1Naruto may seem a little OOC in this chapter but he is being bribed so. . . .
Disclaimer: Owning Naruto IS NOT something I do. Naruto being the manga/anime owned by Kishimoto Masashi et cetera . . .
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Now on with the story!
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"NARUTO!" shouted a man from down the stairs.
A boy with golden blonde hair and deep blue eyes woke up and jumped out of bed when he heard this. A foxy grin appeared on the boy's face as he hurried to get changed.
"Naruto! You are going to get such a thrashing when I find you," shouted the man again, his voice seeming to be closer then before.
The young blonde had just finished getting changed into his orange jump suit and was about to escape out his window when his door flew open and the man burst in. The man had features very similar to those of the boy, the same blonde hair and those same blue eyes.
And with amazing speed the man grabbed the boy by the collar preventing his escape and pulling him back into the room. The boy fell ungracefully onto the floor.
"What was that for?" demanded the boy as he sat up from his awkward position.
"Don't even start Naruto you know what that was for?!" yelled the man as he wagged his index finger at the boy in a parental way "Breakfast is ruined because of your stupid prank. Oh and let's not forget about the fact that the kitchen is a mess. I think I'm going to have to start giving you worse punishments. Maybe no ramen for a week."
"NANI! You wouldn't dare Hokage-baka." rebuked Naruto as he stood up from his place on the ground a look of horror on his face.
"Try me and stop calling me that! Do I need to beat more respect into you?" replied the Hokage as he threatened the boy with a fist.
Naruto growled remembering all the previous times he had respect beaten into him and said, "No, Otousan. . .I'm sorry . . . It won't happen again."
There was a short pause then the Hokage broke the silence, "Good now go clean up that mess in the kitchen."
Naruto was about to comply without another word but was interrupted.
"Hey, Naruto since breakfast is ruined why don't we stop for ramen before I go to the office" Naruto's face lit up at hearing those words.
"And MAYBE if I don't get any complaints from your teachers today I'll finish work up early to spend some extra time with you, maybe I could help you train for the up coming genin exam."
After hearing all that Naruto just went and hugger his father before going off to clean his mess.
The young Hokage just stood there and thought to himself, 'I'm going soft I can't believe I gave in to getting ramen for breakfast after all that punishment talk'. He shook his head and went off to prepare for work.
'I can't believe that trick worked so well those eggs went everywhere' Naruto sported a grin until he realized how hard it would be to clean up that very mess.
After about fifteen minutes of hard scrubbing his father came into the kitchen and acknowledged his hard work. "Well I guess this is clean enough. I would have had you clean the entire kitchen as punishment but there isn't any time if we're going to stop for ramen."
Naruto gave off a sigh of relief after hearing that last part. "Can we go now? I'm finished cleaning the mess and I'm starting to get hungry" asked the boy.
"Yes, but before we go I want to tell you something important Naruto" said the Father as he pulled in closer to his son.
"Nani?" asked the boy 'what could be more important than getting ramen.' he turned his ear in to hear better.
"Naruto. . . Don't . . . embarrass me in public." whispered the Hokage in his son's ear. As he pulled back quickly avoiding the fist that was intended for his face.
"Oi! Baka don't make it seem like your going to tell me some great secret when all you want to tell me is something idiotic like that. I definitely know where I get my prankster gene from" shouted Naruto at his father who now had a broad smile on his face. Obviously having achieved the results he wanted.
The Hokage just walked toward the door still sporting his devilish grin. Naruto seeing that he had done just as his father had expected just followed after him and sulked the whole way.
Once Ichiraku's ramen stand was in sight Naruto picked up his pace as he ran to get a seat and waited for his father to sit down next to him so they could order.
Even after seeing his son speed up and take a seat he simply continued at his own pace until he reached the stand. He lifted the flaps and started "Two miso ramen, please."
"Hai, Minato-sama" responded the man behind the counter.
"Naruto, I was thinking and well I'm going to need to teach you sooner or later, so I'll tell you what, do you know what my nick name used to be?" asked Minato.
"How could I not know every single person in Konoha knows it, you were known as Konoha's Yellow Flash" replied Naruto without much thought at all.
Minato started again, "Ok well I think you may be able to learn the techniques that earned me that title seeing as you're my son."
"Really you think I could!" interrupted Naruto almost falling out of his chair.
"Well I'm not really sure, I wanted to wait until you were older to teach them to you but if you do well in this genin exam I might teach you one early" said Minato with a smile as he watched his son grow more and more excited.
"Now that's some incentive! You can be sure that I'll graduate at the top of the class!" shouted Naruto.
"Ok but calm down we are in a restaurant and our food is ready." interrupted Minato as he pointed in the direction of their ramen.
The Ramen had extra everything on it. Naruto actually started to drool when he saw it. "Itadaki masu" said the duo together before breaking the chop sticks apart and digging in.
"So Hokage-sama what brings you here this morning? It is unusual for you to come in the morning hours." asked the proprietor of the stand.
"Well there was a little mishap in the kitchen and I couldn't make breakfast so I decided we would come here instead." replied Minato. He took another mouth full then continued. "Nothing serious but we didn't have enough time to fix the problem before I had to leave for the office."
"I think it was a good thing I prefer ramen to your cooking anytime Otousan. Hey can I have another. Ouch what was that for?" asked Naruto having been hit upside the head.
"That was for being so rude. I thought I had taught you manners but I guess I failed in that department. And before you finish that sentence, no you may not have another bowl of ramen it is to early and we both have places to be." he turned to the man behind the counter "Thank you for the ramen and put both of ours on my bill I'll bring the money by at the end of the week" said the Hokage.
"Hai, Hokage-sama" replied the man.
"Come on Naruto I'll walk with you until the academy" said Minato.
Naruto sat in his stool for a minute then bolted after his father to catch up. "Tell me more about the technique" requested Naruto as he caught up to his father.
"No, you will just have to wait until I am going to teach you." replied his father in a calm tone.
Naruto moaned and asked, "Why I just want to know what kind of technique it's going to be? Humph" crossing his arms as he did so.
"Naruto make sure you pay attention in class today so you learn more about the exam. You're going to have to try hard to do well. Before you say anything I saw your last written test and you're not doing well, I know. And if you don't pass the written part of the exam I will not teach you the technique." said Minato, "Ok well there is the academy I will see you later and I will do my best to get out early to come home early."
"See you later, Otousan" replied Naruto before running off toward the academy. He walked into the academy building and immediately went to his class room to find it empty of all but his sensei, Iruka.
"Good morning, Iruka-sensei." said Naruto to his sensei as he walked up to the desk in the front of the room.
"Naruto! What are doing here so early? You're never early!" inquired Iruka with a shocked look on his face.
"Well my dad brought me hear early so I figured I'd come in and ask for information about the genin exam." explained Naruto to his sensei.
"Naruto, do you have a fever or something? This is so unlike you." asked Iruka with concern written all over his face.
"No, I just need to pass this genin exam with good grades. If I do I get to learn a cool technique!" said Naruto as he almost jumped out of anticipation.
"Oh, well that's sounds more like you. Well the exam consists of five parts a written exam, a genjutsu exam, a physical or taijutsu exam, ninjutsu exam, and a field exam. The written exam is just that a test that you take here in the class room. The genjutsu exam is fairly simple all you need to do is break free from a genjutsu successfully. The Taijutsu exam is more like a physical then an exam you do a few physically challenging events and are graded on them. Then there is the ninjutsu exam in which you perform a few ninjutsu and are graded on your level of performance. Then lastly is the field exam that varies from year to year. Did that answer any of your questions, Naruto?"
"Yeah but you sure are long winded, Iruka-sensei." replied Naruto with a smile.
Iruka sighed, "Naruto you really haven't changed. If you're going to just wait here for class to start you should probably start studying for the written exam seeing as it isn't your strongest area."
Naruto looked a little annoyed at that last comment but calmed down when he realized it was so very true. So he went to his seat and started to study. Less than five minutes into his bribed studying Naruto fell asleep on his desk.