Yo whats up? I know I am updating a little late but that was due to my finals and me FINALLY getting a girl friend after a dry period of 8-9 months…. So you guys can understand that for a guy like me it was better to give attention to my new GF and finals rather than this…

People who read this fic before would know that there used to be a horrible thing called the 3rd chapter which I removed and replacing it with this…

So without further to do I present the 3rd (or 4th) chapter of Infinite Paths…

DISCLAIMER : IF I OWNED NARUTO THAN NARUTO WOULDVE HAD MORE THAN JUST RASENGAN (VARIATIONS) AND SHADOW CLONE….

The 10th of October was the date of today, for most of the people of Konoha it held no other meaning other than just a another October day but for the upper echelons of the ninja forces it held the date where they had achieved what none of the other Great FIVE villages could boast, that being the power to best the beast called Kyuubi. How exactly konoha defeated the beast when its forefathers Madara and Hashirama were only able to tame it to a certain extent was mainly due to the research and experiments done by the R & D department for more than 3 decades. Also due to the self sacrifice of one of konoha's most patriotic ninja named Danzo, who knew that even dying to give konoha the most powerful of weapon of weapons he won't be recognized and it would just be put under the banner of Sarutobi.

While it was seen as an important day in the history of konoha it was this day that a certain orange haired kid despised the most. The curios thing about that would be that this was also the date of his birthday, now why would a kid hate his own B-day when mostly kids awaited it with great anticipation? The answer to that would be that it was the day that decided his fate for the rest of his life or the day he was orphaned or how about a FREAKING BIJJU being sealed into his body…

The kid with the burden of being a Jinchuriki of kyuubi has the name fishcake or other wise known as Naruto. Today marked his 8th birthday but for him all it said that this body had expired its 8 yrs out of its total capacity. He didn't celebrate his birthday because why would anyone celebrate there birthday when they were being kept inside a prison from the age of almost 2.

As all of you readers know that being a Jinchuriki will mean you're not normal and have strange powers or abilities given to them by the very beings they keep locked up. Due to the nature of the seal and the ritual being very potent due to a willing sacrifice, the abilities or quirks of being a Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi started developing from the instant the seal completed its job, which by the way should've taken at least when the child started to call on his chakra. Because of this Naruto started to evolve at a rapid pace, not physically but mentally as due to the gift or sometimes a curse of being ever conscience. To explain in detail this phenomenon its basically the abilty to recall every single thing he did from the moment that seal was placed on his body. But this also means that the pressure put on the brain of the baby because of saving every single detail of your surrounding whether it be a creaking sound of the old wooden door closing or the taste of the breast milk being given to him by a nurse ( I don't know what they are called ). After the pressure reaches the apex of the limit of the tiny baby brain the brain would melt down and the baby would die, which shouldve happened to Naruto too but the regenerative factor of being a container shows it self which not only makes the meltdown go away but starts to evolve the brain to handle the strain that's bound to become which in turns increases the limit of that brain.

This cycle repeats itself several times before finally at age 4, Naruto is mostly self reliant meaning that he could talk, read and write better than a kid double his age but also a lot more mature than his age should suggest. While this went in his favor it also enabled him to understand his situation, which basically was that he was to become the ultimate sword and shield for the armed forces of Village hidden it the Leaves. When asked why he was chosen for this burden, all he was answered in was that he was the only one with good enough response to the kyuubi chakra who wasn't an Uchiha or a Senju.

For the first 2 yrs Naruto could recall that he lived with a very strict Lady who was the only one allowed contact to him, she was also the one noticed Naruto's fast mental evolution and used it to teach him how to properly talk , read and write. After the boring hell of a time he was placed in a open environment where he was shown the way his life was going to go for the next 3 years, which was basically to survive on the meager training he was given right before he was launched in an independent life hood.

This was the place where he was tested regularly by defending himself from the animals let into the enclave (from small snakes to wild boars) , providing himself with a roof over his head (a cave) and food (the animals naturally became his next meal).

In the time spent here Naruto learned to truly rely on himself and his surroundings. This was the entire purpose of this test and Naruto passed with flying colors. Right after this episode was finished Naruto was relocated again but this time in the village central and entered into the Shinobi Academy of Konoha. Where he stayed about 2 years and passed the final examinations at the some where in the upper tier of the graduating class.

After which Naruto was practically forced to join an accelerated Training regime made for the rookies who joined ROOT forces for the next 6 months after which he was put on team of chunnin which consisted of 2 Mokuten users and 1 sharingan user.

This is where we reach our hero's present where he considers the journey he needs to travel to unravel the answers he seeks….

'the sky is blue right now but a few hours later it would turn a bloody orange just like my …' these were the thoughts of one and only Uzumaki Naruto, who currently was laying on his roof and looking at the sky contemplating his life thus far which he was sad to say wasn't much fun. Right now he was waiting for the ROOT agent (who was hiding right behind him in the nearby tree's branches) to give an indication for his visit because as far as he knew his protective ROOT guards were at least 100 m away from him at all times to give him some sense of privacy even though he knew there was a hyuga amongst them who kept his eyes on him all the time and this guy's chakra signature was different than the guards as he was quite familiar with them by now.

"Uzumaki Naruto you are summoned by Hokage-sama." Said the now in the view ROOt agent.

"okay, let me just lock my apartment and I will come with you." Naruto replied while mentally flaring his chakra in such sequence that the seals at every entrance briefly glowed. "lets go. I am done."

While running and jumping through the roof tops Naruto thought about how this was going to be the first time he was going to meet the Yondaime face to face, while he had seen the man from afar and knew that he was the cause of his unique upbringing he had never once met the blonde haired man up-close.

He was excited and slightly nervous at what the man would be like because while the civilians called him a very merciful, just and kind Leader, he knew that was just an image after all deception was the basic job description for ninja, and that man was the most powerful ninja in the whole of konoha and maybe in the world.

After about a minute or two of roof jumping the duo reached their destination, The Hokage Tower which was situated right in the middle of konoha and incidentally acted as an boundry for the Uchiha and Senju Clan Area.

Walking straight through the thongs of Shinobi who were there on various miscellaneous errands and following the taller Root ninja to the most top floor. While on the way Naruto noticed a subtle change while where as the ground floor was almost packed the more you went up the less you saw wandering ninja. When they reached two solid looking steel double doors which were reinforced by seals no doubt to withstand S-rank Jutsus point blank.

The ROOT nin with the mask of an owl knocked the door three times very fast and paused and knocked twice more in a much more calm manner. After a while when nothing happened and Naruto begin to wonder what was taking too long, a small slit opened through which two beady looking eyes glanced at the visiting duo and promptly told to give their reason of entrance, verification and a clearance pass to go through. After that was given the door groaned opened and both of the nins were blind folded and led through certain checks to see whether or not these two were under effects of mind altering drug or genjutsu, even though one of them just left to get the other from this very place not 10 min ago.

After that lengthy procedure Naruto was told to continue straight ahead and knock on the thick wooden door. Which he did without any other unique circumstances presenting themselves.

Right after the second knock a surprisingly loud voice said "You may enter Uzumaki Naruto."

Slightly shocked that the Hokage knew who was here even though he knew he shouldn't be as Hokage was the one who called for him and he was the one entering the home territory of the Top dog of Konoha.

Naruto opened the door and was surprised to find himself face to face not only with the Hokage but also some of his closest Advisors and best of the best of Konoha. "Close the door Uzumaki, we have much to discuss." said the Fire Shadow.

Naruto wondered, 'If the closing of the door and the accompanying thud was a sign from the gods that the window of opportunity to run away while he still could was sealed tight.'

YO im back with this introductory chapter to naruto's life which was kind of hard as it was boring as hell and the real intrusting things start happening now. But this was kind of needed so I rushed it a little at the beginning.

You may have noticed some differences I made like the Uchiha compound being in the almost centre which in canon its located right at the edge. And the increase in security at the hokage tower which I think is realistic enough as its where there leader is present most of the time and in canon it was too simple to infiltrate right in to the Hokage's personal study and office.

I am really happy with the second half of this but not so much from the first as it seemed a lot rushed which it was as it only served to make you guys understand some of his reasons. The part where he is let in to the jungle enclave alone is from his perspective as he was under constant surveillance by ROOT nins. And I just want to clear this right now about the training Naruto got, while at the academy he did managed to learn the basic three Jutsus, being fast enough so to be equal in tai-jutsu among the more physically advanced group but not rock lee fast. The training he went through after that was to mostly curb the rookie mistakes one makes in their first mission , to make them use their basic 3 jutsus almost seal less or at the very least just with one sign , to make you more fit physically but the most emphasis was given to stealth and stealth detection.

Naruto doesn't know any jutsu above D rank.

You will get a more detailed picture of naruto in the next chapter.

Remember Naruto In here graduated 4 years early than his counter part. So there would be a little to no mention of Rookie 9 and team Gai.

The updates will become more regular as I now have some hours free due to being free from UNI for a while…

JA NE