Hey thanks everyone who reviewed and/or liked the start. I can only hope that people will like this one as well. Sorry for the long wait everybody. There are a few people's reviews I would like to say something to.

Zollos-I am going to cover a few years before he becomes a Genin, but they're important moments.

Challenger-The bloodlines you suggested is a little too powerful. I have ideas for a bloodline, but I still need to hammer them out a little if I decide to put it in there. I don't think a Naruto harem is really a good idea for this story. Oh yeah the seal doesn't change Naruto, it just makes him weaker and the Kyuubi training him thing is too clichéd.

Jcogginsa-Really?

Chapter One -Stories-

-----------------------------------Eight Years After the Attack--------------------------------------

Naruto was pounding on a log in at the training ground. He was frustrated, extremely so. The strikes started to become more and more intense as he punched to get rid of his frustration. No matter how hard he hit it wasn't going to go away.

Normally he would do this once a week for training. Nobody else he knew did this, except Sasuke. Yet still he couldn't match them in combat. He studied almost every night, nobody but Sakura did that. Still he isn't as smart as any of them. Granted he knows a little more about certain fields of study. He practices the academy jutsus daily and he can only do the Henge no Jutsu (Transformation Jutsu) and the Kawarimi no Jutsu (Replacement Jutsu), which he only was able to do successfully today.

"I even stopped eating ramen for breakfast because some crazy man said it wasn't healthy," Naruto thought out loud.

"It's common knowledge that ramen is bad for you," said a new voice coming from a boy that look about a year older, had violet eyes, and had raven colored hair. He was wearing a tan coat, black shorts, and a black headband.

"Yeah, well, I have to do some training, whatever your name is," Naruto replied.

The older boy said, "My name is Hyuuga Neji. May I ask yours?"

Naruto just smiled and said cockily, "Uzumaki Naruto is my name. You better remember it because I'm gonna be Hokage one day!"

Neji looked at him and coldly said, "I seriously doubt that. Your training results seem to tell me that you'd be lucky if you turned out to be a halfway decent shinobi, let alone Hokage."

"Yeah you say that now, but when it is done and over with all the training I've done I will be Hokage," Naruto said with vigor.

"It doesn't matter how hard you train. You are nothing but a weakling right now. A failure will always be a failure; it is fate's unalterable law," Neji said.

After this Naruto just walked away with a scowl on his face. He was in a very bad mood after this conversation. He was thinking of popping for in a surprise visit to the Sandaime. Talking with him always made him feel a bit better. Maybe he would pop in through the window this time.

------------------------------------------------Hokage's Tower----------------------------------------

Naruto managed to climb up to the Hokage's window and was about to break-in, but then he heard the door open and he concluded that the Old Man was starting a meeting with a civilian or shinobi.

'Well, I guess I'll wait for it to be over. I don't want to be rude,' Naruto thought.

"Hokage-sama, I wish to talk to you about something," said a voice that Naruto recognized.

"What do you wish to discuss, Iruka-san?" the aging Hokage asked, not looking up from his mountains of papers.

Iruka hesitated a moment and then said, "It is about Naruto-san."

The older man looked up, his curiosity was obviously shown. Naruto was wondering why they were about to talk about him.

Iruka continued, "I've been watching him closely lately. I've looked at his training and studying habits and I can see he works harder then anyone else in the class. A few days ago he was starting to fall asleep in my class. I woke him up and asked him why he was so tired and he said that he was up all night trying to memorize the basics of chakra control and didn't have much success. I've seen him during the free time and he is either studying or training. The only time I see him doing anything but training outside of school is when he's at Ichiraku's or pulling a prank. Despite all of this training his grades are abysmal and his combat skills are far below average."

The Hokage sighed and realized that he was about to say something that he might regret later.

The old man had a sad look on his face as he said, "I assume you want to know a reason. Yes, there is a reason for this, but I must warn you, you may never tell anybody this. Ah, how should I put this? Eight years ago when the Kyuubi was sealed into Naruto's stomach we had a council meeting. The question that was asked was what should we do. The idea was proposed of a very powerful suppression seal to be placed on him. The council voted to do so and I don't have the ability to reject their will."

Then the Hokage heard a loud 'WHAT', but was shocked when it came from behind him instead of Iruka in front of him. He saw Naruto very angry and wondered how intense it would be without the seal' emotion regulation.

"Tell me the whole story," Naruto said very coldly.

The Sandaime did just that. He told of how the Yondaime sacrificed his own life in order to seal the demon into Naruto and save the city. Naruto learned of the disastrous event when the whole town was told of what happened to the Kyuubi. That this is how Third's Law came to place. He was told of the power struggle in the council room and when it came down to it the seal was passed. He also made sure he told Naruto that he was the guard not the Kyuubi.

After their chat Naruto was still made and left without saying a word. The Hokage looked at Iruka with his sad face.

------------------------------------------Training Ground---------------------------------------------

He went back to the same training ground that he met Neji at. He saw that Neji was still there, but tried to ignore him. Neji looked at him with an interested look as Naruto was hitting log.

He said, "For some reason your punches seem to be more devastating, but then again a failure is always a failure."

Naruto just turned around and shot a solid blow straight into the Hyuuga's stomach. The punch had enough force to lift the violet-eyed boy off his feet. Neji got up and got into a fighting position.

Neji thought, 'He didn't have that much strength before and I was watching with my Byakugan, which means he wasn't holding back. Maybe I should check to see if anything changed.'

Neji checked and saw one thing that he didn't notice before, about half of his chakra reserves were being stored in an eight-pointed star on his forehead. He also noticed that whenever the blonde moved the electrical wave went through the said image and weakened it.

Neji had a small smirk and got into a relaxed position. He said, "So did you just find out something that bothers you?"

"Yeah why?" asked the blue-eyed boy.

Neji ignored his question and asked, "Does it have to do with a seal on your forehead?"

Naruto was thrown off and said, "How do you know about that?"

"Well as it would seem, I too have a seal on my forehead. I'll share my story if you share yours. I must warn you my story involves an ancient Hyuuga practice and the death of my father," Neji said sadly as he removed his headband revealing his seal.

Naruto was silent for a while. He had just learned of all this stuff, but this older kid was willing to share something that was obviously hard for him. Maybe he wanted to talk about his events and Naruto discovered that he too wanted to talk about the events of it.

"Okay," he replied, "But my story involves two S-class secrets that only me and the Hokage are able to tell freely and the Hokage will only say it if he thinks it benefits me or I tell him he can…so you go first."

The Hyuuga branch member looked a little unsure of the blonde's words. Then the caged bird started, "My father and my uncle are twin brothers. My uncle was born a few seconds before my father and that made him the legitimate successor to the Hyuuga clan. My father was put in the serving part of the family the branch family. On Hinata-sama's third birthday I was given this seal, like all of the branch members. A seal that could kill us if the main branch wished it. I watched my father go into immense pain just for thinking treacherous thoughts. A little while after that a ninja from Kumo tried to kidnap Hinata-sama for the Byakugan. Her father killed the man who tried to do it, but Kumo wanted his head for it. Instead of sending Hiashi-sama they sent my father."

Naruto knew that must be a sad lost. He started his story. He told of himself being the Kyuubi vessel. He talked about the uproar of when he was shown to the public, how it started Third's Law. He talked about the events in the council and their final decision. How he had to grow up by himself. He even told Neji that he didn't learn any of this till today and it was by accident. He thought that it wouldn't make a difference after he talked about it, but he felt better.

Neji was completely understanding of Naruto's situation and said, "Thank you, Naruto-kun. If I may ask, are you angry at the Hokage?"

Naruto thought about this and said, "Yes, I think I am angry. At least in this moment I am. I…am glad we had a chance to talk."

"Naruto-kun, I said that you wouldn't make a good ninja, but even though I don't necessarily think it's impossible. Maybe fate is trying to make you stronger in the face of adversity. I'm not very good at this sort of thing, but I think you'd made a good friend, so will you be my friend," Neji said with a hint of hope.

Naruto smiled and said, "Yeah, I think you'll be an interesting friend to mess with. I don't have any other friends so you will be getting many pranks pulled on you. Oh and sorry about knocking the wind out of you."

Neji replied, "You only were able to do it because you did it out of surprise and I'll prove it in a spar."

Naruto got into a fighting position and they sparred until evening.

Author's Note:

I'm very sorry that I haven't updated and that this chapter isn't the longest or greatest. I've done this chapter once before, but didn't like it in the end and it had him form a friendship with Tenten. This version is completely different from the original, but I don't think it is the best. It provides the structure for the plot though. So stay tuned for my next chapter.