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"Naruto, Sai, wake up."
Blue and dark eyes blinked once before focusing on Sasuke's big eyes and chubby baby face.
"This still doesn't feel real." Sai mumbled. "Yet it feels more real than the Infinite Tsukuyomi."
"It is definitely real." Sasuke agreed. "Let's get ready. We have to be at the Academy in half an hour."
"Really? We woke up really late." Sai commented, frowning.
"This body is extremely inconvenient." Naruto commented as he quickly put on a white shirt and orange cargo pants that Itachi had brought him. He looked at the cute animal on the shirt and ignored the overly cute hat. "Your brother has some little brother issues."
"Trust me, I know." Sasuke mumbled. "He wasn't this bad last time though." he tossed a flower pin aside and sighed.
Sai pulled on a pink tee shirt with a gray vest and white pants. He started putting a butterfly clip in his hair but Sasuke tossed it aside before he could.
The boys pulled on their shoes and ran to the kitchen where they had a quick breakfast. Mikoto doting on them to make sure they ate enough so they wouldn't be hungry later. She then handed them bagged lunches. Something Naruto and Sai never had before.
"Thank you!" the three boys told her before running out the door. They made it to the Academy pretty quickly and found room 108 immediately. Hinata, not wearing her ridiculous winter coat in summer, was there already. She was dressed in a white sundress and had a lily in her hair. Sakura and Ino were there too.
Sakura had her hair down, her bangs covering her forehead and the strength of a hundred seal. She wore cute green dress with a white bow around her waist.
Ino had her hair up, something that she didn't do until she got older and her hair got longer. She wore a skirt and a ruffled shirt.
Everyone else was standing around, waiting patiently. The girls making use of their cute bodies to dress up and the boys probably had their parents pick out their outfits.
"Not being in war is so nice." Sakura whispered to them.
Naruto looked around the classroom. It didn't look like a classroom. In fact there weren't any desks at all. There wasn't a teacher either. They waited for an hour before deciding to leave.
They made their way to a different classroom in search for a teacher. They found a young Iruka sorting papers for a Chunin supervisor. He was probably learning how to become a teacher.
"Excuse me." Sakura tugged on his pants. "We're looking for our teacher. We're new."
Iruka looked at them surprised. "A bit young to be in this academy. Aren't you?" he kneeled down and patted Sakura's head.
"Not at all. There isn't an age requirement." Shikamaru pointed out. "You just have to be able to pass a test. We all passed."
Iruka frowned. "How about we go back to your classroom and wait for your teacher to show up? I'll wait with you."
He followed them back into their classroom and took a seat on the floor. There wasn't any desks or tables in this room. "How about we form a circle and introduce ourselves." he smiled at them. They quickly complied and stared at him. "I'll go first and we can go in a circle. Let's see, my name is Iruka Umino. I'm 13 years old and I want to become a teacher."
They decided to play along.
"I'm Ino Yamanaka. I'm three and I'm going to be the best ninja I can be."
"I'm Sakura Haruno. I'm three and I'm going to be the greatest doctor in the world."
"I'm Hinata Hyuuga. I'm three and I'm going to be get stronger and stronger."
"I'm Neji Hyuuga. I'm four and I'm going to get strong enough to protect my friends without dying."
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I'm three and I'm going to be Hokage."
"I'm Sasuke Uchiha. I'm three and I'm going to help Naruto become Hokage."
"I'm Shikamaru Nara and I'm going to advise Naruto when he becomes Hokage. I'm three."
"I'm Chouji Akimichi and I'm going to help Naruto become Hokage. I'm three."
"I'm three, almost four. I don't have a name but you can call me Sai. I'm going to help my friends."
"I'm Rock Lee and I'm four. I'm going to prove that you don't need ninjutsu or genjutsu to become a ninja."
"I'm Tenten. I'm four and I'm going to get strong enough to protect my friends."
"I'm Shino Aburame. I'm three and I'm going to breed the best ninja bugs."
"I'm Kiba Inuzuka and I'm going to rival Naruto to be Hokage. I'm three too."
"Shut up Kiba. Naruto's going to be Hokage!" Sakura said. Naruto laughed at that.
Iruka looked at them stunned. He smiled. "Those are some nice goals. Why don't we-"
He was cut off as someone knocked on the door and peaked his head in. "That's where you went Iruka. What are you doing? And who are these kids?"
"Sorry. They were wandering around so I thought I would keep an eye on them while they waited for their teacher to show up."
The man sighed. "Well I need your help. Come on kids. You're going to sit in my class today. Don't worry if it's too hard for you. These kids are graduating this year so it would be good to see what you're getting yourself into. Iruka, write a note telling the teacher where his kids are and then get back to work."
Naruto and the others waved Iruka goodbye before following the man into a different classroom. The class had eleven and twelve year olds sitting randomly across the room and talking softly.
"Guys. These kids teacher didn't show up so they're sitting in here until he shows. We're about to go outside. The older kids are going to show you some taijutsu."
"I know Taijutsu!" Lee giggled, raising his hand and jumping.
The man chuckled as they made their way outside. They walked to the sparing section. "You kids watch carefully. Okay?"
"No fair! I want to fight too!" Lee complained. The other three and four year olds agreed. Lee stood up and got into a fighting position.
The man chuckled. "Alright my class. Pick a chibi and teach them some basic taijutsu."
The class mumbled excitedly about that. The girls looking for the cutest little girls and choosing them immediately and the boys taking whoever was left.
Naruto was partnered with a tall blond with short hair and brown eyes. He looked kind and didn't recognize Naruto as a Jinjuriki.
The boy frowned. "I don't want to hurt you. You're so cute." he reached down and lifted Naruto up. Naruto frowned at that and flipped out of the boys embrace. He landed elegantly on his feet and quickly crouched and swung his legs to trip the other boy. Unfortunately his little boy was too short and weak so he ended up falling on his face.
The boy picked him up again. "Are you okay? You're not hurt are you?"
Naruto looked around and noticed that the others weren't doing much better. Except Lee. He was pinning his opponent to the ground.
It took Naruto nearly an hour to get used to his new body. By that time he was tired and his little boy started slowing down.
The teacher seemed to notice because he called the class back into the building. He put the little kids in the back of the class and told them to take a nap before lunch. Naruto was too exhausted to complain and ended up passing out a minute into the lecture.
He woke up to loud talking and sat up rubbing his eyes. The class was loudly watching each other perform Clone Jutsu.
Some of the others started waking up too. Except Shikamaru who could sleep through just about anything.
The teacher clapped his hands together. "Lunch time! You have an hour." he said as he pulled out his own lunch.
Immediately the kids made their way to Naruto and the others as they pulled out their own lunches. Naruto grinned at the lunch Mikoto packed him. He was indescribably happy about having someone make his lunch for him. He quickly dug in and savored the taste.
After eating Naruto looked around the classroom. The desks seemed so big. He didn't remember them being this huge. He ran to the front of the room and looked at the teacher.
"When is our teacher getting here?" he asked loudly so that everyone could hear. His friends ran down the classroom so they stood behind Naruto. They looked at the teacher demandingly.
"I don't know." The teacher shrugged.
"Then can we participate in your class?" Sakura asked.
"Well we're doing clone jutsu right now. It'll be too hard for a beginner."
Naruto looked at his friends and nodded. All of them except Lee made hand signals and formed shadow clones of themselves. The look on the teacher's face was priceless.
"Now what?" Sasuke said boredly. "Genjutsu?" he asked while activating his Mangekyou Sharingan and Rinnegan. Hinata and Neji activated their Byakugan as well.
"Summonings?" Tenten asked as she summoned a kunai with a scroll.
"More Taijutsu?" Lee asked getting into a position to fight.
"Ninjutsu!" Kiba grinned excitedly.
"Guys. I think we broke the teacher." Ino pointed out.
They looked at the teacher and frowned. His eyes were wide as he looked at them with a face of shock.
Suddenly the door burst open and an ANBU member walked in. He looked at the kids. "I know I was late but that was no reason to leave the classroom."
"Late? We were told to be here at eight. That was five and a half hours ago." Sakura pointed out. "Are you our teacher?"
The masked man nodded. "I am head of the training unit in ANBU. I can spot potential very easily. You're younger than I expected."
Sasuke rolled his eyes and grabbed Naruto and Neji's hand. "Whatever." he mumbled pulling them out of the classroom. The rest of the class following closely behind.
The shadow clones poofed away and soon they were back in the original classroom.
"Seeing as you can all make Shadow Clones I'm going to assume you know enough to graduate the academy. That and your test scores where incredible. You all aced the last Jounin exams written exam. Nothing short of incredible. Not to mention your advanced Chakra development." The man continued. "The way you moved in Taijutsu against the older kids made it seem like you could beat them easily with a little more practice."
"You were watching us the whole time." Sai realized.
"You all have incredible potential. I would invite you into the ANBU right now. Unfortunately you are all too young. We cut off the minimum age of recruitment at six."
Sai frowned at that before shrugging. The Foundation must be different.
"I talked to the Hokage and he agrees that if I say so I can assign you a Jounin leader. Fortunately a group agreed to teach you if you passed. Follow me and I'll introduce them to you."
They stood and followed the ANBU member to the training grounds where four Jounin sat eating lunch.
"I should have known." Sasuke mumbled as he saw Itachi and his team.
The ANBU member disappeared. Sasuke sighed and led the group to where his brother sat.
"Itachi. You volunteered to teach us?" Sai asked curiously.
"You can't even dress us." Naruto grumbled.
Itachi frowned. "You don't like it? I thought it was cute." He sighed. "And besides. Kakashi, Rin, Obito and I graduated early like you. I say we are extremely capable. They're 13 and they're all already Jounin. I'm 8 and I'm a Jounin though so they aren't that incredible."
Sasuke rolled his eyes at that.
"I think we are the most least threatening looking group of Ninja ever to exist." Neji commented.
"Let's go to the training fields. I want to see you fight to determine your skills." Kakashi said.
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"There's an issue with there being thirteen of you." Kakashi mumbled. "Usually the teams consist of four members. A teacher and three students."
Obito was handing each child a leaf headband. "I still find it hard to believe the village is letting three and four year olds become ninja."
Itachi shook his head and motioned to the headband. He pointed out a little star in the four corners. "They're technically genins but they aren't allowed to go on any missions. In fact they can't do much at all. They're too smart for the Academy but they're too young to go on missions."
"Not even D-ranked missions?" Rin asked.
"Well. They can go on those but only the really simple ones that have a zero harm factor." Itachi sighed. "Also since they're so young they are one team instead of four. At least until they're a little older." He reached down and lifted Sasuke into his arms. "They can be easily kidnapped and hurt. A fall that would be normal for us could be life threatening to them."
"No need to talk about us like we aren't here." Kiba pouted. Obito patted his head and lifted him into his arms.
"You're so cute." he grinned pinching one of Kiba's cheeks. The red triangle on his face stretching a bit.
Kiba resisted the urge to bite his hand off.
"Stop teasing him Obito." Rin shook her head at the pout Obito gave her. "How would you feel if some man lifted you up and pinched your cheek?"
Kiba reached over and pinched Obito's cheek. He grinned at the disgruntled look he received.
"Well being this small does have it's perks. If I want someone to carry me somewhere all I have to do is pout and lift my arms up." Ino giggled as she walked up to Rin and pouted. She lifted her arms up and waited.
Rin fought the urge but the adorable child in front of her was hard to resist. In the end Ino ended up on her hip with a triumphant grin on her face.
"You're weak." Kakashi told her. "Don't get distracted by their cuteness. It's a trick."
Naruto walked up to him and looked up at him with big blue eyes. He pouted and made his eyes water a bit. "Kakashi-sensei. You don't mean that, do you?" he asked sadly.
Kakashi's eyes softened and he reached down and patted Naruto on the head. Naruto wrapped his arms around Kakashi's neck. Kakashi lifted him up and attempted to comfort him before freezing.
"Oh, you're good." he said.
Naruto grinned at him. "Thank you."
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Naruto looked up at Itachi. "If Obito is here then why are my parents dead?"
Itachi frowned. "Your parents aren't dead."
"But you said I was an orphan." Naruto pointed out. He grinned. His parents were still alive!
Itachi sighed. "Well you see. There was an incident when you were born. Your parents are in a coma. Technically they can't take care of you."
"But I'm not an orphan."
"Naruto." Itachi kneeled down so he was eye level with Naruto. "Your parents have been asleep for over three years. Doctors believe they'll never wake up. I'm sorry but they are pretty much dead right now."
Naruto felt his eyes tear up. "What happened?"
"Rogue ninja's attacked you the day you were born. Your mother was in no shape to fight and your father was overwhelmed with enemy ninja. They only survived because this time around Kakashi, Rin and Obito were there to help."
"You mean Kurama got loose?" Naruto whispered.
"No. But they transferred his chakra to you anyways. They wanted to leave you with something."
Naruto took a deep breath. "Can I see them?"
"I'm afraid not. They're in an intensive care unit."
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Okay, so someone told me Naruto's parents being dead didn't make sense since Obito was good. That makes sense, I guess I didn't notice that before. I decided to make them alive but on death's door to explain them not being there to take care of Naruto.
I actually really like Minato and Kushina so them being alive is all because now I have an excuse to keep them.
Anyways, thanks for all the notifications! It was surprising to see how popular this story was.
I decided to keep romance to a little due to the different pairings people want me to do. I know how horrible it is to read a story with a shipping you can't stand. I'm also not in the mood to make this all lovey dovey, at least not at this moment.
Also, I am not one of those authors that take flames lightly. I will report and delete comments I think are inappropriate. If you have the guts to sign in to your account to review hatefully I will PM you before reporting you just in case I misunderstood something. Also all guest reviews are linked to my account in a way that I have to approve of them before it will show up on the story. So if you review and your comment doesn't show up immediately, don't worry. I try to approve of them as quickly as I can.
Anyways, please review with your thoughts. More insight on things I missed or overlooked would be helpful. Also tell me what you want to see. Someone told me they wanted to see Neji and Hinata take care of the kidnapper so I wrote that into chapter 4.
Also for everyone who asked, Kurama has his memory but Kakashi and Guy do not. Also Lee can't use ninjutsu because even if Sakura could heal him since he's so young I feel like he wouldn't be Lee anymore. I don't like than. He's one of the best characters there are. Also there is no way Sakura would let anyone bully her! She's my favorite female character. And that's saying a lot since there are so many awesome female characters like Temari, Kushina and Tsunade. Kushina would probably be my favorite if we saw her more though.
Anyways…. I totally didn't get off topic. Please keep in mind this is not supposed to be taken too seriously. Also if you see any glaring spelling errors, this is un betaed so I would appreciate it if you told me. I've read whole stories where people would constantly misspell the same word over and over.
Thanks
Lilac ;)