Chapter Four is here, I hope you have fun reading.

NARUTO IS THE PROPERTY OF MASASHI KISHIMOTO, PLEASE SUPPORT THE OFFICIAL RELEASE- David Bowie

Also, Y U No release Naruto Chapter 590, Edo Tensei was released right, I wanna know what happens next.

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Naruto returned alongside Jiraiya and his sword two days later, Sarutobi was surprised that it had only taken them that long to recover what they could from the Uzumaki clan, however he was even more surprised when Jiraiya told him about Naruto's Animal Path.

"So you are telling me that Naruto does not need a contract to summon animals?" Sarutobi asked Jiraiya, who nodded.

"Yes, its one of the powers of those eyes of his, I wonder what else can they do" he said thoughtfully.

Sarutobi sighed, Naruto was already progressing nicely, at this rate, he would become stronger than Sarutobi himself in no time, and he had to so that he could fulfill his dream of becoming Hokage. Sarutobi had always wanted Naruto to be Hokage, maybe not the Godaime Hokage as he felt that Naruto was too young to be his own successor, but maybe the Rokudaime Hokage was not an outlandish idea. This was because of Naruto's rich heritage, he was related to all the previous Hokages including himself in some way or the other, even if the idea of fate was absolute garbage, Naruto was fated to be great.

"What should we do about his training?" Jiraiya asked Sarutobi who smiled.

Of course Jiraiya would want to train, after all, he was a genius of hard work, and this was something Sarutobi was proud of, maybe he had realized since Orochimaru's defection that his favorite student was close to him and would never ever leave.

"Well, what do you suggest Jiraiya-kun?" he asked Jiraiya.

"A training trip, let me take him with me, I can teach him loads of Jutsus, make him your level, I know he can, thanks to those eyes and his hardwork, he comes back to the village and then we integrate him in the Ninja Corps" he said.

Sarutobi nodded. "Good idea, but-" he paused.

Jiraiya looked at him with curiosity,"But what?"

"I want Naruto to grow up around kids his age, I know that you will make him better, but you can leave your instructions in a sword too right? I want him to grow up here" he said.

"Have you gone senile old man?" Jiraiya asked Sarutobi. "You want him to stay here after all this time, after all the beatings he has taken from some of those drunk villagers? You still want to keep him?" Jiraiya asked him.

"Jiraiya-kun, try to understand, he needs to know friendship, and while I understand that you are already quite attached to the kid as he is to you, I don't think you are the kind of person Naruto needs" Sarutobi said.

"Friends, what friends?" Jiraiya said. "The parents tell kids to stay away from the demon brat" he said, spitting out the last two words. Sarutobi sighed again.

"Listen Jiraiya, I want you to train him, but not outside the village, I want you to train him in here, is that clear?" he asked Jiraiya , who scowled and eventually nodded.

"My reasons are a little selfish too Jiraiya-kun, after all he is like a grandchild, how can I just send him off on a training trip with a pervert and not expect him to come back a total peeping tom?" he asked trying to lighten the mood.

It worked.

"That brat will never be as good as me, I am a super pervert, he is nobody" Jiraiya scoffed.

"I think you should stick to the original schedule, 2 months after Naruto's first Chunin exams" Sarutobi said.

"By then the brat won't need a trip" Jiraiya said before waving his hands and leaving out of the window.

'Windows suck' Sarutobi thought before returning back to the bowels of infernal hell that was his paper work.

-x-

Naruto resumed training soon after returning, his Godfather had taken his leave and run off to do some 'research' for his next book, or whatever the hell that was. He had left Naruto with scrolls full of Jutsu and it hadn't taken him long to master all of them. He found great satisfaction in having learnt some of the techniques that were on there, however the one thing he remembered was his fight with the old man Hokage himself.

Flashback

It was almost night, and Jiraiya had just left the village two days ago, Naruto was training and had mastered most of the Jutsu while the Sword had also taught him (or at least instructed him without any possible way of demonstration) on how to channel Chakra and hold a sword, however just then he was visited by the old man.

"Ah, Naruto, how is your training?" he asked him.

"Excellent old man, I think I can beat you" he said smiling. Sarutobi 'oohed'.

"Really, well, do you want to spar, Ninjutsu and Taijutsu only, I am afraid I cannot really keep up with Kenjutsu anymore, I am too old, plus you don't look like you can still properly use that sword" he said.

"Alright, let us begin"

And thus it began, for Naruto he had to prove that he was now talented, he just had to beat the Hokage. He charged towards the Hokage and began laying in some punches and kicks, all of which were blocked. The old man moved on pure instinct and yet he was blocking everything, how the hell was this even possible.

"Naruto-kun" he said as he blocked a palm aimed at his heart. "Instinct gets better with age, when you grow up to be my age, you will know what I mean" he said, before laying in a fist of his own, which Naruto blocked, however he stumbled which allowed Sarutobi to lay a flurry of kicks on him. Naruto blocked all but one, which pushed him back. Naruto flipped and landed on his two feet.

'Nice' he thought as he began hand seals.

"Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire" Naruto called out before blowing multiple projectiles of fire towards the old man, who made some hand seals of his own.

"Water Style: Water Fang Bullet" he said as he himself shot out some projectiles of water from his mouth which neutralized the fire.

"I see you took fewer hand seals than most, that is good control Naruto-kun" he said, making Naruto smile.

"Well, that's not the only thing I have which is good" he said as he formed Shadow clones, about 50 of them.

"Lets see you dodge all 50 of them on instinct old man" he said with a smug look on his face as he charged, but to his chagrin, Sarutobi just stood there before

"Fire Style: Flame Flower" the old man then jumped and spewed some fiery meteorite from his mouth that landed among the clones, effectively wiping out all but three of them.

'Great' Naruto thought, 'I will have to bring out the big guns now'

"Naruto-kun" the old man said, he had already gone through hand seals in the time that Naruto had wasted thinking about taking this to the next level. "Never ever ponder in the middle of battle, you are too young to do that" he finished.

"Fire Style: Great Dragon Fireballs" the old man said as he launched really devastating looking Fireballs in Naruto's direction, Naruto froze up for a second before-

"God damn kit, just get your head in the game will you" it was the fox to save the day. Naruto realized that he had one way of defending.

"Crystal Style: Crystal Dome" he called out as he was surrounded in a dome pf crystal, the fireballs hit however they could not do much to the barrier. Naruto smiled. He had won, now all he had to do was-

"Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapacitation"

The old man had somehow emerged from underneath the ground in the dome and had stuck Naruto in the ground, who had only his head sticking out.

"Not bad at all Naruto" he said smiling. "Although you are a bit green, I can tell that in a few years you can defeat me without breaking a sweat.

The dome receded, as Naruto smiled. "Who said I haven't beaten you now old man?" he asked him as the Naruto stuck in the ground poofed.

'Shadow Clone' Saruobi thought as another Naruto emerged from the bushes.

"This is it, my instant kill Jutsu" he said. Sarutobi's eyes widened. It took only one handseal, what kind of control did Naruto have over this jutsu, what was he going to use.

"Orike no Jutsu" Naruto called out as he transformed into a naked girl with smoke covering only the barest of her parts. Sarutobi was knocked out thanks to a nose bleed.

'I win, and you are a perv' Naruto thought.

End Flashback.

Even though Naruto had technically knocked out the Hokage, he had lost, plain and simple, any other opponent would have blown him away and he knew it, and all the power he had would be useless as long as he did not have a brain to go alongside with it so that he could use that power properly, so he decided that he would learn and practice being a tactician, even though it was something that would take ages, he decided to speeden up the process by playing tactical games such as Shogi and Go, and there was one person that was willing to play with him.

Shikamaru Nara was the heir of the Nara clan, and even though he was the laziest person in the class, it did not take too much scoping to realize that underneath that was a highly proficient brain that could think up strategies effortlessly, Naruto ound himself asking Shikamaru for more games of Shogi as the days passed and thus he formed a friendship with both Chouji (over their competition of eating more Ramen) and Shikamaru, soon they became as close to bosom buddies as possible.

The two were also close to him in a way because their parents did not discourage them from hanging out with him, they were really cool about it and this was something Naruto did not understand, he had thought that he would have to earn the admiration of each and every person in the village but that was not the case, some people admired him for being as brave as he had been, and that's when Naruto came to a realization that the Shinobi families did not particularly mistreat Naruto, they treated him like a normal human being with feelings and Naruto was gratified that they would do that.

Four months had passed since Naruto had battled the Hokage and even though he had fought him to the best of the abilities, he had been curb stomped, and Naruto was itching to get another shot, however the Hokage was now busy with what was the Chunin Exams and did not have any time for Naruto to spare, which made Naruto really angry as he was getting bored.

He had finally picked up on Elemental Manipulation and had mastered the Fire Element, or atleast attained moderate competence in it, he would practice daily just in case. He also found a scroll on the Scorch Release (Fire and Wind) combination and the Boil Release (Fire And Water) which Naruto found extremely useful as it produced highly corrosive liquid that he knew would come in handy. He had also taken up Lava Release and was getting better with it.

However Naruto found that having to pretend to be a loser in the academy was taking a toll on him, it was unlike him to actually stay hidden as he was a show off by nature, however the stupid fox had forced him to keep his identity a secret and that bothered Naruto, a lot. To his credit, at least now he could think about the cool Uzumaki sealing techniques that he was learning at nights when he couldn't practice. He had set up an intruder seal that blew up in the intruders face in the apartment and marked the intruder with a special dye that could not be taken off and thus the intruder would be subject to humiliation.

He got by the academy by simply pretending to sleep or actually sleeping without ever giving a damn as to what the teachers had to say to him, he found that this method had worked in the best way. He also became friends with Hinata Hyuuga who had a really bad stammering problem, at least Naruto thought he did because she could never ever speak to him without that infernal stammer. He was also friends with Kiba Inuzuka who was along with Chouji and Shikamaru and Hinata one of the few people whose parents did not tell them to stay away from him.

Naruto smiled, he was training to be the greatest ever and with any luck, he would get there.

The sword also instructed him whenever possible, however Naruto did most of his training from the scrolls that had been provided to him by Hayate Gekko, who along with his girlfriend Yugao Uzuki was one of the few ANBU assigned to protect Naruto when he was young. Hayate had become some sort of a sparring partner and Naruto loved it, he loved training with Hayate and Yugao helped out from time to time, very soon Naruto made a name for himself, at least among the ANBU of the village who really liked the kid and being Shinobi were able to understand where he came from, however very soon he was going to change the opinion of some of the civilians too.

On Naruto's 8th birthday, the villagers looking for him had significantly lessened, some because they knew that the ANBU had taken an interest in the boy, some others because they thought that now that his pranking had been dialed down, the influence of the demon fox had worn thin and the boy was fighting and some others because of the rumor that had been spread not many days ago.

Tsuneo Hattori was one of the richest merchants of Konoha and his daughter Ayumi was the apple of his eye, but while travelling with her father and on their way to the capital of Fire Country, they were attacked by bandits and Ayumi was taken. Naruto who had been authorized by the Hokage to take on some small C Rank missions for real world experience was the one who single handedly wiped out the bandit camp and rescued a traumatized but otherwise unharmed Ayumi.

At first Tsuneo, who had been one of the most stringent haters of Naruto couldn't believe his ears that Naruto had rescued his daughter, however the Hokage had sworn him into secrecy and told him that the details of the rescuer of his daughter were to be kept quiet until the Hokage himself said so. Tsuneo was happy at first as that would mean the demon-brat wouldn't be credited for his achievements, however when he heard his daughter Ayumi speak so highly of her rescuer, he decided to see what she was talking about and visited him himself.

He looked at Naruto's run down apartment and scoffed, he couldn't believe that someone could live like this, but why would he? After all, he was born rich.

"Ah, Hattori-san" Naruto said opening the door he had knocked, "How can I help you?"

"I want to talk to you, can I come inside?" Hattori asked Naruto who shook his head.

"Sorry, Busy, lets just talk here, I am sure you couldn't have much to say, you wouldn't wanna waste time with the likes of me I am sure" he said. Hattori could detect a tinge of cynicism in his voice.

"I would like to know why you saved my daughter, you knew that she is mine and I am one of your most vocal haters, why would you save her, and how did you get so strong?" he asked Naruto, who smiled.

"Simple, your daughter is innocent, so why would I hold a grudge, and what kind of a person would I be if I let an innocent girl die just because I did not like her father, and even if it was you, I would have saved you, cause while I might not like you, I know that your business is important for the welfare of this village, and you are a member of the village yourself, so it is my duty as one of its protectors to save its members" he said simply.

Hattori left soon after, however he had a lot to think about, and the more he thought about it, the more he realized that if there really was demonic influence on the boy, he would have found his daughter dead, after all, what kind of a demon would be so kind. Hattori then visited the Hokage himself and asked him how much the seal influences Naruto, and the Hokage told him that the seal was a work of art, one of Yondaime's greatest creations, it wouldn't just malfunction like that.

Hattori had changed since then, he had become more tolerable of Naruto, he even let Ayumi visit him from time to time, and he also stopped some of the villagers from talking about him in a bad way, he also stated selling Naruto items at their ordinary price in his establishments, soon some of the villagers came round to the fact that maybe Naruto Uzumaki was not really the demon they hated, maybe he just protected them from the demon.

Hattori never told Naruto any of this, it was just one of the things that happened with time, and the people who did notice it were sure that in time, Naruto would change the opinion of every person, because he was that kind of a guy.

The next few years passed in a flash, Naruto was allowed to do some more missions sparingly, they were all low risk. Naruto was also trained by Kakashi Hatake, a student of his father who was the ANBU captain till he retired to become a Jounin sensei. This training was secretive, Naruto was also trained by Anko, who saw herself in him in the art of interrogation.

Naruto was as strong as any of the elite Jounin at least by the time academy graduation exams approached, although he was forced to maintain the facade of being dead last. Naruto also became close to Iruka Umino, who he considered like a brother. Naruto was also responsible for Iruka and Anko going out as he had introduced them to each other, and through him they had become close. Naruto smiled as he thought about the day Anko first met Iruka. His life was good.

Academy Graduation Exam Day,

Naruto is aged 13

Naruto sighed, these academy exams were too easy, a stupid written test and a clone Jutsu and he was through, of course he had to just pass the written test although he did well on the clone Jutsu, and he managed passing, however he sighed as he looked at the list, he was at the bottom. Dead Last.

'Great, they will never let me live this down in the future' he thought, sweating as he looked at the list. Sakura was kunoichi of the year, thanks to her perfect written scores, Hinata and Ino were tied second. Naruto was happy for Hinata, although he could care less about Sakura and Ino. Shikamaru was just above him, and Chouji and Kiba were not too far off. Shino was the second best in class.

'Good for him' Naruto thought.

"Hey Naruto" a voice called out to him, it was Mizuki, the one teacher who Naruto was sure was trying to sabotage him in the exams. Mizuki had never liked Naruto and try as he may to actually do something, Naruto was smart enough to escape each and every time, however now that he had passed and was no longer going to be under the eyes of Mizuki, he wondered what could Mizuki probably have to say to him.

"I know you feel sorry that you are dead last, but I know of some secret test Naruto" he said to him, Naruto raised his eyebrows, what kind of test was the bastard talking about?

"It will promote you directly to Chunin, and its only given to the dead last to test whether he could prove himself to the Hokage himself" he said.

Naruto was puzzled, was Mizuki expecting him to believe this? He decided he would play along. "Really?" he asked slipping into his enthusiastic voice mask as he began jumping up and down like a retarded monkey. He was probably overdoing it.

Later that Night

'At least I get to sneak past the Hokage this time' Naruto thought. So Mizuki wanted the forbidden scroll of sealing and learn a Jutsu from it. Naruto decided to tell someone until the chance to learn a Jutsu from the scroll came up. He couldn't pass on it, he knew he could take care of it, so he decided that the Hokage would find out.

Currently he was hiding in the office, trying as hard as possible to stay hidden, Rinnegan allowed him to mask his chakra in a way that only the best of sensors could detect him. 'Now, time for my revenge' he thought.

Over the last few years, the Hokage had defeated him in each and every spar they had ever had, much to Naruto's chagrin, however he knew that this was all important and that the man was very very experienced, however in the last few months they hadn't had any spars.

"GOTCHA" he shouted, causing The Hokage, who had just entered the room and taken a seat to jump from his chair and turn in his direction in his stance.

"NARUTO, you scared me" Sarutobi said, before sighing and sitting back in the chair. "What the hell was that for?"

Naruto laughed. "This was for all the times you outsmarted me old man, to show you that I could sneak up on you" he said. "I can't lose to old geezers like you" he said.

Sarutobi sighed. "I am known as God Of Shinobi you know, its for a reason, I won't just die that easily" he said, Naruto nodded.

"Yeah you will, its Orike no Jutsu easy" he said, causing Sarutobi to sweat.

"That Jutsu is dangerous" he said, "I am thinking of putting it in the forbidden scroll of sealing" he said.

"Speaking of that, Mizuki-teme says there is a test for the dead lasts in the academy, to steal the scroll of sealing and master a Jutsu from it and earn promotion to Chunin, I know its bullshit, but tell me, is it true?" he asked the old man.

"Tch Naruto, where did you get that foul mouth?" the old man asked him, "And no, its not. I think Mizuki is a traitor, it is feasible, why don't you go ahead with it and do what he says, I am sure you will be able to apprehend him" he said.

Naruto nodded. "Old man, make sure you let Mizuki know that I have taken the scroll" he said. Sarutobi nodded before giving him the scroll.

"Naruto, be careful with that scroll, I know you are going to learn something for yourself, I advice you to think carefully before you do that, there are Jutsu on there that are really dangerous" he said. Naruto nodded.

"Understood, I'm heading out" he said before leaving, through the window.

'Oh god damn it' Sarutobi sighed as he looked at the window.

-x-

"Okay, lets see, there is so much I can pick up from this, thank god I have a spare scroll" he said, before forming a clone that began diligently copying all the Jutsu in a scroll that Naruto would keep for himself.

"What the hell is this?" Naruto thought looking at one of the techniques. Wood Style: Sanctuary Enlightenment Enclosing Palm, what is this thing?"

"That kit is what Hashirama used to control the tailed beasts, I think it will be useful if you learn it" the voice of the fox boomed.

'You are right, I think I should learn this, thanks Kurama' he said to the fox, 'What else is on here?' he thought looking at the scroll some more, the clone had finished copying the scroll by now and had dispersed, while Naruto had stashed the scroll in his storage seal.

He looked at one of the Genjutsu there, Illusion Technique: Infinite Darkness, 'Kurama, isn't that Tobirama Senju's technique' he asked the fox, who agreed.

"Hm, this seems easy, maybe I will learn this first" he thought to himself.

Two hours had gone since Naruto had begun practicing the genjutsu and thanks to his clones and the Rinnegan's perfect Chakra control, he had managed to learn it, it hadn't taken him too long to get the hang of it.

"NA-RU-TO" that voice was unmistakable, it was Iruka's. Naruto gulped, the man sounded pissed.

'Naruto" Iruka said, finally coming into vision, "Why did you steal the scroll Naruto?" he asked him, his voice sounded like he was hurt.

"Iruka sensei, Mizuki Sensei told me to, he said that if I learn a Jutsu from this, I will be promoted to Chunin" Naruto said, doing his best innocent man impression, which caused Iruka's eyes to widen, so he realized what was up. Interesting.

"Naruto, return the scroll now" Iruka said to him, however Naruto decided to stick his tongue out. "Naruto" Iruka said, the agitation in his voice shooting up. "GIVE ME THE SCRO-" Iruka couldn't finish as a Kunai hit him, straight in the heart.

Time stopped as Naruto turned around to see that it was Mizuki who had done it, meanwhile Iruka hit the ground, he was dead.

-x-

Sarutobi was shocked, he had been seeing it all in his crystal ball, he couldn't believe what had happened, he was worried that this would make the fox come out. He decided that the situation called for a personal visit.

-x-

"Naruto" the fox said. "Don't lose control, calm down"

Naruto was working on pure instinct though, it was as though Naruto was being told by someone about what to do.

"Naruto, or should I tell you what you really are?" Mizuki asked him, Naruto's eyes turned red with tomoe, the Rinnegan had been activated. Mizuki seemed to take a step back when that happened.

"I will deal with you personally" Naruto said, slowly and menacingly, which took Mizuki by surprise, however Mizuki recovered.

"Oh sure, a dead last loser like you will take care of me, a Chunin, I believe you alright" he said mockingly, however Naruto had already activated the Hand seals.

"Illusion Technique: Infinite Darkness" he said, as Mizuki's eyes rolled, before he was surrounded by what Naruto would imagine was complete darkness.

Mizuki began thrashing around trying to break the Genjutsu, however, it seemed to strong for him to break.

Naruto on the other hand was taken over again by something that seemed to control him. "I will save you Iruka Sensei" he said before doing the hand seals.

"Naraka Path" he said as a giant statue that could only be described as demonic came out of nowhere, it had Naruto's special Rinnegan eyes on it.

The statue extended its tongue and took in Iruka.

Green light surrounded the statue as Iruka was taken inside.

"King Of Hell" Kyuubi said with fear in its voice. "How?"

-x-

Iruka was in the dark.

I died, I can't believe it. What will I tell Anko when she gets here, she is going to kill me again, and what about Naruto, I had wanted to be there when he would become Hokage, but now that will never happen.

"Iruka" a familiar voice called out to him. Ages seemed to pass as Iruka turned and looked at the source of the voice. His father along with his mother.

"M-mom, D-Dad" Iruka said stammering, "So I am dead" he said.

"Not yet, just in limbo, the Death god will come soon and take you away, however where you will go we do not know" his father said sadly.

Iruka began crying. "I am sorry Iruka, both of us are, for dying on you like that, however I am very proud of you, so is your father for what you have become" his mother said.

Iruka lost it as he began bawling, he couldn't believe what had happened. However just then something seemed to pull him. Green energy.

"Wow" Iruka's father said. "Looks like you have work to do son, I guess you will not join us here yet" he said.

"I am proud of you Iruka-kun" his mother said.

Iruka smiled as he felt the energy pull on him.

-x-

Naruto stared transfixed as the Statue with his eyes pulled Iruka out, before green light enveloped his body.

"Wh-what the hell" Iruka sputtered as he got up, his knife wound was healed. It was unreal.

"You are more similar to the sage than I thought kit, he was the only one I know that could do this. This technique is called the Samsara Of Heavenly Life" the fox said as Naruto watched Iruka get up, before he ran to the teacher and tackled him.

"I thought you had died" he said sobbing as Iruka looked really uncomfortable and slightly choked.

"I am fine now Naruto, I wonder how it happened though" he said to Naruto who was still sobbing. He then turned his eyes on Mizuki who was still thrashing about , seemingly enveloped in darkness.

"What happened to him Naruto?" Mizuki asked him. Naruto turned towards Mizuki and released the Jutsu that had put him in complete darkness.

"Ha, I knew I broke it" Mizuki said triumphantly as he looked at Naruto, before he turned and saw a fully revived Iruka. The expression on Mizuki's face betrayed the complete horror he was feeling, however he was even more horrified at the demonic looking statue that was facing him. The statue stared at Mizuki as something like a serpent shaped tongue emerged from his mouth and connected to the statue.

Naruto walked up to him as Iruka stared at him, dazed with what he was seeing.

"You did not-" Naruto said as he put his hands on Mizuki's throat. "Break it" he finished. "I spared you" he said.

"Have Mercy" Mizuki cried out, however Naruto was in no mood to do anything of that sort.

"Tell me then, why did you want the scroll?" he asked Mizuki.

"I wanted to blame you for its theft while I escaped, I wanted the power for myself so that I could prove myself to Orochimaru-sama" he said.

"I see" Naruto said as the tongue withdrew from the body of Mizuki, who slumped down, looking extremely exhausted. "You have survived judgement" he said simply, "But I don't know if you will survive Ibiki-san's torture" he finished.

"Old man, you can come out now" he said.

"Naruto, what did you do to him and how?" Sandaime asked him coming out of the woods.

Naruto simply pointed out his eyes, Sarutobi was shocked as he saw Iruka alive.

"Iruka, I thought you were-"

"I was Hokage-sama, but Naruto here saved me" he said.

'Naruto, how powerful are those eyes of yours?' Sarutobi thought, awestruck.

"I would have cut the head off this bastard, but I left Sword back home" Naruto said, "You need to get this bastard interrogated man, I have to prepare for my Ninja Orientation that is day after" he said, before Sunshining out of sight.

'Paperwork' Sarutobi thought sighing as Naruto left behind a confused Iruka and an unconscious Mizuki.

-x-

'Ah, Ninja teams' Naruto thought, smiling as he stared at the academy building, it was two days after the Mizuki incident and things were back to normal, except for the fact that Anko had punished Iruka in her own way, for some reason when Iruka was asked by him about it, he turned red like a tomato.

Iruka said something about 'Thank-god-you-are-alive-fun-moment' that Naruto did not understand, to which Iruka told him that he would when has an adult. Naruto asked Yugao about it and she told him that she and Hayate did it every time one of them came back from a Mission that was A Ranked or above, however Naruto was still not sure about what that meant.

Naruto walked into the academy and went straight into the class room and found to nobodies surprise, Shikamaru slumped across his desk.

"Hey, wake up lazy bones" Naruto said walking up to him and smacking him in the head, which made Hinata who was right there giggle.

"Troublesome" Shikamaru said. "Why do you wake me up all the time?"

"Oh come on Shika, its time for the Ninja groupings to be announced" Naruto said as Sakura and Ino came running inside. They were probably eyeing the seat next to Sasuke.

He sighed, 'I don't want either if those fangirls on my team' he thought.

Five minutes later

"Team Seven- Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno" Iruka said.

"WHAT THE HELL?" Naruto shouted as Shikamaru was jolted awake.

-x-

Could not go any further, the next chapter will kick off official cannon, we had Naruto discover the Naraka Path, can you guess which Path Naruto discovers next?

Hinata was leading the poll however she is being provided stiff competition by a Kunoichi from the cloud, let me remind you to vote as I will pull off the poll after Chapter five is out. About 60 people have done it so far.

I couldn't name Naruto's sword as I thought there would be other places to do it. However I did write Naruto to be a darling of the ANBU, which is understandable as they are Ninja and are more capable of seeing underneath the underneath.

Also I hope to write better fight scenes in the future, this was just a test run, I hope you like it.

Also, I hope you are fine with the Naruto and Hattori incident, there won't be senseless bashing in this fic, so it is obvious that Naruto will change opinions and win over people as he wouldn't be Naruto if he didn't.

Keep reading and leave a review, vote on the poll.

Later.