(A/N: I'm sorry for the lack of editing on the last chapter…but…to be blunt I suck at editing stuff, and my previous editor took three weeks to give me back my first chapter, again sorry for the inconvenience.)

Edited by: causeiambetta

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto…but I can always dream…right?

Prologue part III – Final chapter to the prologue

Recap: Naruto confronts Kyuubi in cage, Kyuubi starts to like Naruto a little more, Villagers tell Iruka and Mizuki nine-tails is loose, both Chunins shit in their pants and Mizuki leaves for hokage tower, Hokage shits in his pants till Iruka tells him Villagers are drunk….and did I mention Naruto used his Bloodline ability subconsciously against Kyuubi….I think that's about it….

Chapter 3: Progression

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It was a rainy day in Konoha today, but that didn't stop a certain blond boy with a familiar orange n' blue jump suite from enjoying the site of the village from the Hokage monument. There he was sitting on top of the Yondaime's head getting all wet from the rain and contemplating whether or not to go train in his usual spot or enjoy the day sitting home reading a jutsu scroll the Sandaime gave him. He decided on the later, so he stood up proud and overlooked the village with a genuine smile on his face. He closed his baby blue eyes and took in the scent of his village and let a loud sign out and started on his way to his apartment.

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Farther away from the hokage monument in a rather well established flower shop a young girl with short blond hair and light blue-grey eyes no older than nine stood with her mother at the front desk. The mother, who had purple hair and grey eyes and looked no older than 28 was reading a list of things for the store. Checking off things that were already in stock, she came a cross an item that she did not have. The mother wore a beautiful blue long sleeved shirt with tulips painted all around the shirt, she also wore a white long skirt that came down just a little above her calves with a red rose design. The young girl wore a yellow shirt with a daisy design on the upper left side of the shirt and blue jeans and sandals (normal ones) with an exotic blue flower design. The young girl was reading a flower catalog from her mother's store and was rather bored out of her skull from doing absolutely nothing the entire day. She was praying to Kami for anything to happen just to get her to do SOMETHING.

It seemed like Ino Yamanaka's prayers were answered because at that precise moment her mother called for her to do something.

"Ino-chan, I need a favor from you" Miss Yamanaka asked her daughter rather plainly. Ino took her eyes of the catalog and faced her mother with a smile on her face that said 'Thank KAMI'

"Yeah, kaasan? What is it?" Ino said with anticipation clearly written all over her face.

"Ino-chan I need you to order for delivery some fertilizer from Mr. Mazakishi, we ran out so I need you to go get some" Miss Yamanaka explained to her daughter.

Ino took a step back with a look of horror on her face 'ahhh I can't believe this…well at least I'll be getting out of the shop for a while' Just as Ino finished her thought the bell above the door rang signifying a costumer just entered the shop. Miss Yamanaka and Ino looked at the new body grazing their floor. Ino shook of her slight disgust at the task at hand and wore a smile on her face, for it was her best friend Sakura.

The pink haired girl closed her red umbrella and looked at her blond haired friend with a smile of joy. Sakura graced the shop with her dark pink raincoat and matching rain boots. "Hey Ino, Miss Yamanaka how are things in the shop today?" Sakura asked smiling even wider at them. "Things are fine here…right mom!" Ino spoke up eyes closed in happiness. "Hai" was Miss Yamanaka's response "Sakura, how's your tousan and kaasan?" Miss Yamanaka asked delighted to see one of Ino's friends. "Their fine, a little worried that I start ninja school in one more year…well at least kaasan is. Tousan is mixed feelings about it" Sakura spoke.

Ino was getting ready to head out as she wore her purple raincoat as well as the matching boots to go with it. Ino looked at Sakura as she and her mother were having a conversation and walked to her friends' side. Ino broke the conversation Sakura and her mother was having so she and her friend would leave sooner. Sakura noticed Ino's new attire and raised an eyebrow. "Come on I'm leaving to do something's and your come n' with…ok" Ino spoke in a mock commanding tone. Sakura smiled and nodded once again drawing her umbrella over her head as they both walked out of the flower shop, speaking of their 'Mission' to get some fertilizer.

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Naruto made a pit stop at Ichiraku's ramen stand. All drenched from the still poring rain he began to converse with the old man running the stand.

"Hey old man can I have the usual miso ramen please" Naruto said with joy in his voice and a gleam in his eyes. The old man had a soft spot for Naruto he had seen the way villagers treat him and felt terrible for him so when he saw Naruto with a grin on his face he felt better though a little worried seeing as Naruto was wet from the rain. "ONE MISO RAMEN COMEN RIGHT UP FOR MY NUMBER ONE FAVORITE COSTUMER" the old man shouted with joy.

A young girl with long gorgeous brown hair no older then 13 came from the back door of the stand in wonder as to who this number one costumer could be, for she has heard so much about this poor boy she wanted to see him for her self. She took a look at the blond sitting in one of the stools and examined him. She took a look at his short spiky golden hair, his beautiful cerulean eyes and the most noticeable his whisker-like birth marks on his cheeks. She felt like he was an adorable plushy and fell in love with him, however, his eating habits could use some fine tuning.

"Is this the number one costumer you keep talking about tousan?" she asked her father. "Oh, Ayame nice of you to come out and see your tousan at work" the old man said with a smile grazing his lips. "Ayame please go inside and get him a towel he's drenched" old man Ichiraku asked his daughter with a kind smile like he always has.

"Hai!" Ayame said bowing her head just a little leaving to get the towel.

Just as Ayame came back with the towel she turned to look at the blonde that was sitting on the stool of the little shack only to see some money and an empty bowl greeting her. "Hey tousan he's gone!" Ayame gasped, "hmm…well I'll be I've never seen him eat n' leave as fast as he just did…hmm guess he must have had something to do today" the old man at Ichiraku's ramen bar said. Ayame was a tad bit disappointed because she only took a glimpse at him, however, she will be ever vigilant of him from now on.

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The rain subsided and Sakura and Ino had just finished with Miss Yamanaka's request and started walking home with the receipt of not only Miss Yamanaka's fertilizer but of some groceries Ino saw fit to buy. Four shadows spying on the girls were preparing something from the darkness of the ally way the girls were coming up on. As they were passing the ally way a pair of hands reached out and grabbed both girls' pulling them in to the darkness.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHH" Ino and Sakura screamed at the top of their lungs only to be heard by no one. The allay way was rather narrow, dark and damp. The rain made it look even worse with an inch of water on the ally floor. Ino closed her eyes holding back the tears while Sakura closed hers and started to visibly cry. The man took them by the hands again and pinned them to one of the walls of the ally. Taking out a Kunai he pressed it against Ino's throat and took hold of Sakura by the neck. To say that both girls were frightened was an understatement, they were terrified. Never had they thought this would happen in there wildest dreams.

The man pressed hard on the Kunai and tightened his grip around Sakura's neck. "Hey girls just give me all you got and maybe I won't ki-oouf" The assailant never finished his sentence for he found himself kissing the dirty floor of the ally way releasing the girls of the hold he held them in. The girls fell to the floor gasping for breath and dear life. Sakura and Ino both took their gaze from the floor and turned it to the young boy standing in front of them.

The girls seem to recognize him as both of their eyes widened in shock but couldn't put their finger on it as his back was turned to them. He spoke "Leave now!...please" concern evident in his tone. Both girls turned to look at each other with shocked and fretful looks in their eyes and then turned their attention towards the boy again.

The man that was knocked down slowly got back up and stared at the boy. He was outraged to say the least for it was none other than the Kyuubi container himself that opposed him. "YOU!" he exclaimed to the young boy as he narrowed his eyes making a piercing glare at him.

Naruto kept his eyes on the man and once again spoke "Please…leave you two, it's not safe…I can handle this guy" He spoke reassuringly. Both girls nodded and stood up "Don't worry we'll be back with some help" proclaimed Sakura with determination. "Yea just hang in there" Ino spoke trying to sound confident in his ability to stay alive long enough for help to arrive. Turning around making their way in haste towards the flower shop both girls realized they didn't get a good glimpse at the boy, all they knew was had loose blond hair and sported an orange and blue jump suite.

The older man now recognizing who Naruto is stepped out of the shadows and smirked "Now I'll have the great pleasure of finishing what me n' the boys started years ago" he hissed with a venomous killer intent. Naruto pushed aside his hair which was falling over his eyes due to the rain and raised an eyebrow in confusion, for he didn't now what the man was talking about. The man seemed to notice Naruto's confusion as the smirk left his mouth; he spoke "What? You don't remember…it was you who came out of the lake, it was you who caused me n' my buddy's to look like idiots and it was YOU who killed our other friend Akumoishi and my brother Shaiyo 9 years ago!" Pained by the memory of his loss he gave a venomous glare at Naruto. Naruto widened his eyes as he vaguely recalled the incident 3 years ago.

Naruto scratched his head in confusion "I remember you now…but...as far as I can remember I didn't kill anybody…and…if it was nine years ago…then, I was just a baby and couldn't really do anything?" Naruto stated facts solemnly. The man went in to a rage and started yelling blood visibly rushing to his head as he spoke in anger " YOU WERE IN A DIFFERENT FORM, YOU SHOWED YOUR TRUE COLORS WHEN YOU ATTACKED DEMON!" finishing his words with a drawn kunai. Naruto narrowed his eyes at the man in front of him and then took a battle stance. The man chuckled evilly at the boys antics "Looks like someone likes to play Ninja…well we'll fix that right up won't we boys?" as than man spoke three figures seemed to manifest from the very shadows of the ally. Naruto recognized them now; they were the ones who almost killed him three years ago.

"Look pal just because I have something bad inside of me doesn't mean-" Naruto spoke trying to tell them the difference between being the Kyuubi and being the container but was abruptly cut off. "YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A MONSTER ALWAYS HAVE BEEN ALWAYS WILL BE!...C'MON GUYS LETS JUST KILL HIM AND DUMP HIS BODY IN THE PARK FOR THE OTHER ANIMALS TO FEED OF OFF!" with that all the men charged head on towards the orange wearing would be ninja.

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Ino and Sakura almost ripped the door off its hinges as they both stormed into the shop kneeling down on the floor gasping for breath. Miss Yamanaka came to see what the commotion was was all about and was stunned to see both girls almost suffering from lack of air. "KAASAN…WE NEED TOUSAN…IT'S AN EMERGANCY!" Ino huffed between breaths. "PLEASE…HE NEEDS HELP…" Sakura added imitating Ino's actions. At this point Miss Yamanaka was lost in translation as she gave both girls a worried look and called in Inoichi, Ino's father from the back "Inoichi! Come quick!" she shot out to her husband. Inoichi entered the room he had long blond hair mounted on a high ponytail and a regular jonin uniform with an unzipped jacket, he had ocean blue eyes and pale skin.

Inoichi looked at Megumi, Ino's mother with confusion and then turned to Ino with the same look, then once again to Megumi. "What is Megumi?...did that travel agent came by again cause I told him not to-" Inoichi was cut of by a desperate Ino with a worried Sakura by her side "Tousan a boy's in trouble and he NEEDS help please hurry n' follow me" Ino and Sakura stormed out the flower shop leaving Inoichi and Megumi wide eyed. Inoichi was quick to jump over the counter and follow the girls leaving Megumi all alone in the shop to worry for them.

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Inoichi and the girls made their way to the ally but to the girls surprise they found the man that assaulted them along with three others laying on the ground unconscious. Inoichi bent down to examine them.

"Hmm….well who ever did this knows some type of taijutsu, but not much…probably a fresh out of the academy genin" Inoichi said a bit unimpressed. He looked at the girls who were rather confused but at the same time they felt a little better in thinking that it was him who defeated these men instead of the other way around. Inoichi walked to the girls "Now care to tell me the full story seeing as the bad guys are taken care of?" he said curiosity getting the best of him. Ino and Sakura explained their previous troubles with the now unconscious man and how a blond boy in an orange jump suite bought them time to escape.

Inoichi smiled at the description of their savior and inwardly thought 'well Yondaime…it seems your legacy will do great things in the future'. Ino noticed her dads grin "Hey tousan what's so funny?" she asked with an annoyed look.

Sakura too noticed and nodded her head in accordance to Ino's question. Inoichi was dropped out of his thoughts and waved his hands dismissively at the two girls and spoke "I want you two to go to the Uchiha district and gather the police force over here so these men can go to jail, I'll stay here so they don't get any ideas about skipping out on jail time…Okay?" he said grinning to them.

Both girls nodded and left for the Uchiha district. Inoichi then turned around and examined the are noticing blood splatters all over the far left side of the wall and some minor ones on the floor along with kunai 'well that's wired…there's several kunai on the floor with blood on them…but not cuts or grazes on the body's…perhaps the boy was more injured than initially assessed. I just hope he's ok…he's gona be leading a ruff life' Inoichi thought.

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Naruto opened the door to his apartment rather sluggishly and then closed it on his way to his room. Once there he took of his orange jacket and white shirt and threw them in the garbage 'Damn it!...my favorite jacket is all torn up from a fucking kunai…on top of that it has an irremovable blood stain...looks like its back to wearing my black shirt' Naruto thought as he pulled out some fresh under ware and his pajamas from the closet. He entered his bathroom and took a shower.

About 15 minutes later he opened the door of his bathroom leading to his room, he was exhausted and so he jumped on his bed with his doggy cape and pajamas which were three sizes bigger and instantly fell a sleep.

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Naruto had woken to the sound of dripping pips and realized instantly where he was, so he made the trek to his tenants' lair.

"Hey fox! You in there?" Naruto called out to the cage in front of him. With in the cage a pair of blood red eyes with slits shot out and looked at him. An evil grin could be seen from with in the cage as the demon fox showed off his pearly whites.

"AAAHH…THE PRODIGAL SON RETURNS…TIME FOR YOUR NEXT LESSON…"

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It was Sakura and Ino's first day at the academy and they were nervous. Sakura was visibly shaking in her new red dress with blue ninja sandals wile Ino kept fidgeting in her purple top and mini skirt also sporting blue ninja sandals. They had gotten the room number they were going to be in and found out they were going to the same one and both were very happy with the turn out.

"Well here it is room 120" Ino said with an open yet nervous smile. Sakura looked at Ino and did a heavy gulp "he he, yea…well guess we better go in…huh." "Yup…guess we better go in" Ino said as she reached for the door and opened it revealing the class room and several students already inside. They walked in took their surroundings and made their way to two empty seats. 20 minutes went by and now the class was getting full, just then the door opened to reveal what the girls believed to be their instructor. The man who entered the room wore a chunin uniform and had shoulder length brown hair tied messily in a high ponytail. They also noticed a wide horizontal scar across his face.

The man sat down on his chair in front of the class waiting for time to pass so he could start his lesson. As the chunin studied his students the door opened once again to reveal a raven haired young boy with a black shirt and a fan insignia on the back and white short pants with blue ninja sandals and a few books in his hands walked in. The chunin examined him closely before returning his gaze at a list of names.

All at once the female body of the class turned their gaze towards the young man that walked in instantly had hearts on were their eyes should be. Sakura smiled at the young man and found her self blushing, she looked at Ino who also was smiling at him and sporting a blush of her own. Ino then turned to Sakura and who stared at her and then both girls took their gaze off each other and back at the boy.

The boy took a seat in the very front of the class and waited patiently for the class to start. 10 minutes passed and it was time to start, the chunin stood up from his chair and walked in front of the class to great them. He smiled at them and spoke "My names Iruka Umino you may call me Iruka-sensei and today well start by-" just as Iruka was about to explain himself to the class he could hear a loud scream coming from the window as did all the students so the all turned to investigate the commotion.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH, CRAAAAAAAAAAAAP!" was all that was hears before a loud crash was heard and a figure was sent flaying in to the room shattering glass everywhere. Iruka saw a young boy dressed in a black shirt with an orange swirl in front and orange pants with black ninja sandals as well as orange wrist bands with the kanji symbol for fire in black. He stood up, sporting a goofy grin and spoke "Sorry I'm late but…ya see there was this bird and-" he was cut off by Iruka who all but exploded in annoyance and anger. "WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU…YOU DO KNOW PEOPLE COME IN THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR RIGHT!" "Well yea but...the bird-" Naruto spoke trying to explain but was cut off yet again by Iruka who took in a heavy breath and then spoke "just take a seat wile I call someone to come and pick the glass of the floor" Iruka then left the room to go get some one.

All the students in the class were eyeballing Naruto with funny expressions. Sakura and Ino couldn't put the feeling away that they had seen him before but really didn't care they were too busy ogling over the raven haired boy. Nara Shikamaru who was seated a level below Sakura and Ino raised an eyebrow at the new comer. Shikamaru wore a grey shirt and black long shinobi pants and blue ninja sandals; his charcoal black hair was tied to the back resembling a pineapple. His friend Choji Akamichi a rather plump student wearing a white shirt with green short pants, unruly brown hair and blue ninja sandals was seating next to him and noticed Shikamaru's interest in the boy. Choji was about to ask Shikamaru something when another voice in front of him spoke.

"Hey kid nice entrance for…a mutt like you" The boy with red tattoos on his face spoke laughing at Naruto. Naruto smirked evilly as he pulled something out of his backpack. The boy wearing a dull white and gray shirt with gray pants and blue ninja sandals was on the floor laughing hard. Just then a little white puppy furrowed its way out of his shirt and barked, the boy was confused as to why his puppy was telling him to look out, reacting to its own advice the puppy jumped from the boy's shirt and on the edge of a desk. When the boy looked at what his puppy was jumping away from he cringed as he knew there was no time to react.

'SPLASH'

"WHAT THE HELL!..." cried the boy now soaked from head to toe in wet cloths.

"I don't now about you but I think the rest of the class will agree with me when I say that the only mutt here is you…because you sure as hell smell like one" Naruto spoke smirking holding another water balloon throwing it up and down in his hand.

Everyone in the class started laughing at the boy who was wet and very angry. He spoke at Naruto with furry evident in his voice "Grrrrrr I'm gona show you just who it is your dealing with!...Inuzuka Kiba's the name…what's yours shrimp?" Naruto was indeed half a foot shorter than Kiba but Kiba's comment didn't bother him, for as far as he knew he just threw a water balloon at someone and got away with it in front of the entire class.

Naruto just grinned at the entire class and spoke determination clear in his voice "My name will be heard through out the entire village one day because everyone's gonna know it. Uzumaki Naruto the future Hokage of this village has just ballooned…you!" The girls were not impressed with the prankster and turned their attention to the other boy with raven hair and onyx eyes. Shikamaru simply muttered something about him being too troublesome and Choji kept eating his potato chips. Kiba pledged to get even with Naruto and the rest of the class simply went about their business waiting for Iruka to come back in.

Deep in the corner of Naruto's mind a familiar creature signs inwardly at his jailors antics "DID I REALLY CHOOSE RIGHT?...BAA…THIS IS JUST A PHASE…IT'LL PASS…RIGHT?" as Kyuubi said this he started diverging chakra secretly in to Naruto's chakra coils merging it together with his.

Back in class Naruto was rather bored because everything Iruka was teaching he already learned from Kyuubi, so he opted to sleep in the class. Nara Shikamaru mimicked Naruto's idea along with Kiba wile Choji kept his chips hidden from Iruka.

'Well looks like this is gona be an interesting four years…' thought Naruto as he slowly slipped into his dream world blissfully unaware of his tenants actions.