AN: I know, I didn't post a new chapter in the last few weeks, that's partially due to me being sick some time, but also due to me planning future events for the story. I also had to come up with how I want the bell test going, and I hope I got a rather unique way of how to do this, at least I didn't read this version anywhere else. This is also a reason why I took this long to write a new chapter, I've been reading a lot of stories, looking at how other people come up with different scenarios for the same event.

Most of the time the major events play out in one of three ways: 1. They stay as close as possible to canon 2. They come up with a way for Naruto to know certain things so he can prevent or turn the event upside down 3. They use the butterfly effect, small changes early on for big changes later on.

I'm not saying that this is a bad thing, it's just that I came to realize that there is just no way around it, at least not that I'm aware of it.

Concerning the names of characters, places, ranks, and whatnot, there always will be mistakes, Might Gai alone has a shit ton of different versions on how to write his name, every author has his/her own take on it.

Once again, I don't have an upload schedule, so I can't tell you when the next chapter will be up, which also means I won't have a Beta. I write a chapter when I've got the time, the motivation and most important the inspiration for it. And when I'm done with a chapter I want it up as fast as possible, especially when I'm currently hit with an inspiration streak so I can instantly work on the next chapter.

With that all said, have fun with the new chapter!

I do NOT own Naruto

Chapter IV – A new Home?

As soon as Kakashi started the test, the three Genins jumped back into the cover of the trees surrounding the training ground. They crouched down near another, observing the clearing where Kakashi was still standing and reading his orange book, seemingly not paying attention to anything other than the said book.

"Something isn't right with this test, I just don't know what it is yet," Naruto said to his teammates.

"You are right Naruto-kun, there has to be a hidden meaning" was Hinata's reply.

"I concur, this test is most suspicious" Shino added to the conversation.

After a few minutes of thinking, Naruto voiced his thoughts "there are a few thing I don't get, since when does a Genin-team consist of only one to two Genins sand one Jounin? There are always three Genins and one Jounin, that's one of the first things we learned at the academy! Also, how could a fresh Genin beat a seasoned Jounin? That's next to impossible, which would mean we are supposed to work together, but that would clash with the objective that only two can pass the test. That would mean there is another objective, aside from the obvious one."

The other two looked at Naruto and thought about what he said until Shino came to a conclusion "you are right Naruto, there are too many things that don't add up. And I think I've got the real purpose of this test, teamwork. The bells are just a distraction, we are supposed to work together to get them, the only reason why there are two is to make us fight each other over the bells instead of working together. But it still leaves the problem of what to do when we get them."

"Let's think about that when we got the bells until then we need a plan on how to get them," Naruto said.

They took another few minutes to plan their attack before the sprung into action.

Naruto and Hinata were in the front while Shino stayed right behind them. They stood right in front if Kakashi who was still reading his orange book and didn't seem to care what his would be students were going to do. "So you finally came out of hiding?" he asked with a bored tone of voice.

His answer was a couple of shadow clones that popped into existence and began to rush him and engage in taijutsu combat, their teamwork was rather sloppy, they stumbled more over themselves then do any damage on their target, at least that's what it seemed like. In reality, they did exactly what they were supposed to do, act as sloppy as they can and present as many openings as they can.

After a few minutes, Kakashi had enough of it and decided to go on the offense, big mistake. He fell for the charade and underestimated his opponent and when he started his counter he landed in the already set trap. He leaped for Naruto trying to take him out so he couldn't create more clones, but by doing so he entered Hinata's reach who promptly attacked him with a lightning-powered ax-kick aimed at his head.

Kakashi saw this in the last moment and was more than surprised by the speed and even more so by the elemental manipulation added to that kick. He jumped back in the last moment only for his eyes to went wide as dinner plates when he saw the damage that kick did to the ground where he was just moments before, there was now a huge crater. 'Oh, shit' were his thoughts.

The attack didn't stop there, behind him was Naruto who capitalized on Kakashi's shock and started his own flurry of lightning enhanced punches. One of these punches connected and sent him right in front of Hinata who was already in one of her clans signature stances and started to count with each strike she delivered "two palms, four palms, eight palms, sixteen palms, Eight Trigrams: 32 Lightning Palms".

Kakashi was lying on the ground when the attack ended when suddenly a poof of smoke took his place and he vanished only to leave a log behind. "That was way too close, they almost got the drop on me, what the hell did Iruka teach them in the academy?"

"Hey Shino, you got them?" Naruto asked only for him to nod in affirmation.

'What does he mean with "got them"? I still have….' Kakashi didn't finish his thought when he looked down and saw that the bells were gone.

During the fight, Shino sent his insects out into the surrounding trees and as soon as Kakashi appeared near some of his insects the attached themselves onto the bells in a way to prevent them from making a sound while simultaneously detaching them from his belt and then bringing them back to Shino.

Kakashi landed in front of the three Genin and looked at them before he spoke "congratulation on obtaining the bells, now who will get them and who will be sent back to the academy?"

Naruto had thought about that and came to a rather simple solution, he asked Shino to give him the bells and upon receiving them he used a kunai and enhanced it with lightning to cut both bells in halves and then gave everyone a half. Kakashi was completely dumbfounded and so were the other teammates until Naruto said "this way everyone got one piece of a bell, and only together they make a whole, just like our team, everyone is a part and only together are we a whole team, this also prevents Kakashi-sensei from having to go back to the academy."

Naruto gave one of his trademark smiles only for Kakashi to be even more confused "Why would I have to go back to the academy?"

Naruto laughed at that and said, "well, you said everyone who doesn't get a bell will be sent back, which means you included, so if you don't retain at least one bell you would have to go back yourself!" Only after this explanation, realization hit Kakashi and he sweatdropped, while Naruto was laughing, Hinata was giggling and even Shino smirked.

"Alright, you all passed the test, tomorrow morning at 7 am we will start with training and maybe even do some missions until then you are dismissed and can do whatever you want" were Kakashi's last words before he vanished in a poof of smoke.

Naruto turned to his two teammates with a large smile and asked "someone up for some ramen? My treat!"

"I'm sorry but I have to get home, I still need to train on my clanjutsu" was Shino's answer before he turned and walked home.

"What about you Hinata-chan?" was Naruto's hopeful question.

"Sure, I would love to" she replied with a smile and the two left the training ground to get the food of the gods.

Only moments later in the office of the Hokage, there were nine Jounin, reporting in the results of their respective tests.

"Since everyone is here, let's begin with the reports, starting with Team 1" Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage said.

"Team 1, failed"

"Team 2, failed"

"Team 3, failed"

"Team 4, failed and shouldn't even be allowed back to the academy!"

"Team 5, failed"

"Team 6, failed"

"Team 7, passed"

The room was suddenly quiet, no one thought that was possible, Kakashi letting a team pass his test.

Hiruzen was the first to come back from this shock and said "explain, how did they pass?"

Kakashi explained how his team passed his test and how surprised he was about their capabilities, especially the ones of Hinata and Naruto and Naruto's way to solve the problem with the two bells.

Hiruzen chuckled when he heard how Naruto cut the bells in halves to give everyone one half. After that the final two Jounin reported that their teams also passed and how they did it. Although Team 8 only barely passed. With that, the meeting ended.

The next morning 7 am, all of Team 7 except Kakashi were at the training ground and since they already knew that their sensei would be late they began to train on their own.

Naruto made 45 clones, 5 would train with Hinata on her taijutsu, 20 would train on his own taijutsu, 10 study fuinjutsu, and the last 10 practice elemental manipulation. Before he went off to his physical training, he showed Shino the tree walking exercise, after that he got over to the nearby river, walked into the middle of the stream and begun to do pushups, situps, jumping jacks, and various other exercises on the water surface.

It was 10 am when Kakashi finally showed up at the training ground and he was shocked at what he saw. His students were training all on their own and by the looks of it since 7 am. But what shocked him the most was the number of clones which Naruto used to train.

"Yo Kakashi-sensei, finally here? Took you long enough, hopefully, this won't repeat itself we're here to train and learn from you and you are supposed to train us, so when you set a time for a meeting you should be there at the appointed time! If this keeps happening I WILL make sure you won't be late ever again, I hope that was clear enough for you!" That was Naruto's greeting for Kakashi and by the looks, he got from the other two Genin, they seem to have the same opinion, said Jounin had the very bad feeling that Naruto had every intention to make his threat real and he definitely didn't want that to happen.

"Sorry guys, I got lost on the road of life, but it seems you were doing just fine," Kakashi said with a sweatdrop.

After this Naruto dispelled his clones and Kakashi asked them what exactly they were training. They told him and if he didn't have his mask his jaw would have hit the ground. So he decided that it was enough training for the day and they would go to the Hokage tower to get their first official mission. The joy of every fresh Genin team, D rank missions.

This whole process of training and then D ranks repeated itself for nearly two weeks, and surprisingly enough Kakashi was actually punctual after Naruto's threat since he was actually terrified of what the little blond boy could do. Everyone in the village knew, don't make him mad or he will prank you back into the stone age.

After nearly two weeks of D ranks, Naruto had finally enough "Kakashi-sensei, I've had enough, it's time we finally get a real mission and not these crap D ranks!"

Kakashi had to admit, he too had enough of D ranks "what about you two, do you also think you are ready for something more difficult?" he asked the other two of the team to which they both nodded. "Alright then it's time for your first C rank," he said with a eye smile and they took of to the Hokage tower.

When they reached the room where the missions were handed out they were greeted by the Hokage smiling at them "Ah, Team 7, here for your daily D rank?"

"Actually, I'd like to request a C rank, my team is ready," Kakashi said with his eye smile.

Hiruzen looked at him before he smiled again and began to look through various scrolls until he found the one he was looking for. It was a simple escort mission, a merchant requested protection for his travel to another town and back, it would take only about three weeks.

"Here, this should just about do it for their first C rank, simple escort, from here to Tanzaki Gai and back, the mission should take about three weeks, you are to meet your client tomorrow morning 8 am at the main gate," Hiruzen said as he threw the scroll to Kakashi.

"No problem, Team, you can take the rest of the day off, prepare for the mission, you know where and when to meet," was what Kakashi said and he got a "Hai" from his team as an affirmation before they got out of the room.

They all got home and prepared their gear for the mission and took care of everything else that needed to be done.

It was late afternoon when Naruto showed up at the Hyuga compound, he was dressed in black ninja sandals, black pants with dark orange trims, a white shirt and a black jacket with the Uzumaki swirl on the back and also dark orange trims. As he got to the main gate he greeted the guards and walked right in and got to Hinata's room where he knocked on the doorframe.

"One moment please," came from the inside, and shortly after the door was opened and Hinata stood there wearing only her black leggings, and a black tank top, which showed her already developing body "N-Naruto-kun, what brings you here?" she asked with a slight blush since she was well aware that she was wearing way less than normally and was thus showing way more of her body.

Naruto was stunned by what he saw, he knew his girlfriend was beautiful but he rarely got to see here without her bulky jacket and since they were currently at the age where they got even more conscious about the human anatomy, it was only normal for him to be stunned at what he saw and when he finally got back to his senses he answered her with an equal blush "I-I wanted to ask you if you wanted to go on a date with me, since we got our first C rank tomorrow and there won't be much time for dates while on the mission."

Hinata saw where Naruto's eyes were going every so often even when he tried to focus somewhere else which made her blush even more but also made her happy and she began to giggle before she answered "sure just let me change quickly." When she said that she would change she saw the disappointment in his eyes which made her giggle even more while she thought 'don't worry Naruto-kun, you will get to see me that way often enough.'

After a few minutes she was done and came out of her room, Naruto's jaw was wide open. She wore her blue ninja sandals and a lavender summer dress that reached just below her knees with a white belt in the middle. "So, how do I look?" was her simple question, but that simple question was momentarily to difficult to process for Naruto's brain.

So all he managed to bring forth in his stupor was "beautiful goddess" which made Hinata blush and giggle.

A few moments later, Naruto has finally got back to his senses, they walked out of the compound, got to a café and ordered some cinnamon rolls with which they walked into the park and sat under a tree where they ate them. Hinata leaned on Naruto's shoulder and they sat there for a while, both contempt with simply staying like that and be together.

After a while Naruto began to speak, he wanted to talk with her about something that was on his mind for a while now "I was thinking about telling Hokage-jiji that I know who my parents, I know he knows who my parents are, he just doesn't want anybody else to know who they are since that could be dangerous for me, they had a lot of enemies after all and I wanted to ask him if I could move into their home, since its also my home technically. What do you think?"

Hinata thought about what he said, she knew who his parents were, he told her one time on a date, he said he didn't want to have secrets before her and that he trusts her with his life. "I think that would be a good idea, but as soon as you move into their home others will ask questions," was her answer.

He thought about it and said "you're right, but I think that's the right thing to do, there is also another reason why I want to move into there." He looked Hinata in the eyes while she liked up to him "I would like you to move in with me!"

Hinata's eyes went wide and she blushed as she heard what he said, she was happy beyond anything and asked "are you sure? We are only twelve, is that even possible?"

"I'm sure and since we are Genin we are legally adults so it shouldn't be a problem, so what do you say?" he asked.

Her answer was instantaneous, she turned her body around, threw her arms around his neck and deeply kissed him on the lips and only parted long enough to say "yes, absolutely" and got back to kissing him which he happily returned while moving his arms around her waist and hugging her.

They continued their little make-out session for a few minutes before they stood up grab each others hand and got on their way to the Hokage's office.

Once they reached the office, Naruto knocked at the door and once he got the response to enter they did.

Hiruzen was sitting at his desk and was once again fighting a war against the bane of every kage, paperwork. But once he saw who entered his office his mood was instantly better, if only he knew what Naruto was about to tell him. "Hello Naruto-kun, Hinata-chan, what can I do for you?" he asked with a warm grandfatherly smile.

"Hey jiji, there are a few things I need to talk about with you," Naruto said.

"Sure, take a seat," he said still smiling.

"It's about my parents, among others" Hiruzen's smile faltered when he heard that, he wanted to tell him who his parents are, he just couldn't do that yet "I know who they are, and I know why you didn't tell me." To say that Hiruzen was shocked would be the understatement of the millennium.

"H-How? Who told you? Who else knows? Since when do you know?" where Hiruzen's panicked questions.

Naruto smiled sheepishly before he answered "I know since my graduation and the only other people that I know of that know who my parents are you and Hinata-chan since I told her. The who is a little more complicated, it was the Kyuubi who told me, I know her since my 5th birthday, and she helped me since then, she even helped me confess to Hinata-chan. She also told me the truth about what happened the night of my birth."

Hiruzen had almost a heart attack when he realized what Naruto had told him, he quickly made a hand gesture which told all the ANBU in the room to leave and as soon as they were all out he made another gesture which sealed the room off.

"Naruto, what did the Kyuubi tell you about that night?" He asked with a serious expression.

And so Naruto told him everything that Kurama told him, after that he also told him that he had forgiven Kurama for killing his parents, even though it still hurts. Hiruzen didn't know what to say, he was shocked at all the information that he just received, he had finally some answered to questions he thought he would never get the answered to, but it also raised new questions.

"Ne, jiji, I wanted to ask you something, can I move out of my apartment and move into the home of my parents?" Naruto asked with hopeful eyes and the dreaded Puppy Dogeyes Jutsu.

Hiruzen had a really tough battle against the dreaded SSS rank jutsu, but ultimately he lost as soon as Hinata made it a collaboration jutsu with her own "fine, I will allow it, but why do you want him to move in there so desperately Hinata-chan?"

"Well, that would be because of the other thing we wanted to talk about with you, we want to move in together," Naruto answered for her and they both blushed madly.

Hiruzen looked at the two and smiled once again grandfatherly "I don't see where there would be a problem, you are both technically adults since you are both Genin, and I know you will be fine since Naruto already lives almost his entire life on his own, the only one you need to convince would be Hiashi-sama."

Naruto tackled the old Hokage in a big hug and yelled "thanks jiji, you're the best!" which made both him and Hinata laugh.

After their talk, Hiruzen lifted the seal on the room and he got back behind his desk to once again resume his war against the mightiest of all foes, paperwork. Naruto and Hinata were just about to leave when Naruto turned around and asked a question that would alter History, he would be know as the slayer of the undefeatable, the hero of mankind, the greatest of them all, the bane of the paperwork "hey jiji, what I always wanted to ask, why don't you ever use the Shadow Clone Jutsu to do your paperwork?"

Hiruzen look at his surrogate grandson, then at his paperwork, back to Naruto, back to the paperwork, back to Naruto again before he opened a drawer where he took out a piece of paper and placed it on his desk, on this paper where two words were written 'smash here' and that he did, he repeatedly smashed his head on the paper while repeating one word "stupid".

The two kids left the office laughing, while the old Hokage was still smashing his head on his desk. They went straight to the Hyuga compound since they wanted to talk with Hiashi about Hinata moving in with Naruto.

When they arrived in front of Hiashi's office they once again knocked before they got the permission to enter. "Hello tou-san, we wanted to talk with you about something important," Hinata said with a smile.

Hiashi eyed the two before he asked "and what would that be?"

This time it was Hinata who took the lead in the conversation, much to the surprise of Hiashi, he already knew of the positive influence that Naruto had on his daughter but that she was now confident enough to lead a conversation on an important topic, that was a positive surprise to him.

Hinata took a deep breath before she spoke "Naruto and I want to move in together, he already got the permission to move into the home of his parents from Hokage-sama and we wanted to ask you for permission for me to move in with him."

Hiashi was stunned, he didn't expect that his daughter would ask him for permission to do that but before he could give his answer Naruto said "Hinata-chan, I think I should tell him who exactly my parents were." Hiashi was once again surprised, he didn't thought that Naruto would know who his parents are, he was an orphan after all.

"Hiashi-sama, the reason why no one knows who my parents were is due to them having extremely dangerous enemies, so I hope you will understand that besides Hinata-chan, you and the Hokage no one is allowed to know who they are until I'm strong enough to protect myself and everyone who is precious to me," he looked at Hiashi who nodded before he continued "my parent are Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato the Fourth Hokage!"

Hiashi's eyes went wide, it was so obvious, how could he have not seen that? He looked just like his parents, he suddenly had a sad smile on his lips, his parents were his and his late wife's best friends but he also understood why no one was allowed to know who his parents were, it was simply too dangerous. He nodded to himself, he knew Naruto was already living on his own and could provide for himself even with the village making it as hard as possible and he also knew that he loves his daughter just as much as she loves him, and technically they are both adults so she wouldn't even need his consent, but they still came for his blessing, once again he nodded to himself before he said "I give you my permission under one condition" they both looked at him "you still need to come to me for you juuken training whenever you are not on a mission!" They both smiled at him while nodding and Hinata had tears of happiness in her eyes.

After they finished talking to Hiashi about when they would move in together, Naruto said his goodbye to Hinata with a hug and a kiss before he left to his apartment. This would hopefully be the last night he would sleep in this apartment.

AN: That's it, the 4th chapter is done and man did it take me long to finish it, about 6 hours of writing, editing, deleting, writing again, editing again and repeat. Oh, and don't forget the whole "How do I phrase this? How do I make beginnings and endings of sentences or speeches not too repetitive? What's the right word in this situation or in general? What should they say, do or react? What do I want the situation to be and how do I want to end it?" all those questions and so many more after almost every second paragraph. But finally, this chapter is done and I really wish I could use the Shadow Clone Jutsu, would be really helpful!

Once again, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, thanks for reading and keep reading and please leave a review.