shouted the pink haired one.
"and Naruto Uzumaki." When the last was called, the sound of someone's head hitting the desk was heard from two different people. The first was Sakura who after hearing that Naruto was on her team thought how the blond idiot was going to get in the way of her and her attempts to be with Sasuke. The other surprised a few people seeing as it was Naruto who's head was on the desk. Many new that Naruto had a crush on Sakura and would have been expecting to be excited about being on a team with Sakura.
"Team 8 will be Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuuga, and Shino Aburame. Team nine is still active from last year so we will skip to team 10 which will be Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Choji Akamichi. You may all use this time for lunch and in an hour you will meet your sensei." As Iruka finished everyone walked outside to eat their lunch, except for Naruto who was deep in thought.
'Damn, I got stuck with the Emo king and the sad excuse for a Kunoichi.'
'I feel bad for Naruto 'Stated Setsuna with sincerity.
'Well I can't be all bad Onii-chan, look at the bright side' chirped Mio.
'Mio I love your happy go lucky but what good side is there.' Then he heard scribbling and somehow when it was done he understood the message Kuchinashi was writing to him.
'Your right, I am strong than both them. Somehow Kuchinashi you just always know what to say.' As Naruto finished his internal pep talk, people started piling after finishing their lunches. They all sat in their seats in anticipation of their jonin senseis.
Two hours later.
Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were sitting in the classroom still waiting for their sensei to show up. It had been two hours since everyone else's sensei picked them up. Sakura was practically livid at the fact that their sensei made them wait for two hours for him to show up. Sasuke, even though on the outside he was calm and broody like always, on the inside was irritated at his sensei's tardiness. Naruto on the other hand was busy playing twenty questions with Mio.
"Where is he?" Ranted the pink haired female. Both males just ignored her in favor of doing whatever they were doing, which brooding and playing twenty questions. Suddenly the door in the room opened revealing a man with silver gravity defying hair, a konoha headband covering his right eye, and a face mask covering up to his nose.
"YOU'RE LATE!" shouted the only female in the room. Ignoring the loud outburst Kakashi looked at his new soon to be genin.
"My first impression of you… I hate you." Sasuke and Sakura face vaulted while Naruto was still not paying attention until he finally noticed his jonin sensei in the room. "Meet me on the roof in five minutes." And at that he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Five minutes later
The three genin were sitting in front of the sensei on top of the roof. Kakashi gave one last look over before speaking up.
"Alright, now that you're all here why don't we start with introductions?"
"Um Kakashi sensei can you show us how?" A sweat drop appeared on Naruto's head at Sakura's question.
"Sure. My name is Kakashi Hatake, I don't have many things and I don't have many dislikes. My hobbies….well I don't feel like telling you. I don't really have any dreams." All his students' sweatdropped when he finished.
'All we learned was his name.' were the collective thoughts of the genin.
"Well why don't go pinkie."
Ignoring the obvious jab Sakura began. "My name is Sakura Haruno. My likes are (looks at Sasuke and blushes) my hobbies are (looks Sasuke and blushes some more) and my dreams (looks at Sasuke and giggles)." Sasuke just ignored seeing as this was just another fan girl moment. Although Naruto and Kakashi had their inner turmoil.
'Girls her age are more focused on their looks than training. I've got my work cut out for me.' Thought the jonin.
'Naruto, why did you have a crush on her again?' Asked Setsuna.
'It probably had to do with wanting attention.' Said Naruto dryly.
'Either way she just shames women in general with that display.'
"Well is there anything you dislike?" Asked Kakashi almost worrying about what she was about to say.
"Naruto-baka!" although she shouted her answer he didn't hear her because he was too busy talking to Setsuna.
"Alright how about you blonde?" Naruto snapped out of his conversation just in time to hear his sensei speak to him. He closed his eyes for a bit thinking about his introduction.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like ramen, my senseis, and the hokage. My dislikes are Sasuke-teme, and the three minutes it takes to make ramen. My hobbies include pranking, training, and eating ramen. My dream is to become the strongest hokage ever. 'I also want to introduce the world to the power of the needless.' His team mates scoffed when they heard his declaration to become the world's strongest hokage. Kakashi was more curious about his statement about him liking his senseis.
'He only had one sensei which was Iruka. Seeing as this is the first time we've met how could he have more than one sensei?' "Alright it's your turn broody."
Sasuke ignored the obvious jab at his character as he fell into a serious stare. "My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I see no point in telling you what like since there isn't much I like and there are many things I dislike. I don't have any and I find dreams to be a pointless thing to have. Although I do have an ambition. My ambition is to find a kill a certain man.
'Sasuke-kun is so cool.'
'Ugh! Can he be any more depressing?' Questioned Setsuna.
'Setsuna if he were any more depressing it would rub off on others.'
Kakashi let out a heavy sigh. 'An avenger, a fan girl, and Blond with an obsession with ramen. I really have my work cut out for me.' "Alright you guys well now that introductions are out of the way, you can go home for day. Tomorrow meet at training ground seven where we'll be doing your next test."
"Test? But I thought we already passed the genin exam." Asked Sakura
"That test was just to make sure you had what it takes to become a genin. This test will weed out the graduates and determine who will be accepted as genin. This test has a sixty six percent fail rate." Kakashi said casually making Sasuke and Sakura pale while Naruto narrowed his at his sensei. "Meet me at training ground seven at 5:00 in the morning. Also don't eat breakfast, otherwise you're going to throw up." And on that note Kakashi left in a puff of smoke leaving two surprised genin and skeptical blond.
'I can't fall this test. I need to pass if I want to kill him'
'If I fail I won't be with my Sasuke-kun.'
'This test seems a little weird. Why would he ask us not to eat breakfast?' Naruto said to Setsuna.
'I don't know seeing as in your line of duty, eating breakfast would be really important. I suggest you eat any ways.'
'Hurry up oni-chan, we have something to show you' Shouted Mio with pure excitement.
'Yeah Naruto, head to the training ground so we can show you the surprise.' Following Setsuna's instructions, he walked of the roof of the building ignoring the interaction between Sakura and Sasuke. Naruto made his way to training ground forty four or as most people call it the forest of death. When Naruto reached the gates of the training ground, he started reminiscing. Kurama often made him train there despite how much Naruto hated going in there in the past. Now Naruto saw it as more of place to go to when he decided to get away from all of the villagers. All except one. His train thoughts were interrupted as a pair soft mounds pressed against his head.
"Hey there gaki." The voice was too recognizable for him to not know who it was.
"Hey Anko." He said dry
Aw, how'd you know it was me?" She asked in a fake whiney voice
"Well for starters no one besides me and you are crazy enough to come to this forest. Second, no one's breast are the same size and softness as yours."
"Well aren't you the perverted one. Memorizing how my boobs feel is a good way to get labeled as a pervert." She smirked at seeing the blush develop across his face.
"T-T-T-That's not what I meant-" Anko laughed, watching her favorite person besides Kurenai stammering was pretty much the funniest thing she could watch.
"It just too much fun teasing you." She finally caught her breath in time to see Naruto giving her mild glare. "So what are doing here today, training?"
"No not today. Today I'm going to be going over what my future looks like now that I graduated." Anko's interest was sparked. She often wondered what the orange wearing knuckle head planned for his future.
"Well, maybe I can go with you?" Her question sounded more like statement than anything eles. Naruto was a little nervous. Somewhere in his mind he really didn't want to reveal who he really was to her yet, but something told it would be better if he told her.
'Go ahead bring her along. She's been with long enough that we can trust her.' Setsuna said.
"Okay you can come, but you haveto keep whatever you see a secret. There are somethings I don't wish to reveal to too many people just yet." Anko was more curious than ever. If Naruto was hiding something it must have been important seeing as he was usually open with her. she decided to question him later and just settled for a nod as a reply. Satisfied with her answer he opened the gate leading inside the forest and motioned for her to follow him. The two ran for what seemed like a mile before they came up to a river that led to a water fall. Before she could say anything Naruto stepped through the waterfall seemingly dissapearing from sight.
"Gaki, where are you?" A slight hint of worry dripped out of her vioce as she spoke. Despite the exterior she puts up around people, she deeply cared for the few people she considered precious and seeing one of the few people she cared about disappear behind a waterfall did worry her. That is until she heard his voice call from behind the waterfall.
"Are coming or what Anko" A little nervous at first, Anko walked through the waterfall. Though she was a little surprised at the fact that she just walked through without a waterfall without getting wet, but what was more surprising was that she was in cave. On one end, the end she just came through, there was the entrance hidden behind what she now figured to a genjutsu of a waterfall. On the other end was a dim light. With her curosity at its peak, She walked towards the light, although slowly so she sense if something was going to jump her.
Mind scape same time as Anko enters the cave
Naruto was sitting on a rock meditating. when he entered his mind he landed in the middle of a forest with large house in the middle. He had long since changed the scenery in his mindscape since the whole sewer thing seemed too depressing for three girls and giant nine tailed fox to spending the rest of eternity. Naruto walked up to a tree next to the house where he came face to face with Setsuna who leaning the trunk.
"So what is it that you wanted to show me?" Setsuna reached into her shirt and pulled out stack of papers.
"Well you know how you want to introduce the world to the power of needless?" After receiving nod from Naruto she continued. "Well Kurama and I have been discussing ways to do that and we agree that the only that would be possibly is if build a harem of women and produce a lot of children, but even then that take years to do. So we have devised a way to be able to inject people with the DNA required to become a needless." During Setsuna's explanation Naruto blushed at the prospect of building a massive harem. It's not that hasn't thought about being with multiple women, it's that he never thought making a lot of children with them that made him blush. When Naruto came out of his perverted thoughts, he heard the last of Setsuna's explanation.
"Well if we have the notes than what's getting in the way?"
"Well, despite Kurama being older than the first hokage himself, he knows little to nothing about genetic science and neither do I. We need the help of an accomplished medical practitioner to help with the research."
"Well I did read about on person who'd fit the bill, but she doesn't really like the leaf village that much seeing as she left Konoha never to return."
"Well until then we can somehow come in cantact with her we'll just have to put the project on hold." She paused sensing a person getting closer toward Naruto in the real world. "I suggest you get to the real world since someone is approaching." With a quick nod Naruto disappeared from his mind.
Just as Anko walks in to the light
Anko had been walking for a few miniutes and she was starting to come up with a bunch of different scenarios on what she was to expect. When she reached the light at the end of the tunnel she was shocked beyond belief. She found herself to be standing in front what could have been easily the largest training ground in her life. The training ground was split into two different sections one covered in trees and grass, and the other section was a rocky barren landscape with giant boulders lying here and there. The whole place was light up as if it was daytime despite being underground. When she finally got over her shock, she noticed Naruto sitting on a large boulder near the entrance where she was standing.
"Naruto, what is all this?" She gave a wide gaze at the giant training ground.
"This is my personal training ground. I built this a couple of years ago." Anko's eyes widen at his proclamation. To think he actually built a giant field, it was a little overwhelming.
"You built this? There's no way you did all this." She was in complete denial no way could someone build a giant training ground like this.
"Well me and a few hundred shadow clones had to work around the clock to clear out the cave. It was also a pain in the ass to draw up the seals to keep this place lit and the plants alive." Anko just couldn't believe what she was hearing. This was not the same gaki she used to tease, he sounded smart. Then sudden realization washed over her like a the waterfall would if it was real. Naruto had been acting like an idiot the entire time. That would explain why his grades didn't reflect the level of intelligence he was displaying in front of her. She smirked at the idea that a twelve year old was able to fool everyone in the village about his intelligence possibly the Hokage even.
"Damn, to think you were able to hide all this from everyone. It makes me wonder what else you were hiding." She said the last part as more of a joke than an actual comment but the smirk on Naruto's face told her there was actually more he was hiding.
"Well this isn't really what I look." Anko thought he was joking at first that is until formed the ram hand sign and blew up into a cloud of smoke. At first she couldn't see anything within the cloud, but after a few seconds the cloud began to disperse and shadowy stood right in front of her. When the cloud fully disappeared, her eyes widened and her jaw felt like it was about to fall off. Standing in front of her was no longer a short, loud mouth brat who liked to wear orange. The person who stood in front of her was taller than her by a few inches, wore a black short sleeved muscle shirt with a black that clearly showed a good amount of muscle. He had an over coat that was red on the inside and black on the outside. He wore traditional anbu style black shinobi pants, although the cuffs around his ankles more open than most pants. Instead of black sandals he wore a pair of black combat boots with most it covered up by his pants. At first Anko could barely recognize the person standing in front of her until she looked at his face and saw the strikingly blonde and whisker marks on his cheeks. His face didn't have a single once of baby fat that his persona had.
"So Anko, what do you think." She really didn't know what to think. To think that the blond loud mouthed midget turned out to be a tall muscular hunk. She just couldn't rap her mind around that. Then her eyes started wondering to muscles showing threw his shirt and she couldn't help but blush. Wondering what it would feel like to feel those muscle herself, she couldn't help but smile perversely. Then there were the other parts of that made him a man, and that's when blood started dripping out of her nose and the perverted giggling got louder.
Naruto really didn't know what to do. Here in front of him was a giggling perverted Anko Mitarashi. He had seen the things she can and will do when she was sadistic, but God knows what she would do when she's being perverted rather than in a teasing mood. "Uh Anko, are you okay?" He asked really hoping he could get her to stop giggling. Anko stopped giggling at the moment but still had the blush going across her face
"Yeah, but who knew under that blond loud mouthed persona was big strong hunk of a man." She was still eyeing his muscles. As weird as it felt having Anko ogle at him, he would admit it wasn't a bad feeling. He decided he wanted to at least show her around before she raped him, though he really wouldn't have minded that at all. She was by far one the hottest women he has seen in Konoha and the fact that she nothing more than a mesh body suit, an orange mini skirt, and a tan trench coat, didn't really leave much to imagination.
"Well before anything happens at least let me show you around." He said with a play smirk. Anko agreed to the tour but still didn't stop thinking about what he be like in bed causing her blush to increase.
To anyone having a hard time imagining what the training ground looks like, just imagine kisuke's training ground from bleach except half of it is covered in forests. also Naruto jacket looks similar to Blade's minus all the cross decorations. R and R