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"Naruto"- normal speech

'Naruto'- thought

Naruto- jutsu name

Charter 2

The grandson, the team and a lazy sensei

Morning. Hokage Tower.

Naruto was sitting before the Third, discussing further the details of Mizuki incident. The aged Hokage actually just wanted to know more about Naruto's abilities, namely the lightning jutsu Iruka mentioned in his report earlier. So far, it looked like Naruto was able to perform that jutsu unconsciously, when in stressful situation. When the village leader along with the blonde genin learned later on, that he could now perform the jutsu like any other, making to hand seals, namely 'ram' and 'snake', in advance, they dubbed it Stunning Light Whip. The Hokage wanted to talk some more to Naruto. About his photo that is, where he was looking away. Apparently the Fox container just wasn't trustful enough yet and didn't want to show up to people as bad as he presumed.

Then the office door was opened and a small kid, about eight-years-old boy, entered.

"Alright, old man! I challenge you for the position of hokage!" The child cried out and charged. However, he tripped over his too long scarf and fell, face first, to the ground. Well that was lame. Both Lord Hokage and Naruto sweat dropped. Then a strange guy with a bandana and sunglasses, wearing a standard jonin uniform, minus the green vest, entered.

"Excuse me, Lord Hokage. Have you seen…" he looked around and gasped as he found the eight-year, who was trying to get on his feet, " Oh Honorable Grandson! Are you alright?"

The child however ignored the man and pointed towards Naruto.

"You! You tripped me!" the "Honorable Grandson accused the blonde. That ended up with him getting some tick marks allover his body. He stood up, grabbed the eight-year by the shirt and lifted him.

"You tripped over your own scarf, you idiot!" Naruto scolded him, which made the jonin interfere.

"You! Unhand the Honorable Grandson, you foul one! How dare you touch the grandson of the Third Hokage like that?" he said. Naruto looked at him and back and the eight-year. The thirds grandson was thinking this guy was going to let him go and apologize. Just like everyone else. Everyone was surprised however when the knucklehead blond head-butted him and then threw him to the far corner of the room, apparently unaffected with the boys weight. He threw him like an empty can. Again, everyone was shocked. No wait. That would be an understatement. Naruto was about to get out of the Hokage's office, when…

"I don't give a damn if you're his grandma, brat!" he simply stated and disappeared behind the door.

15 minutes later. Konoha streets.

Naruto was walking down the street thinking about what ramen to eat today at 'Ichiraku's', his favorite ramen stand. Should he order his favorite miso ramen or maybe pork. Or maybe he could one he didn't have for months. Or maybe…

The blonde suddenly turned around. He noticed nothing special. No one was following him after all. Wait a second. Something's not right here. He notices a failed attempt to hide under a camouflage clothe. He pulled it away and found the Third's grandson, who was both surprised and smiling at him.

"Ha ha. You found me with no problem" he said. "Guess what people say about you is true. You really are a great ninja" Naruto just got more confused, and then the answer came. " I want YOU as my new SENSEI" the kid said proudly. Naruto was stunned.

"Forget it." The fox container answered lazily, "I'm not THAT stupid." He started to walk away. But the eight-year, once he got over his shock, quickly started to follow him.

Several hours have passed since the two meet. Surprisingly, Naruto came to like the little guy. He learned that Konohamaru, for that was the Third' grandson's name, was just like him, in a way. The child was always percept only as the Hokage's grandson and he hated it. So Konohamaru wanted to show every villager of Konoha, that he was someone more then just that. He wanted acknowledgment. Naruto understood him perfectly, but scolded him for his stupid attempts to assassinate the Third to take his hat. He explained that the path to such great position was harder then believed and had no shortcuts. Oh how right he was. For the position of the hokage is not to be taken, but to be earned.

Meanwhile, on top of the Hokage's tower.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage, watched the Hokage monument with sad eyes. What was on his mind no one could tell, but clearly he was regretting something. Pipe in his mouth was letting out a slight smoke, while a bigger cloud of it was blown out of the wrinkled man's mouth. Soon, Iruka, covered in bandages, arrived and bowed behind the village leader.

"Iruka. I fear for Naruto." he said with a said tone.

"With all respect, you worry too much, Lord Hokage. Naruto's stronger than he..." Iruka was cut off by his superior.

"Iruka. You know that Naruto's smile is just a fake to hide his pain. When the fox attacked, the Fourth Hokage had no choice but to seal it inside the newborn's belly. It was the only way to stop the demon." Iruka's expression's got serious, "The Fourth wanted for the villagers to see Naruto as a hero, who keeps them save. That was his dying wish. However, humans' ignorance and pain blinds them. They were all ready to kill Naruto the first chance they got. Even the council was with them. That's why I set a law that forbids them from even mentioning about Naruto's status. I even set several trusted ANBU enforcers to watch over Naruto and interfere when necessary. The younger generation, which knows not of the Nine-tails, is the only hope for Naruto for a normal life." Hiruzen turn to Iruka, "Do you know, what they say about people who hate, Iruka-kun?" The chunin shook his head. "They say that their eyes… are the coldest there are."

Elsewhere.

Naruto and Konohamaru continued to talk. The sun was setting, making the sky gold. The birds were quieter, the bats began to fly, and crickets began their melody.

The Boys' talk was soon interrupted by the ninja who was following Konohamaru earlier. Ebisu was his name and from what the young Sarutobi said, he was jonin assigned to instruct him. Naruto managed to see eyes under these circular sunglasses of his. They were glaring cold. The blond hated it. Why does everyone have to give him this kind of eyes.

Ebisu jumped of a branch, from which he found the boys, and slowly walked over towards them.

"Oh Honorable Grandson" he started, "Let's go back home and resume your training."

"No!" Konohamaru cried, "I don't want to go with you! I want stay with Naruto longer!"

"Humph! You have to be joking. Dealing with the likes of him will never do you any good. He's far below you." Ebisu said proudly. Naruto however wasn't very happy with that. How dared he say something like that? Now he was going to show him. He made a cross seal and yelled:

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" There was a puff of smoke, which later revealed about thirty Naruto's, including the original. Ebisu however just chuckled. He was no Mizuki. Numbers of the knucklehead was insignificant. However he did not expect this: "Transform!" All the clones performed the Sexy jutsu. Ebisu was shocked. Head hunk on ridiculously thin neck, jaw dropped, while the naked females run over to him and started to seduce him. The jonin suddenly got a strong nosebleed, which sends him into the sky, only to end up with him landing just a few feet away from the harem. Naruto canceled everything. "Yeah. I call this one Harem Jutsu." He confessed proudly.

The knucklehead didn't know, but he was being watch by the Hokage via his crystal ball, threw the entire encounter. The old man was somewhat happy that the boy still had some sense of pranks in him. But was also disappointed when he saw HOW the prankster one his fight. But he also admitted to himself, that even he would be caught by this jutsu.

The two boys went somewhere else, away from the jonin. Konohamaru declared that he would now improve the Harem Jutsu and defeat his grandpa. Naruto however scolded him for his stupidity. He reminded him what he said earlier: that the position of a hokage is not taken. It is earned. With that, he declared: "From now on we're rivals. If you want to become hokage, you'll have to beat me!"

The eight-year was frustrated and accused the blond of showing off. However, that was short lifted and the two began to see each other as close friends. Maybe brothers.

The Third couldn't help but smile when he saw this.

Next day morning.

The streams of light were striking Naruto's face, gently waking him up. It was as if the sun was always there to welcome him. The boy shrugged at first. But that didn't last long. He liked the way he would always get up. Especially since it was always in time before the alarm clock kicked in. he quickly reached for it and turned it off before it rang. He stretched out…

Wait a minute. Something's out of place. Why did his sheets fell heavier than normal? He ran his hand down the sheets and felt something was underneath them. He quickly jumped out of the bed and pulled of the covers.

He soon regretted that.

On his bed was laying a sleeping form of Anko. Apparently her body still hasn't registered that Naruto was gone as she continued to cuddle, making her purple, oversized shirt, which served as her nightwear, reveal some of her cleavage. Naruto sweat dropped, blushed and sighed at the sight of that. Then he screamed so loud, the entire village shook. And the sound a fist hitting a head could be heard.

Later. Ninja Academy.

Naruto was sitting behind the desk in his usual spot. He was obviously still irritated with Anko's act this morning. But he rather wanted to avoid her for a time being. Anko wasn't someone who would let him scold her for her stunts. Luckily, it wasn't as bad as the last time. Before, when Anko sneaked into his bed, she was naked. Oh man.

Anko indeed was one of the few not to hate him, but this was ridiculous. Why is she so forward? He knew she was more than meets the eye. Anko, as far as he could remember, was always cheerful, easygoing, hyperactive, loved pranks and even had something of a sadist. But the blond knew that she was actually warm and hurt on the inside. Just like him. Maybe that explains her attitude. Unlike him, Anko didn't feel acknowledged at all. Even the fact of having an older cousin didn't help her.

Whatever. He liked to think of her somewhat like a sister. She however always crossed the line with sneaking into his apartment and into his bed.

Naruto was suddenly caught out of his thoughts by a kid with the laziest expression possible on human face. He had dark hair tied into a ponytail, had little, brown, weasel eyes and gloomy voice.

"Hey, Naruto." the kid said. "What are you doin' here? Only those who graduated are allowed here today."

The blond just Grinned at him showed his forehead protector tied around his neck, which actually looked good with his clothing. "Ya see that, Shikamaru? This is the proof that I'm a genin as well as you." He chuckle. The lazy-looking boy decided not to drag the conversation any further, as he found it to be too troublesome.

However, at the far back end of the room, A dark haired Hyuga, who were recognized by their white eyes, smiled as she saw the blond. She was clearly happy for the Uzumaki kid to have passed.

Few minutes later, someone rammed the door opened. There were two girls fighting over who gets to enter first. Naruto knew them all too well.

The first one was Yamanaka Ino. She had long, bright blond hair tied in a ponytail, bright blue, pupil-less eyes, thin body and wore a purple top along with a purple skirt. She also had some bandages wrapped around her legs and torso. Ino had her forehead protector tied around her waist.

The other girl was Haruno Sakura. She had long pink hair, emerald eyes, big forehead and average body build. She wore a red dress, green/blue shorts and green ninja sandals. She wore her forehead protector like a robin. Naruto remembered how he used to have a crush on her during their academy days. However he gave up on her when he landed in a hospital a year ago because of her.

He didn't hate her, but neither did he like her. As far as he cared, she was just a brutal, loud banshee.

The two girls have finally managed to enter the class room and ran over to the desk and glared at Naruto.

"Hey, Naruto!" Sakura started to yell, "Move aside, idiot! I want to seat next to Sasuke!" Naruto didn't bunch. Then Ino came in closer.

"Say Naruto." she said in a calmer yet commanding tone, "Move it, will you. I'd like to take a seat next to Sasuke."

Naruto turned his eyes to them. Then away. He didn't feel like telling them anything. That pissed them off. How dare he ignore them? They both backed their hands to deliver a punch, but when they were about to hit him, Naruto just ducked. And so their punches hit Sasuke, the best student in the group.

Uchiha Sasuke. The most popular guy in class. And the grumpiest of them all. He was always like this since five years ago, when his entire clan was wiped out. Sasuke wore a dark blue, high collar t-shirt and white short. He had onyx black eyes, short, black hair light tan skin. All the girls practically worshiped him. And now, two of the just hit him.

What the hell? Ino and Sakura were just about to hit Naruto. How did it happen that they hit Sasuke instead? That can't be!

Before anyone could do anything, Iruka entered the room. Sasuke, who pulled himself back together just ignored him and glared at the blonde. How did he manage to dodge a punch at such short range? Iruka quickly however stopped the Uchiha's train of thoughts.

"Good day, everyone!" he said smiling, "Once again, I'd like to congratulate you on becoming genins. Now you're on your way of greatness. The possibility to fulfill your dreams is now an open doorway." He paused to look at everyone and saw determined faces everywhere. Especially Naruto. Iruka's smile got bigger and he continued. "Don't take it the wrong way, but live of a shinobi is a rough one. I won't lie to you. Chances of your deaths are high. Those of you who are lucky might just loose a limb. But don't let that stop you from going onward. The fact you became shinobi is already prove that you will survive. You are strong. ALL of you! And you'll all just get stronger." After hearing that, everyone cheered. As soon as the all quiet down, with the help of Iruka's Loud Mouth Jutsu, Iruka picked up a clipboard.

"Now… I'm going to tell you what teams you're all assigned to. I'll read the team number first and then who's assigned to it. Let's begin, shall we? Team 1…" Iruka began.

Naruto wasn't really paying attention now. He was wondering who he will have on his team. He didn't mind Sakura that much, though he didn't want to be with her. And certainly didn't want to be with Sasuke. He was hoping for Shikamaru. He may be lazy, but didn't mind the blond. Before he could think who else could be fine with, he heard Iruka's voice.

"Team 7 will be: Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura…" the brunette didn't flinch, while the pink hair girl cheered, "…and Uzumaki Naruto." Wham! That sound caught everyone's attention. They saw Naruto's head broke through the desk. Seems like underestimated his own strength and hit the furniture too hard. He quickly rose up and pointing to his new teammates he complained.

"Hey, Iruka-sensei! Is this some kind of a cruel punishment or a stupid joke? Why am I stuck with Mr. Arrogance and his number one fan girl?"

Iruka sighed and answered, "Sorry Naruto. But considering your… lower marks, Lord Hokage has decided this team will be best suited." Naruto hit his head in the desk, again, and made another hole, AGAIN! It just couldn't get any worse.

20 minutes later. Outside the academy.

Naruto was sitting on the bench. He was brooding something under his nose, while holding some strange marble and a blackboard eraser in his hands. He was most likely preparing a new prank. Just when he was about put them together, something draw his attention. It was Sakura. She walked over to him and didn't look like she was in for a friendly conversation.

"Idiot, have you seen Sasuke?" She asked him. Naruto gave her an annoyed look.

"No." was all he said and returned to what he was doing earlier. "Now you mind leaving me alone for now. I'm also in a bad mood today."

Sakura however was mad. Naruto dared talk to her like that? By what right? Even though he was no longer crushing on her, he still annoyed her. She hit him in the head, hard, making him fall off the bench. She was about to kick him now, when she stopped and jumped away when she saw the boy catch the bench with one hand and swing it to hit her. Once she landed, she had to duck quickly as he threw it at her. Looked back at the bench the kept flying until it hit a tree about 16 yards away. She was shocked. Was Naruto always this strong? She looked back at him at saw that he was somewhat freaked out by his own doing. He started to run. Away from her. He was… crying?

Sakura wondered for a second what was that all about, but dropped it of as soon as she saw Sasuke nearby.

"Oh Sasuke. I finally found you. Do you want to eat lunch with me?" she asked him in a happy tone. He looked around and saw a broke bench by the tree further away.

"Who did this?" he asked her in a cool tone pointing to the subject of his curiosity.

"Oh that? That's Naruto's doing." Sakura answered him coldly, obviously trash talking about his blond teammate. "But why bother about that idiot? It's not like we need to take the blame for his stupidity. You know, if parents knew I was doing things like he does, I would be in big trouble. That's why he's so annoying." She continued. Sasuke however wasn't taking this well.

"He's lonely." he said.

"What?"

"You don't know what it's like to be alone. He's acting the way he acts, because he's alone. Unlike me he never had parents, so he envies others. He hate being alone." He turned to the pink haired girl to give her a cold glare. "So don't you dare talk like you knew better!"

"Sa-Sasuke? Why are you saying that?"

He started to walk away. "Because you're annoying."

Two hours later. Inside the academy.

The room was empty, except for the assigned Team 7. Sasuke was just minding his business. Naruto was setting the eraser on the top of the door and Sakura was watching him.

"Naruto? What are you doing?" she asked.

"Oh just a little punishment for our sensei for being late. That's all." he answered her.

"Idiot. You really thing anyone will be stupid enough to fall for this?" Sasuke cut in. He didn't believe Naruto's prank will succeed. Soon enough.

The doors have been opened and the eraser fell on someone. Once it bounced off him, the eraser exploded and the man entering the room was covered in ink. Naruto chuckle lightly, Sakura was shocked at what happened and tried to apologies for the stupid prank, although deep in her mind, she was laughing hard.

The victim of the prank quickly cleaned himself and everyone could now take a closer look at him. A jonin, about 25-28 years old. He was wearing traditional jonin uniform, had his forehead protector covering his left eye and a mask covering bottom half of his face. The jonin had silver hair, which did not give in to gravity and his visible right eye was half open.

The guy looked at them and said: "My first impression of you… I hate you guys." The genins were shocked. "Meet me at the roof in five minutes." he said and disappeared in a swirl of leaves. That was a body flicker technique, shunshin if preferred.

Five minutes later, all four were on the roof. The silver haired jonin was sitting on a railing, while the genins sat on what looked like stairs.

"Okay then." he started "Fancy seeing you three made it. So how about we start from introducing ourselves to know each other?"

"Ehm, sensei? What exactly would you want us to say?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Oh you know, the usual. Your names, likes and dislikes, hobbies, dreams, something like that." The jonin answered while scratching his chin.

"Well then, why don't you start for an example, sir. We don't even know you." Sakura said.

"Hmm. Fair enough. My name is Hatake Kakashi. There are many things that I like and many things I dislike, so I won't bother telling you. As for my dreams… hmm. Never really bothered thinking about that part. My hobby is very interesting." He gave them, what it looked like, judging by his closed eye, a smile. The rookies however were annoyed.

'Great. So we learned his name at that's all. What an example.' The pink hair girl thought.

"Okay then. Now that you know what I expect to hear… Why don't you start, Blondie?" Kakashi asked, pointing to Naruto.

" Okay." Naruto said with some hint of enthusiasm, "My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like ramen, training my self like there's no tomorrow. I dislike the three minutes it takes to prepare ramen, when I have to cut my training short and when people judge others without even getting to know them. My hobbies, formally pranks, and at the present, training, watching thunder clouds when on sky, training hard. And my dreams for the future is to one day become the greatest shinobi to ever exist, both in the past as well as in the future. Maybe even hokage. So that people will stop disrespecting me and see me for someone. Somebody who's worth attention and respect."

Kakashi's eye almost popped out. He was surprised by the boy's maturity. He already dreamed for something so great and did not want to turn back from it. 'He certainly had an interesting way of growing up.' He thought. Then he pointed to Sakura, letting her know to start.

"Um… My name is Haruno Sakura. I like…" She started to blush, turning her eyes towards Sasuke and back every second, " a person I like is…. (giggles)… My hobbies are… and my dream…" She smiled like a pervert. Then she got angry and stated "I hate Naruto!"

Naruto felt. What was her problem. He did give up on her a whole year ago, so why was she still so hostile.

Kakashi sighted. 'Guess girls are moody at this age.' He thought to himself. Let pointed to Sasuke to introduce himself.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. There are not many things that I like and there are a lot of things that I hate. I have no hobby. And what I have I wouldn't call a dream, but rather an ambition. I intent to kill a certain man… and restore my clan." The air got cold. The three people around the Uchiha had different thoughts.

'Sasuke is so cool.'

'Hope he's not after me.'

'So it is as I thought. Great. So this year I get revenge-obsessed emo, a fan girl banshee and a kid, that sounds like afraid of everyone around him. This'll be fun.'

Kakashi got off the railing and stood up, letting the three rookies know to remain sit. "Okay. That sure was interesting." He started. "Now I have some news for you. You're still not genin yet." He was eye-smiling when he announced that. All three were shocked. "Tomorrow you'll have a real test."

"Wait just a damn minute!" Sakura panicked, "We just already have taken AND passed the test!"

"Oh you mean that academy stuff? That was just to know who's good for ninja already and who the weakling is. Tomorrow, meet me at the Training Ground 7 at 0600 hours. Oh and don't eat breakfast, or you'll puke." With the last sentence, the one eyed jonin disappeared via shunshin.

The next day. Dawn. Training Ground 7.

Naruto has woken up. He was all nervous if he didn't pass this test, he would commence seppuku (suicide). He can't fail this one. He was sitting on the bed and thinking about what to expect. He sat there for five minutes.

About 40 minutes later he arrived to the meeting spot. The blond wore today orange pants, red, sleeveless shirt, the usual armband, forehead protector around his neck and his orange jacket wrapped around his waist. His shuriken pouch strapped to his waist and the kunai holder to his right leg. Naruto found that he was the first to arrive. So he jumped up the tree nearby and fell asleep.

Chapter end

A/N. Hope you guys like the story so far. Next time is the big test. Please review.

Bio:

Name: Uzumaki Naruto

Age: 12/13

Height: 146 cm

Blood type: B

Affiliation: Hidden Leaf Village, Team 7

Rank: genin

Stats: taijutsu-good; ninjutsu- average; genjutsu- weak; strength high; stamina-high; intellect- weak; chakra-high; speed-average/high

Special skills: ?

Explanation: Considering Naruto's situation, his powers are yet to be revealed in full. However, currently, Naruto possesses:

-Super human strength, speed, reflexes, endurance, agility, stamina (enhanced via running from the mobs);

-Healing factor, which accelerates due heighten adrenaline level;

-Inhuman chakra supply;

-Lightning manipulation (though possible access to controlling other elements);

-Enhanced danger sense, allowing him to react quicker and more precisely than normal ninja (Note: this power is yet undeveloped, so it kicks in randomly)

Naruto's powers are probably somehow related to his "stripe(s)" on his body, which reflects the number of powers. And their development.

Theory: unconfirmed.