Author's Note: Welcome back everyone! I present to you, the second chapter of The True Child of Light. Thank you to all of you who have reviewed, followed, and favorited this story. The feedback is absolutely astounding. Hell, I even already got my own essay review which greatly aided me in editing my first chapter.

That is another thing. If you read my first chapter the day it was released, the next day, or the day after that, go ahead and read it again. That being said, I put a date and timestamp on there to show what time I edited it. BTW I am in central time. You can use that as a reference.

Anyways, onto the main part, I would like to give some short shout outs.

First off, I would simply like to thank every person who has taken the time out of their day to read my boring story.

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Another announcement, there is going to be a question at the end of this chapter relating to Naruto's future abilities. Please read and give input.

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"Shut it teme." – Regular speech

'Baka!' – Internal thoughts

:Shannaro!: – Inner Sakura

-Random book mumbo jumbo stuff- –Books ( I have decided to also center book text in the page)

"I swear I'm going to eat you brat." – Bijuu talking

'Hmm. The kid isn't half bad.' – Bijuu thinking

"Katon: Goukakakyuu no Jutsu!" (Fire release: Great Fireball Technique) – Jutsu

Chapter 2: Like a Family

Konoha Hospital, Konohagakure no Sato, day 2 of the academy

The day after the now famous academy tournament, Sasuke and Kiba had both woken up from their slumbers. Sasuke was allowed to leave immediately and after a few hours of checkups, Kiba was let go as well. However, Kiba didn't leave the hospital. In fact, he stayed in the same hospital room that he was admitted to originally. The reason? Naruto of course.

Through the battle against Sasuke and each other, Naruto and Kiba had formed an unusually strong bond. They understood each other almost like they had been good friends for years prior. As a result, Kiba felt that it was important for him to stay behind until Naruto woke up so that they could have a nice long talk.

At about 1:40 in the afternoon, Kiba's wish was granted. Naruto began to stir from his sleep and wake up, and what was the first thing that he saw? Kiba of course. Kiba was sitting sprawled out in the visitor's chair with a bored look all over his face. That is, until Akamaru barked in Naruto's direction, which caused Kiba to look over to his new friend.

"Hey man! You're awake! Damn, you were out cold for almost an entire day you know. We've got tons of things to talk about." Kiba spewed out statement after statement.

Naruto just looked confused. "Kiba, not that I'm not glad you're here and all, but what would we have to talk about?"

An audible sigh was heard from Kiba. Naruto may have done well in the fight, but he was still that same idiot as always. "What do you think man? That fight was badass. I mean really, even after being worn down, you caught my Tsuuga like a damn ball without even hesitating. That's what we have to talk about."

This only served to confuse Naruto even more. "I mean, thanks Kiba but I still don't get it." Naruto stated with an innocent face.

Kiba couldn't believe this guy. "Naruto, everyone in the academy was watching that fight. Even my mom. In fact, speaking of my mom, I hope you don't mind, but I asked her for a favor after I woke up."

This still confused Naruto more. "Why would I mind that you asked your mom for a favor?"

"Naruto, I asked my mom if you could train with us over at the Inuzuka clan compound."

If Naruto's jaw could unhinge itself and fall further, it would have. "Wait. You mean I could train with your family?! With you?"

Finally, he was catching on. Kiba just grinned wildly. "Hell yeah man. And of course she said yes right away. Naruto… did you notice in our fight? How well we worked together?"

It had taken Naruto a second, but he finally registered what was happening. He just broke out into a wide grin as well. "Oh yeah! We kicked Sasuke's ass! That was so awesome ya know!"

"Hell yeah it was! We worked together great man! The Inuzuka style is all about working with your pack in battle. If you, Akamaru and I all worked together, we could be unstoppable!"

This was completely new to Naruto. Not only was someone finally acknowledging him, but they were asking him to train with them! He couldn't turn that down. "Well hell yeah I'll do it! As soon as I'm out of this damn hospital, I have a couple of things to do, then I could go anytime."

Needless to say, Kiba was overjoyed with this. Working in a fight with Naruto just felt…..right. Like when he and Akamaru fought together. "Well alright man. I'll tell my mom. Get better quick Naruto." And with that, Kiba and Akamaru left out the door and closed it shut.

Well, as long as he was going to be in there, Naruto would work out potential skills and strategies he could use against Sasuke. However, these thoughts were also cut short as Hokage-jiji and Iruka-Sensei came walking in the door. The Hokage was the first to speak.

"Hello Naruto. How are you feeling?" The Hokage said with a somewhat concerned tone. Even if he knew Naruto would be fine, he couldn't help but worry. Naruto was like a grandson to him after all.

"I'm fine old man. I'll be up again today ya know!" Naruto said matter-of-factly. "Oh hey Iruka-sensei."

Iruka just sweatdropped at Naruto's words. Oh well. Naruto would be Naruto after all.

"Hey Naruto. Great fight out there in the tournament. You really showed everyone what you can do."

Sarutobi took that opportunity to step in. "Indeed Naruto. I was watching the fight as well, and I must say, you truly did fantastic. Although I would suggest you stay away from such self-sacrificing methods in the future. I wouldn't want you to end up hurt on a real mission."

"Hehe. Sorry Jiji. I couldn't think of anything else to win. I don't really have any cool techniques like Kiba or Sasuke." Naruto said semi-apologetically.

The Hokage couldn't help smiling at Naruto's words. "Of course Naruto. I understand. I have to say, your on the spot teamwork with young Kiba was truly outstanding. I am glad to see that even academy students are upholding the virtues of Konoha."

Naruto didn't completely understand what that meant, but clearly it was good. "Sure thing Jiji! Oh! Jiji! Jiji! I need to tell you something! Kiba's family is gonna let me train with them! I've never trained with anyone other than people in the academy! Isn't that cool?"

"Haha. Indeed Naruto. Kiba's mother told me about the request soon after her son spoke to her. It is a great honor and opportunity to train with one of Konoha's main clans. I am positive that it will result in only good things. But enough about battles and training. How are you fairing?"

Naruto still didn't get what was so important about big clans in the village. All he really knew is that most of them were really strong. "Hehe. No problem Jiji. Like I said, I'll be up and running before you know it…..see?"

And so he was.

Naruto was quite literally up and running around the hospital room before anyone even processed what was happening.

'Well at least he isn't short on energy.'

"Hokage-sama, should I have the doctors come in to do some checks to see if Naruto can leave?" Iruka jumped in.

"Hmm. Yes Iruka. Very well. Naruto, until the doctors say that you are clear, try to stay in your bed. We wouldn't want any permanent and lasting effects on your body now would we?" Of course, the Hokage knew that it would never actually happen. The Kyuubi would simply heal any large injuries before they could escalate into anything serious. But Naruto didn't know that.

Immediately Naruto stopped in his tracks and walked back to his bed. With that, Iruka left the room with a chuckle.

For a few minutes, Naruto and the Hokage sat around just talking. Catching up on the recent events. When he asked why Naruto was so late that day though, Naruto just told him he slept in. Technically it wasn't a lie. Just stretched a bit.

However, after a couple of minutes, a trio of people came in. Two of them were somewhat expected. The third however, not so much.

It was none other than the children of the famous Ino-Shika-Cho team. Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji.

Choji was the first to speak. "Hey Naruto. How ya doing? That was a *munch* pretty nice fight you had. Risky move at the end though." The large boy stated while wolfing down a bag of chips.

Next was Shikamaru. "Same. Man Naruto, you sure know how to stir things up around here. Troublesome blond."

Last was Ino. "Yeah yeah. You did pretty well. Even I have to admit that. Even if you did need Kiba's help to defeat Sasuke-Kun."

Naruto sweatdropped at that. Even when complimenting him, Ino still found a way to make it sound somewhat insulting. "Uhh. Thanks guys. I don't really know what to say."

"Then don't say anything. Just take the compliment. Even when you don't do anything, you're still troublesome." Shikamaru stated.

"Oh. Uhh alright then. Well thanks anyways. And yeah, I was pretty awesome."

Audible sighs were heard all around. 'Of course that's the only thing he would get out of that.'

"Yeah yeah Naruto. You did great. Get better soon and all that you troublesome blond." Shikamaru said with a strangely amused tone.

And with that, the trio left the room. Fine timing too, because at that moment, Iruka, the doctor, and a nurse all walked in.

"All right Uzumaki-san, we're just going to do some checkups and physical tests to check if you are fit to leave the hospital and go on your way.

For the next hour, Naruto went through various tests, had multiple diagnostic jutsu run on him, and some weird medical talk that Naruto didn't really understand. But in the end, they cleared him to leave.

"Well Mr. Uzumaki, I'm happy to say that you're clear to go. It's amazing really. With your injuries, you should have been stuck in that room for at least a few days, but instead you were barely there for a day. However, that isn't to say that you are entirely in the clear. However, please take it easy at least for today. That means no fighting or training. Certainly nothing like yesterday."

And so Naruto left. He said his goodbyes to Iruka and the Hokage, and he started heading to his apartment.


About 20 minutes later, Naruto's apartment, Konohagakure no Sato

Naruto looked around his apartment. In all honestly, it was pretty dirty. What was he supposed to say? He was an eleven year old boy living alone. Sure, he knew how to clean it up properly, but why bother? It wasn't like anyone ever saw his apartment.

Naruto didn't have much in the way of personal belongings. Of course, he had the essentials, clothes, food, some furniture, but he didn't really own anything nice. For the most part, his apartment had some ramen cups strewn around on the floor, some dirty dishes in the sink, and a few shirts thrown on the floor.

Sure, he was glad he would be moving into a bigger and better space, but the apartment also had a certain sentimental value to him. He had been living in it alone since the Hokage took him out of the orphanage and gave him his own place.

Naruto started by picking up the clothes on the ground and packing them in the box with the rest of his clothes he was bringing. That was what caused the sudden realization.

He would have to wash his clothes here. Even as faulty as it was, Naruto's only washing machine was in his apartment. There wasn't one over at the chambers because they had been built a super long time ago before things like electricity even existed.

Not only that, but washing machines were a fairly new invention. Expensive too. The only reason that Naruto even had one was because it was a gift from the Hokage for his 10th birthday. With him being in the academy, he really didn't have time to manually wash his clothes like he used to.

Naruto couldn't just transport his washer to the base either. Not only was it huge and needed electricity to run, something that the chambers definitely didn't have, but he would also need to know how to install one into a new area. Something which he lacked.

He supposed he would just have to bring his clothes back to his apartment to wash every once and awhile. That was fine though. He needed to make sure that it seemed like he was still living there anyways. Hanging his clothes out to dry would help with that.

After dealing with his clothes, Naruto threw away the old ramen cups on the floor and packed up any good food he had left to take to the chambers until he could set up a good system.

Last were the dirty dishes. He quickly hand washed each of them and packed them up as well. He also unplugged any electrical appliances that he didn't need on, things like his refrigerator for example. If he wasn't going to be living there, he might as well not waste power. That would just cost more money. Speaking of which, he would still have to remember to come by the landlord and pay rent every month until he could come up with a suitable excuse for not living there anymore.

Once he had packed everything into one sectioned off box, he turned off the lights of his apartment and walked out of his house. He couldn't really run very well with such a large box, so he was forced to walk all the way to the base. It took a whole hour on foot at a civilian pace. It was dark as well. The pack up and cleaning itself took a couple of hours.

Once he got there, he struggled to climb down the ladder with the large box, but once he did, he once again found the room he had chosen the day before, unpacked his things, and plopped down on his bed. He may have been asleep for most of the day, but it was still tiring talking to all of those people and transporting his things to the base.

Not enough to completely tire Naruto out of course. There were few things that could accomplish that task. Just enough to cause him to want to go to sleep and forget the troubles of the day. And so he did just that. He fell asleep at around 8:00 PM that night.


The next day, The Chambers, Konohagakure no Sato, day 3 of the academy

Naruto awoke that day somewhat more groggy than usual. He realized that now that he wasn't in his apartment, he didn't have his alarm clock anymore. Quickly, he ran to the main chamber and opened up the hatch. Luckily for him, it was still somewhat dark outside. It was probably somewhere around 6:00 in the morning.

With a sigh of relief, he climbed back down the ladder, and started getting ready for the day. He needed to be ready soon so that he would have time to check through some of the scrolls to learn a little more about light ninjutsu. Hikari-ojiisan said that there would be some techniques that he could learn now. He wanted to get started as soon as he could.

He opened up one of the six small scrolls around the main scroll and read it. Unfortunately what it contained some technical stuff about the first of the six pathways of the soul and an explanation of how it worked. It was all too complicated for Naruto so he moved on. The rest was just a list of techniques to attempt when in the first gate state. Nothing that he could try now.

Just in case, he checked the other five scrolls, but they were all more of the same. The first one however, mentioned something under the requirements for opening the first gate about mastering certain techniques before he was deemed ready. It said that they could probably be found in the library of the chambers. With that, Naruto was off. He had taken a quick tour around the chambers the night before.

For the most part, it was all pretty standard. Multiple bathrooms, countless bedrooms of varying sizes and colors, the kitchens, a dining room, a recreation room with some nice puffy furniture, and the library. He hadn't actually examined the library at all the night before. It was simply too large to see all at once.

It contained what looked to Naruto like endless books and spiraling staircases leading into other rooms and areas with what he presumed to be more books. There was even a pillar sprouting downwards from the ceiling that was covered in books, with staircases from other rooms stretching out to it. The entire place was like a maze of books and scrolls. He doubted that anyone could ever read all of them in one lifetime.

There was a plaque in the middle of the main room.

-The sacred library of light-

-Please respect the books in this facility and please return any books that you take with you.-

-If you require assistance, please contact the main librarian for any literature needs-

Naruto figured that the last one wasn't really in effect anymore. However, he would make sure that he took good care of any books he took out. He had never owned so many things before. Much less such a large number books and scrolls.

He started by walking over to the section labeled "Basics". Well, at least one person in the order had an appreciation for simplicity. What was the use of making things complicated when they could easily be simple? It just didn't make much sense.

Anyways, Naruto ventured over to the basics section, slid the glass cover of the section to the side, and pulled out a scroll labeled "Taking your first steps in the Light style Ninjutsu" Next to it, there was a scroll labeled "Taking your first steps in the Light style Taijutsu". That was cool. Hikari-Ojiisan never explained anything past the extremely basic points of light ninjutsu in the main scroll. He went ahead and took that one too.

Naruto sat down at one of the many tables stationed around the main floor and opened up the ninjutsu scroll. In it, it detailed the basics of light ninjutsu which Hikari-ojiisan had already explained so far.

In addition, it detailed that the soul itself was a reflection of a person's inner thoughts. The soul held the base intentions and personality of a person. In other words, the soul never lied. Even if a person said one thing, if they didn't truly believe it deep down, their soul would say otherwise. Essentially, being a holder of energy and information already, the soul could be used as a conduit or catalyst for chakra.

By streaming a person's chakra through their soul with the Chakra Purification jutsu, it purifies their chakra and creates light chakra. Naturally, the more pure a person's soul is, the easier the process will be and the more pure the light chakra will be. Someone with an evil and diluted soul could never hope to even succeed at the purification process without outside help from a master of the style constantly regulating their chakra flow for them.

The scroll said that the first step to light ninjutsu after learning the basics of what the soul was and how it works, was to begin learning the Chakra Purification Jutsu which apparently, despite being such a seemingly simple technique, was the base for all light style ninjutsu.

Much like using hand seals to form and mold chakra in the chakra system, the Chakra Purification Jutsu allowed a person to focus on the soul and free form the chakra through it, and back into the chakra system.

Honestly, the Purification Jutsu was more like a Chakra Purification Technique than a jutsu. It was just the molding of chakra in a specific way that allowed a person to set up and prepare their chakra to use actual light ninjutsu.

The scroll stated that the first step to learning the Purification Technique was to be able to home in on the soul and locate the exact pathways to flow the chakra through. The scroll simply said that through focused meditation and clearing your mind of other thoughts, a person should be able to feel a unique sensation in their chest as they can feel their soul flowing freely through the gates. Through consistent practice, a practitioner of the Light Style would be able to easily call on light chakra as second nature without even thinking.

Of course, this was only possible to people who had their soul pathways loosened and thus allowed the soul to run free as opposed to simply sitting in one place at all times and circling in its own spot.

Naruto decided to roll up the scroll and take both of them to his room to ease into a more comfortable spot. The only problem was, Naruto had never meditated. He just wasn't one for sitting still for long periods of time.

It wasn't like he didn't know how. The concept was pretty simple. It was even explained in the scroll. However, no matter how difficult it was for Naruto, he swore to be able to at least sense his soul by the end of the hour when he had to head towards the academy.

1 hour later

After Naruto's hour was up, he had managed to make a lot more progress than he had expected. Within about 25 minutes, Naruto had managed to sense his soul in his chest. At first, he had just written it off as a warm fuzzy feeling in his chest, but after a few minutes of it not going away, Naruto realized that it was probably the feeling of the soul that had been described in the scroll.

After 35 minutes, he was able to feel somewhat more subtle movements of his soul. He could feel it twisting and churning around and flowing through his newly loosened chakra pathways.

Once the hour was up, Naruto was able to sort of begin to flow his chakra through his soul, but it just ended up mixing with his soul and dissipated. At least he had made progress though. Maybe he could experiment with it during one of Iruka's lectures. It wasn't like he paid attention to them anyways.

Hell, sometimes he, Shikamaru, Choji and occasionally Kiba just skipped the whole lecture until a more hands on approach was introduced that day. Not that Shikamaru really cared, but he might as well go with his friends.

After the first day of the academy, classes started at 8:00 AM every day. It was 7:30 AM at the time. Naruto's base was actually much closer to the Academy than his old house had been, so it only took about five minutes for him to get there if he ran.

And so he did. Naruto decided to get to the Academy early on to try to make up for the first day. Fortunately, everything went well. Naruto just put the two scrolls into a glass cabinet with a key on top in his room. He put the key on a small length of twine and tied the two ends together to make a necklace. He put the key around his neck and headed out of the chambers.

And with that, he took off towards the Academy.


The Academy, Konohagakure no Sato, 7:35 AM

When Naruto arrived in the classroom, only a few people were actually there. A couple of still eager civilian kids and Shino, he had never really talked to Shino much, even when he would interact with the class of his age group.

'Huh. I guess I'll make a mental note to talk to that Shino guy at some point, see how he acts.' Naruto thought.

Naruto just decided to sit down for today in the spot where he had been seated on the first day and practice sensing his soul and passing chakra through it. The scroll said that unless he could feel his soul at all times and could pass chakra through it moderately well, he wasn't allowed to move on to any actual jutsu. Which, to say the least, deflated his ego about the whole thing of "Being the only living person knowledgeable of light ninjutsu."

He was certainly getting better, but even with the aid of having a pure soul and therefore it being much easier to sense it, meditating still wasn't Naruto's strong point, and could definitely afford to be worked on.

For the next twenty minutes, he sat still with his eyes closed, attempting to ease his mind of thought and tried to hone in on the presence of his soul. The result more or less was more of the same. He could locate his soul, and begin to push the chakra through, but the biggest problem was flowing the chakra back out of the soul, and back into the chakra pathways.

Unfortunately, he was broken from his meditation when Sakura and Ino came bursting through the door, apparently trying to race each other to the room. They argued for a minute about who was first.

While they did so, Naruto took note of the people now in the room. Everyone except for a couple of civilian students were there. When he turned to his right, Kiba was sitting in his usual spot next to him, just looking at Naruto wondering what he was doing. It didn't even occur to Naruto that people might be confused as to what he was doing.

Then he looked to his left, and he saw something….interesting.

It was Sasuke. Sasuke was seated right next to Naruto. Huh. Whatever.

Kiba was the first to speak. "Hey Naruto what are you doing. You've just been sitting there with your eyes closed ever since I got here."

It was at that moment that Naruto realized that he hadn't even bothered coming up with much of an excuse for that. Whatever. It wouldn't be too hard. "Oh, I was just a bit tired still from everything that's been going on, that's all." Naruto said quickly

Luckily, Kiba seemed to buy it. "Oh alright. Hey, are you going to head over to my place today for training?"

"Huh? Oh yeah. I should be free today so I could go right after we get out."

With that, Kiba just smiled and nodded, then went back to talking with Akamaru.

Naruto then turned to Sasuke. "Hey Sasuke, why did you sit next to me anyway?" He tried to word it in a way that wouldn't sound too offensive, but it was a hard question to ask in a nice way. Regardless of how he felt about Sasuke's attitude, he wasn't going out to pick fights with him when they had barely even talked before.

Sasuke didn't say anything necessarily, but he instead flicked his eyes up to Sakura and Ino, then back to Naruto, then back again.

"Wait. You want to sit next to me because of them?" Naruto asked

Sasuke leaned in and quickly spoke in a hushed tone. "Keep it down. They always try to pester me every day to sit next to them. It's irritating. If the three of us sit together, they won't sit next to me. You and Kiba get to sit next to each other, and we all win. OK?"

"Um…alright then. I guess that's fine." Naruto said in an equally quiet tone.

"Thanks. You can't imagine what it's like to deal with that all day every day." Sasuke stated as-a-matter-of-factly.

Although, much to Naruto's surprise, Sasuke kept talking to Naruto. "Oh yeah, I just wanted to say…..nice fight yesterday. I only heard about your fight with Kiba, but it was pretty gutsy of you to take that punch for the sake of winning yesterday. I can respect that, even if I lost. But know this Naruto. You too Kiba. Next time, I won't lose." He said determined as could be.

Naruto broke out into a wide grin. "Well thanks Sasuke. You did great too."

In the last three days, Naruto had learned about an entire organization from a super long time ago that had a style practically suited to him, and he had earned the respect of two of his classmates.

'I have a feeling that this is gonna be a good year.'

At that, Naruto, Sasuke, and Kiba turned toward the front of the room, and waited for the teacher to come in.

While they waited however, Sakura and Ino practically flew down the stairs and started yelling at Kiba and Naruto to move so that they could sit next to their "Sasuke-kun".

Naruto was about to step in and say that Sasuke said he didn't want to sit next to them, but Kiba spoke up first.

"Why should we sit up for you? There are plenty of empty seats in here. If Sasuke really wants to sit next to you, he'll just move to you. Stop inconveniencing other people!" Kiba exclaimed

Sakura and Ino looked angry for a second, but then their faces switched to a thoughtful look. Ino spoke first. "Hey forehead, we'll sit in different parts of the room. Whoever Sasuke-kun sits next to wins."

"You're on Ino pig." Sakura responded.

And with that, they both ran off to opposite sides of the room to wait for Sasuke. Of course, he just kept looking forward with a blank expression on his face trying to ignore everything. Although, he also shot a quick grateful look towards Naruto and Kiba.

At that moment, Iruka-sensei and some white haired guy walked into the classroom.

"Everyone sit down!" Iruka bellowed

In an instant everyone was seated somewhere and those who hadn't been sitting had scrambled for the nearest seat.

"OK everyone. I'd like you all to meet my new assistant teacher this year. Mizuki, say hello."

The newly named Mizuki spoke up.

"Hello class. My name is Mizuki, but you may refer to me as Mizuki-sensei. I am a chunin of Konoha. I enjoy training and gardening, I hate ramen, and my dream is to help all of you become wonderful ninja one day."

Instantly a certain blond haired boy began to glare straight at the new assistant teacher. 'He hates ramen?! Who the hell hates ramen?' If looks could kill, Mizuki would be dead.

A resounding "Hello Mizuki-sensei" echoed throughout the room. The white haired chunin simply smiled back and waved.

Iruka began addressing the class once again. "OK everyone. Today we are going to be addressing the different levels of mission difficulties, ninja ranks, and the 25 shinobi rules."

"First, can anyone here recite to me the five mission difficulties and ninja ranks?"

The civilian boy, Hori spoke first. "Uhh. The ninja ranks are Academy students, genin, chunin, special jounin, jounin, anbu, and the hokage. And isn't it D, C, B, A, and S-rank missions?"

"Very good Hori. Can you tell me what each usually contains, how much they pay, and who usually accepts them?" Iruka asked.

"D-ranks are generally assigned to fresh genin still learning after leaving the academy. They usually consist of odd jobs such as farming, painting, and babysitting. They pay anywhere between 5,000 and 50,000 ryo depending on the difficulty of the job and who is paying for it."

"C-rank missions are usually given to experienced genin and chunin. These are missions that have little or no risk of combat against enemy ninja. Some would be guarding against bandits or highwaymen, background investigations, eliminating or capturing bandits or thieves, and capturing or suppressing wild animals. The reward for C-ranks are between 30,000 and 100,000 ryo."

"B-rank missions are assigned to experienced chunin and sometimes special jounin. C-ranks usually contain combat with enemy ninja. Examples would include guarding people, espionage, or taking out other ninja. The reward is between 150,000 and 200,000 ryo."

"A-rank missions are assigned only to experienced special jounin and jounin. These consist of, among other things, village-or state-level matters and trends. Possible missions would be guarding VIPs or suppressing ninja forces. The reward for an A-rank mission is between 15,000 and a 1,000,000 ryo."

"Finally are S-ranks. S-ranks are assigned strictly to only the most experienced jounin, and Anbu agents, and concert state-level confidential matters. They can include assassinating VIPs, and transporting important documents and files. They reward is always more than 1,000,000 ryo."

Once Hori was done reciting the five mission types, most of the students were thoroughly impressed with his knowledge. Hori had always been the smartest of the boys, and he even rivaled Sakura in terms of pure knowledge.

Iruka spoke once again. "Very good Hori! You have clearly been keeping up with your studies over the summer. Now, who can tell me the 25 shinobi rules that we are expected to follow?"

The rest of the next three hours went the same as the first question. Sakura was the one to answer and recite the 25 shinobi rules,

3 hours later

By the end of the lecture about how each part of the shinobi system worked and how each part of it was important, every student was bored out of their mind, even Sakura was beginning to dread it. Hori was an academic genius as well but it didn't mean that he liked lectures. He just liked knowing things.

By the time that two hours had passed, Naruto, Kiba, and surprisingly, Sasuke were all fast asleep with their faces on their desks. Naruto had of course fallen asleep soon after the one hour mark, which was actually fairly impressive for him. Kiba had fallen asleep at about one hour and twenty minutes in, and Sasuke had fallen asleep right on the dot at the two hour mark. Just because he was a genius didn't mean that he didn't get bored.

Iruka had tried to wake them up, but to no avail. They were all in a deep sleep.

'I swear, they haven't even been friends for an hour yet and Sasuke is already picking up Naruto's bad habits.'

"OK everyone. We're going to go outside today to go over some of the basic stances again. Let's go."

"But sensei! What about Sasuke-kun?" Ino and Sakura asked quickly. Seemingly forgetting the other two boys sleeping right next to Sasuke.

"Naruto, Kiba, AND Sasuke will all be left here. Clearly they still need their rest from the first day. If they wanted to attend, they should have stayed awake. We'll attempt to wake them before lunch."

As they left, Sakura approached Sasuke's sleeping form. She had to wake him up. It wasn't fair that someone like Sasuke-kun would get stuck in a room with two idiots like Naruto and Kiba just because he was tired. Little did she know, Sasuke was asleep for the same reason as the other two, the lecture was boring as hell.

But right before she could touch Sasuke, she heard Iruka's voice from across the hall. "Oh, and Sakura? If you wake any of them up, I'll have you sitting outside of class for the rest of the day after lunch."

At that, Sakura instantly began walking at a brisk pace towards the door. 'Sorry Sasuke-kun. I'm sure you'll be fine.'

2 hours later

"Wake up you idiots. You missed training AND lunch." A loud voice announced from above the three previously sleeping boys.

"WE MISSED LUNCH?!"

"Dammit. I missed training."

The former was called out by Naruto and Kiba, while the latter was mumbled by Sasuke.

"Dammit Naruto. I only went to sleep because Iruka sensei wasn't saying anything about you guys and I was bored."

"Well I'm glad that you take after me so much Sasuke." Naruto said sarcastically

Kiba just snorted at that.

When the three boys looked up to see who had addressed them. It was none other than the resident sleeper of the class, Shikamaru.

"Damn. You guys can't start stealing my thing. If more people start sleeping in class, the teachers are going to start enforcing the rules even more and I'll never get any sleep."

"Why would we care Shikamaru?" Kiba spoke up.

"Troublesome. Whatever, come on. Iruka-sensei sent me to wake you three up. There's only two hours left in the school day you know." He then walked out of the classroom with the three boys right behind him.

Naruto perked up "So Shikamaru, what's the class doing now?"

"It's troublesome, but we're practicing Shurikenjutsu and general accuracy until the day is up."

2 hours later

After two hours of accuracy training, the students were released for the day. Sasuke stuck around for a short time to talk with Naruto and Kiba about techniques, and their general fighting styles. Sasuke used his family's interceptor fist style which revolved around predicting and anticipating your opponent's moves and moving accordingly.

Kiba's family didn't have a specific style per se, but their teachings generally revolved around the partnership and coordination with their ninken.

Naruto however, didn't really have any specific style at all. He just kind of….rushed in all the time. Contrary to popular belief, he did think somewhat before he went in, but he didn't really have any guidelines to base himself on. Once he learned the light style taijutsu of course, that would change. But until then, he was stuck with the basic academy style.

Soon after however, Sasuke had left to go home, saying that he was going to go train.

That just left Naruto and Kiba.

"We should probably start heading towards my place soon if we want to get any real training in." Kiba stated.

"Hm. Sure, let's go." And they began to walk towards the Inuzuka clan compound.


20 minutes later, The Inuzuka Compound, Konohagakure no Sato

The Inuzuka compound was huge. Not as big as the Hyuuga or the now mostly vacant Uchiha clan of course, but still very large even for a ninja clan.

The compound itself was surrounded by a large solid gate about 4 meters tall all around, with the Inuzuka clan symbol above the entrance to the compound. There were guards posted all around the wall patrolling and some on top of it keeping watch at all times. They also had sensor seals placed all around their compound in a 1 mile radius in the forest around it that were created and placed by Jiraiya of the sannin. The Inuzuka clan was serious about security, and with good reason too.

Not only were they a prestigious ninja clan of trackers, but their compound was also filled with ninken. In other words, an extremely valuable asset to Konoha. The ninken of the Inuzuka clan were bred to perfection over hundreds of years. Combat was practically written into their genes. The instinct, the size, the intelligence, the power, and some of them even had the ability to speak properly.

Any opposing village, or even an allied one would kill to have a few of Konoha's ninken pups to themselves. If they were to get their hands on just two that they could use to breed, they could create an entirely new clan in their own village much like the Inuzuka.

But Naruto just saw a huge wall. "Damn Kiba. Your house is huge."

Kiba just grinned. "Oh this is just the outside. Just wait until you see the actual house. It's awesome."

They crossed through the gate. The guards allowing them in after a security check. Apparently being the heir of the clan didn't get you past that. Fortunately, the guards didn't seem to hold any ill will against Naruto like the other villagers.

Then Naruto saw the actual compound. And Kiba wasn't lying.

It. Was. AWESOME!

There were dogs. Everywhere. There was a large lawn that stretched out from the gate to the front porch of the main house. It was littered with dog toys, dog houses, obstacle courses for dogs and people, feeding areas, running tracks, and pretty much everything dog related that you could think of.

Naruto had always had a fondness of dogs. Animals in general were always cool but dogs always seemed to be exceptionally ok with him being around.

"Woah Kiba you weren't wrong. This is awesome. How many dogs are there?"

"Three-hundred and forty seven. Fifty two of them are pups." Kiba said with extreme pride.

"347?! That's so many! Can….can we play with them ya know?" Naruto asked with wide eyes like a small child asking for permission from an adult.

A hearty laugh came from in front of them. "Hahaha. Sure thing Naruto. Right after training of course."

They both looked up to see a woman with a jounin flak jacket, large spiky hair, purple lipstick, and red markings above her eyes and on her cheeks.

Kiba was the first to speak. "Oh hey mom! I brought Naruto."

This was Kiba's mom? Well she certainly looked like him. Or he looked like her? Naruto didn't really care. She looked strong though.

"Oh hey Kiba's mom! I'm Naruto." Naruto said happily.

She only laughed more at Naruto's straightforward attitude. "Haha. Nice to meet you kid. I like that attitude. There are too many stuck up businessmen and nobles who can't lighten up under any situation, even the ninja. I'm Tsume Inuzuka. You can call me whatever you want. I don't really care."

Now this was someone Naruto could get along with.

"Come on little pups. Let's go back into the training arena to start training." Tsume said, turning around and heading towards the main compound.

They all headed inside of the compound itself, and it was nearly as filled with dog toys and accessories as the outside yard. Unlike the other clan compounds Naruto had seen, the Inuzuka compound had a much more welcoming and homely feel to it.

The "training arena" was essentially more of the same as the front yard had been, other than the fact that there was some faded paint indicating arena lines and numerous craters in the ground, even a few blast marks from explosive tags.

Yep. This was definitely Naruto's kind of place.

"All right Naruto, I already know how Kiba fights, and I saw your fight against him. I want to see how you act in a fight against someone who severely outclasses you." Tsume then assumed the basic Inuzuka fighting stance with her arms in front of her with a slight crouch.

Normally, Naruto would have refuted what she said and yelled that he was going to beat her into the ground, but instead, he just got into his own basic academy stance on the other side of the field and waited for a signal to begin. He somehow knew that he couldn't beat her. That didn't mean he wouldn't try, but he could practically feel the difference in their skill.

Kiba took a position on the side of the arena to serve as the referee.

"Hajime!"

With that, Naruto immediately bolted straight towards Tsume. Strangely enough, she only stood in place, waiting for him to come to her. He dipped down and aimed an uppercut straight at her jaw, trying to do some quick damage as soon as he could.

However, instead of Naruto's fist connecting, Tsume just leaned back slightly, just enough to dodge his fist, and instead buried her own into Naruto's stomach.

Naruto slid back a considerable amount, but stopped about two meters away from her. He was still reeling from the powerful punch to his gut. "Damn. You really pack a punch."

"Damn straight. If I didn't, I wouldn't be worthy of being a jounin, or the head of the Inuzuka clan. Come at me again kid."

And so he did. He rushed Tsume over, and over, and over again until Tsume called time. He hadn't made any significant improvements, but it was certainly enough for Tsume to see his flaws and his strengths.

As they sat down and drank their water, Tsume went over what he did well and what he needed to work on. "Alright kid. Here's what I've got to tell you. First off, what you are good at. To start, your stamina is insane. You can use that to your advantage. It gives you more of a range of options in terms of fighting. You don't have to stall your fight, and you don't have to focus on ending it quickly either. Second, your speed. Of course, you're nowhere near my speed, but for an academy student, even among some genin, your speed is fairly impressive, which can help depending on what taijutsu style you choose to go with. Lastly, you have good instincts. You're creative and fast to improvise in a fight if things go wrong. You are capable of pulling the unexpected out of nowhere." She took a quick pause before starting again.

"However, that's where the outstanding pros end. There are lots of things that you need to work on as well. First of all, you get too heated in battle. There's nothing wrong with being determined, but you can't afford to let your anger and frustration in battle hinder your fighting. Second, your fighting style. There isn't anything wrong with it per se, but you still only use the generic basic academy style. It focuses mainly around protecting your hands and having them available for taijutsu and ninjutsu. You're going to want to work on finding something that fits you better."

"Third, your strategy. Sure, you can think up plans on the fly, but there is only so much you can do without a predetermined plan put in place. You need to be able to think ahead and rationalize your thinking. Without a plan, you'll be stumbling around in the dark trying to find a way out."

"Aside from those things, there are only a few minor details that need ironing out. But before you tackle that, you need to work on the biggest problems first."

Naruto bowed slightly in respect. He wasn't really one for formality, but clearly she had pointed out many things that he needed to work on and had helped him learn. "Thank you Tsume-san. I'll work on that."

"Eh. That'll do. Good job pup. Once you iron out those huge bumps in your style, you should be a lot better off in a fight."

Until about 6:00 PM, the three of them switched sparring partners. Sometimes Naruto would spar with Tsume, and sometimes Kiba. Sometimes Naruto would sit and watch how Kiba and Tsume fought and take mental notes.

"All right that's good enough for today. You two get cleaned up and ready for dinner. Be at the table by 6:30."

Naruto just looked confused "Huh? Both of us? Shouldn't I be going?"

Tsume just looked at him with a concerned face. Had he never been invited anywhere? To anyone else's house? 'Damn Sarutobi. I thought you knew better than to let Minato's child be all alone.'

"Of course Naruto. You trained with us for almost four hours. And besides, you're Kiba's friend. Part of his pack. I couldn't let family eat alone."

'Damn straight. From this day on I'm making sure this boy gets what he needs. Including a family.'

"Yeah! Come on Naruto!" Kiba exclaimed wildly, grabbing Naruto's arm and whisking him away into the house.


30 minutes later, dining room, Inuzuka Compound, Konohagakure no Sato

Tsume, Kiba, Hana, and Naruto had all sat down at a low table with cushions as seats. Tsume was at the head of the table while Hana was on the left side, and Naruto and Kiba were on the right. There was a full course meal on the table with everything to offer. There were different selections of drinks, there was salad, fruit, veggies, and multiple types of mean to choose from.

"Dang mom. You really went all out on this one." Kiba said.

"Of course. I can't just have the norm while Naruto is here can I? I need to make a good showing."

Kiba just grinned. "Hey Naruto can you come over more often?"

"Huh? Uhh. Sure Kiba. I don't see why not." Naruto said, somewhat confused still as to what was going on.

Then Hana spoke. "So, you're the Naruto that I've been hearing so much about. Kiba keeps talking about you non-stop. You should have seen him when he got home from the hospital. He was already trying to train hard to prepare to fight you again." She said smiling all the way through.

Kiba couldn't contain his blush at his sister's comment. "Sis! Come on! You didn't have to tell him that. That just makes me sound weird. Sorry Naruto."

"Sorry? Why should you be sorry? As soon as I got back, I started training too. Hell, I even went to the library and got some scrolls to study." Naruto blurted out quickly.

Tsume shot Naruto a quick motherly glare. "Language at the table young man. It's fine anywhere else, but control yourself while you're eating."

"Yes ma'am."

A minute passed before anyone said anything else. Until Naruto spoke up once again.

"So Kiba, why aren't you eating with the rest of your clan? Aren't you like, one big group?"

"Well duh Naruto. But we can't very well eat with all of them you know. There are more clan members here than there are dogs. Of course, some of them are out on missions, but that still leaves us with about 300 clan members."

Naruto almost spit out what he had been drinking before swallowing. "Th-three hundred?! And that isn't even all of them?! Geez Kiba how do you keep up with it all?"

"Eh. You get used to it I suppose. I grew up around the clan so I don't really know any different." Kiba said as a fact.

"Huh. OK then. I guess that explains it. That's still a ton of family members you know." Naruto said slightly sad. Naruto thought he was hiding it well, but Tsume was a highly trained jounin.

Tsume barely held back a small flinch when she remembered that Naruto didn't have any family. He may not mind the topic now, but she couldn't risk letting the conversation stray into darker territories.

"Ah, well never mind that. How's the academy this year Naruto?" Tsume asked, quickly attempting to get off of the topic.

"Hm? Oh, well it's pretty good I guess. It's only been three days though, so don't really have much to base it off of."

"Well that's good. The academy should be enjoyable. It's an important time in your life, your education."

Kiba just snorted. "Hello? You don't say stuff like that. What's gotten into you mom?"

Damn pup. He may have been talented, but he had absolutely no tact whatsoever. She would need to beat that into him at some point. "Well of course I don't normally say that stuff to you Kiba. I see you every day. It's a whole different story. Anyway, I'm glad to hear you're doing well Naruto. You should probably get going as soon as you're done eating though. I don't want you walking around in the dark for too long."

'Don't pursue it Kiba. Let it die. I don't have the patience to deal with this right now.'

"Hm? Oh alright." Naruto finished his plate in a couple of minutes and stood up with his plate and fork. "Uhh. Tsume-san, where should I put this?"

"Don't worry about it pup. Just leave it on the table. I'll have Kiba clean it up later."

"What?! Mom!" Kiba exclaimed.

Naruto seemed kind of confused by the antics of the two, but he accepted it nonetheless. 'Must be some clan thing.'

"Oh ok then. Well I guess I'll see you around Kiba. Bye." And with that, Naruto was out the door and on his way back home.

"Hold on Kiba. I'll be right back." And Tsume left out the front door as well.

When she caught up to Naruto, she put her hand on his shoulder. "Hey Naruto, I just want you to know, you're welcome back here any time. If you ever want to train again, just tell Kiba or come by here."

"Sure thing Tsume-san! I'll definitely come back soon ya know!" Once again, Naruto left into the distance.

Tsume signaled to a clan member meant to watch over Kiba. "Go. Follow him and make sure he gets home safely. I can watch Kiba until you get back."

"Yes Tsume-sama." Said the clan member, then he disappeared in a quick shunshin.

When Tsume got back into the dining room, she just whacked Kiba on the back of the head.

"Ow! Mom! What was that for?"

"You idiot. What were you doing there spouting about all the clan members? You know Naruto doesn't have a family. What do you think that made him feel?"

Kiba's face flashed in realization. "Oh damn. I didn't even realize. That's why you were trying to change the subject."

Tsume's face softened once again. "It's alright. Just make sure it doesn't happen again."


The Chambers, Konohagakure no Sato

Naruto plopped down on his soft bed. Man, even with his monstrous stamina, that full workout really tired him out. At least for a short while.

He figured that since he was still working on his Chakra purification technique, he would get a start on his new taijutsu style like Tsume recommended. He stood up and walked over to the glass cabinet that held the scrolls. He used the key around his neck to unlock the lock and took out the taijutsu scroll.

-Introduction to the Light Style Taijutsu-

To begin, light style taijutsu is focused on the legs. More specifically, it revolves around extremely quick movements, and fast and hard kicks. The light style taijutsu is meant for people who specialize in speed and have a higher lower body strength. This style will not function properly for people who focus on their upper body strength and dish out hard punches while standing relatively still.

Of course, this isn't to say that you can entirely slack off in terms of keeping your upper body strength up to code. A problem that most early practitioners of this style run into frequently is the tendency to work out the lower body so much more than the upper body that the torso and arms can't take the impact of their own kicks, and they end up injuring themselves in the long run. This also means that the style incorporates other techniques such as grapples, holds, locks, reverses, and even weapon usage that require equal upper body strength.

The first step to practicing the light style taijutsu is clearly improving your leg strength so that you can quickly perform your needed actions. The proper way to do this throughout the day without dedicating all of your time to intense workouts is through putting training weights on both your ankles and your wrists. Weight seals are the preferred form of course, but they are rather hard to obtain depending on where you are. We personally have a decent stock of them here in the chambers that were generously supplied by the Uzumaki clan a couple of years back.

*Snap*

A small segment of floorboard below Naruto's right foot snapped from Naruto putting immense pressure on it.

'I had a clan. A clan that apparently made seals. Who are they? Where are they? Why did I never hear about them?'

Naruto's head was swimming with the possibilities of what this implied. He might not be alone. Or maybe he still was. Maybe the Uzumaki clan didn't exist anymore. Maybe it was just him. But Jiji had to have known. Why wouldn't he tell him if he had known? He couldn't have known. But…..What if he did. What if he just hadn't told Naruto?

He was going to find out. And he was going to do it the simplest way he could think of, he was going to go ask Jiji. He had never found anything before. More research wouldn't help. Or maybe the chamber libraries could.

He threw the scroll against his bed and bolted out towards the library. When he got there, he looked in the large library directory for the clan section. He needed to go straight down the hall, take a left up the stairs, turn right, then go up the spiral staircase in front of him. And so he did.

Naruto ran as fast as he could through the empty hallway. Straight. Left. Right. Went up the spiral staircase.

And sure enough, there it was. The clan section.

He searched through and looked for the U section.

There were some he recognized and some he didn't.

Through the list of clans, one was the Uchiha clan.

Eventually he finally found it. The Uzumaki clan.

It said that the Uzumaki clan was a prominent clan in the land of whirlpools. That was just off the coast of Konoha. It stated that those of the Uzumaki clan possessed naturally long lifespans due to their incredibly strong life force.

The Uzumaki were most famed for their fuinjutsu, the seal of which typically appears as a spiral crest reminiscent of the Uzumaki's symbol.

Damn. It didn't have any reference to whether or not the Uzumaki's were still around. Of course it didn't. Everything here was as old as the library, If not older. There hadn't been any updates to the library in about one thousand years.

New plan. Confront Jiji with the bare minimum amount of information. Just that he knew that the Uzumaki clan once existed. Say that he read it in a book in the library. But only in exchange for other information. Naruto locked the scroll back up, grabbed his gear, and bolted towards the hokage tower. Jiji should have been there at least until 8:00. He still had time.


Hokage Tower, Konohagakure no Sato

The people at the front desk barely registered what had happened as an orange blur quickly made it's way past them and towards the Hokage's office.

Naruto burst into the Hokage's office quickly and made his way to his desk, all the while staring the Hokage in the eyes with a slightly hidden anger, but not completely by any means. Naruto didn't even register that there was another person sitting in a chair in front of the Hokage.

"JIJI! What the hell is this bullshit!?"

The visitor addressed Naruto quickly. "You ruffian, how dare you refer to Hokage-sama in such a manner. Hokage-sama, worry not, I will deal with this boy myself."

The visitor was a tall man with black glasses and a bandana around his head. He wore general Jounin attire without the flak jacket.

That was when the Hokage spoke. "No need Ebisu. Please, wait outside until this is dealt with."

"But Hokage-sama I-" Ebisu was cut off by the Hokage's hand being held up.

"Ebisu. That was not a request. Go. Wait. Outside. We will continue this conversation later."

And so he did. Ebisu grudgingly stomped out the door.

The Hokage silently signaled for his Anbu to leave the room as well and he activated the privacy seals that would prevent them from being overheard. Whatever Naruto had to say, it was serious.

"Now, Naruto. What seems to be the problem?"

"What do you mean what's the problem?! God dammit Jiji, I believed you all this time! Why did you never tell me that the Uzumaki were a clan ya know?!"

Ah. So that is what this was about. Sarutobi didn't know how Naruto found out, but the fact was that he did, and now he had to be the one to do something about this.

"Naruto what are you talking about? I never hid anyth-"

"Don't play dumb with me Jiji! I know about the Uzumaki clan! What happened to them!?"

Hiruzen sighed heavily. "Honestly Naruto I was hoping to prevent us from having this discussion for years to come. What you must understand Naruto is that the Uzumaki clan had many powerful enemies. Enemies that would hunt you down until your final breath if they knew who you were. The best way to keep anyone else from knowing was to keep you from knowing as well. I am sorry Naruto." Sarutobi said sadly.

Naruto's rage did subside some. At least now the Hokage was telling him the truth. "So? Tell me Jiji. How did they disappear?"

"Well Naruto, to be honest with you, they were destroyed along with Uzushiogakure nearing the beginning of the second great ninja war. An alliance of Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and many other small villages banded together to eradicate Uzushiogakure due to the fear of the Uzumaki's famous abilities of sealing. Essentially, that is all I know Naruto. I truly am sorry that you had to find out about it this way. However, if I may ask, how did you find out?" 'Please don't let it be Danzo. Please don't let it be Danzo'

Naruto looked up and answered with tears in his eyes. "I found it out in a taijutsu scroll I found in the library. It said that the best way to strengthen your muscles was weights, and it referenced that Weight seals would be even more effective, which were manufactured at one point by the Uzumaki clan."

Sarutobi sighed a mental sigh of relief in his head.

"I…..I see. Tell me Naruto, do you remember which scroll this was?"

Once again, Naruto answered. "No. I don't remember the name. Something about some Hikari guy though." Naruto lied. It technically wasn't a complete lie. It was a scroll he found in a library. Just not the Konoha Library. Hell, they wouldn't even let him in if they could get away with it.

"I see. Very well Naruto. I apologize you had to find out this way.

"It's alright Jiji. I'll live. Naruto then left and headed back towards the chambers. When he got back, he properly put away the scroll, and took the key out from around his neck to put it on the cabinet. He then plopped down in his bed once again.

And this time, he was really going to sleep.

Author's Note: Hey guys! I hope you liked this chapter of The True Child of Light. As always, if anyone has any questions, please either PM me or leave a review. I constantly check them and will make sure to respond to any questions you guys have for me. However, before I go I want to address something, then ask the question I mentioned at the start of this chapter.

First of all, yeah. Sasuke is going to be less of a douche in this. There isn't going to be any bashing of a character. Or at least not a character that is usually bashed. (The character I do have in mind isn't really going to get bashed. Just…reprimanded I suppose.) No. This does not mean that this story will be a Yaoi fic. In fact, there will be no lemons in this either. I'm not comfortable writing that at all.

OK. Time for the question. You ready?

What summons should Naruto get? I know that is super predictable but seriously. I want to know. I will tell you now, what is being ruled out and what will be a possibility. Of course, if there are any I don't name, or some you come up with, please say so.

Things that it can't be:

• Slugs (They don't fit Naruto. At all.)

• Snakes (The fuck? Don't give me that shit)

• Phoenixes (Kinda lame TBH. Like….they are fire birds. Get over it)

• Dragons (I plan to do one of those at some point in the future. Fret not)

• Dogs (I know that it might seem like I've been hinting at it, but I'm not. Naruto just likes dogs.)

• Any birds (That's kinda Sasuke's thing later, and they are basically restricted to wind style mostly.)

• Any insects (Ugh. No)

• Tortoise (I read a story once where he had the Tortoise contract. It was OK. But they just don't fit this Naruto.)

• Foxes. (I know that some of you have already voted, but hear me out. Most of you give the reason that he would have an affinity for foxes because of Kurama. However, what most people forget, its that Kurama is not an actual fox. Kurama is a fox shaped chakra construct. If Kurama were an actual demon, sure, I might play that card. Besides, as suggested by a reviewer, I actually plan to do something else with a fox. Don't worry about it, but if you have already voted for foxes, I recommend that you re-vote for something else. Sorry if this is what you really wanted, but I just don't feel comfortable with that. Naruto in this story isn't going to be super good buddies right off the bat. Kurama isn't just going to be like "Oh. This kid had a hard life. I feel bad for him and I'm going to help him." I'm sorry. But until later, Kurama is still an evil/misguided giant chakra construct that hates humanity and would tear Naruto to shreds if he had the chance.)

Things that I am OK with (Suggestions please):

• Salamanders (These are cool)

• Toads (I might just keep it the same. IDK.)

• Pandas (I have some interesting ideas for this one)

• Cats (I mean, shit. I might be able to do something with them) (I mean the ones from the filler arc in the anime. You know, the Ninneko)

• Also, I am maybe ok with Naruto possibly having two contracts. As long as they aren't two obviously conflicting contracts. For example, I wouldn't be paring Toads and Snakes. They hate each other.

Anyway, I hope you all liked this chapter. Stayed up kinda late to finish it. Bye.