Thanks for all the love guys. I'll keep em' comin.

The hokage's room was an area full of power and prestige. It was circular in structure, pictures of the previous kage displayed on the far wall, still giving off presence even in the after life. The famous desk where each kage did their paper work was no less intimidating. Although it looked like any other large oak desk, it still held a presence of command and importance. Here Hiruzen Sarutobi sat, digesting the new information Inoichi had just given him. Naruto Uzumaki had two elements, fire and wind. He had only seen a handful of cases where ninja were born with this incredible gift. The combination of two elements often gave way two new releases. One good example would be the current Tsuchikage, Onoki the fence sitter. He had the unheard of gift of three elements. Earth, wind, and fire. This had created the dust release. This release allowed him to destroy things at a molecular lever, giving the jutsu extremely destructive power.

Back to Naruto, he showed great promise. The fact that he started training so early and that he had two elements was a mix for a very powerful shinobi in the future. The old kage addressed Inoichi with stern command in his voice. " You and I both know that Naruto has massive potential. His chakra reserves are insanely large, he has two signatures, and he always wants to get stronger. Not to mention the kyuubi is sealed within him." Inoichi nodded. He had always kept that in mind when giving Naruto instruction, one wrong move might potentially bring out the kyuubi through him. He shuddered at the thought of facing with the nine tailed fox." Since You know almost nothing about elemental jutsu, I will provide you with the necessary scrolls needed for them to learn." The hokage hesitated slightly before giving Inoichi more instruction.

" I think it'll be a good idea to let them participate in the chuunin exams as soon as possible. At this rate, the pair will completely overshadow their classmates. The exams will be held in konoha in about 4 years, giving them plenty of time to train." He stood up and walked over to the window, staring out over his village. Or rather, Minato's village.

It was he, the fourth hokage that had protected konoha, giving his life to banish half of the raging kyuubi's chakra with him inside of the shinigami's stomach. Minato had hoped that sealing the rest of nine tails inside of his newborn son would make Naruto a hero. Hoping that the villagers would respect and welcome him into the community for saving konoha. But it had the exact opposite effect. The people needed someone to blame for the loss of their loved ones. Kyuubi was inside Naruto, so he was the one that had taken on the hatred of almost everyone. Sarutobi sighed, it seemed like he was doing well at the moment.

He turned to Inoichi. " I'll get someone to send you the scrolls they'll need to get started. " He paused. " You have done Konoha a great service, taking Naruto under your wing. I fear he would of been in much worse condition had you not. Thank you " Inoichi bowed and promptly left. He knew the hokage didn't give out thank you's easily. He was honored to have done the village such a service. As Inoichi walked out, he noticed an anbu officer waiting for him, a small number of scrolls in his arms. Without saying a word, he took them. The officer disappeared in a small gust of leaves.

D.P.

It was late afternoon as Naruto and Ino tried to get in some training before dark. Not to mention they were extremely eager to try some of their new jutsu. Ino was sitting in front a a pond, cross legged. Her face was scrunched up in concentration as she gently lifted a small circle of water from the pool. Moving the water around a bit, she tried to make it form different shapes. Unfortunately, she wasn't quite there yet as she dropped the globe of moisture. Ino grinned in satisfaction. It had only been a few hours and already she was making fantastic progress. Naruto's progress had been just as good. He already was grasping the basics of wind and fire release. He had also gotten in some staff practice, already it felt like an extension of his arms. At the moment, he was gently moving a small blow of wind around him, taking whatever leaves that were in tow. After a few minutes of this, he switched to fire. Going through the hand signs slowly, he softly blew a small stream of flame in front of him. Strangely enough whenever he did this, the fire didn't feel hot in the least.

Maybe it was because he had his chakra infused with the flame? Naruto shrugged. It didn't matter much to him. Sitting down cross-legged, he went over several advantages of having two chakra signatures. His mind being so creative, he had already planned for some kind of infusion of the two elements. Naruto slowly blew out a small stream of fire, he then tried to blow out some wind at the same time. Almost instantly, the combination blew up. Ino looked up from her work to make sure he was ok. " Oi' blockhead! You still alive?"

Naruto came limping out of the dust cloud he had created. Her eyes widened as she saw the extent of the damage. It looked like his left shoulder was dislocated, he was dragging a limp leg, and he had second degree burns all over his body. What ever had happened, it must have been extremely volatile. He gave a weak smile " I'm ok Ino, just a little experiment I had to try out. How's the water control comin?" She grimaced, " Don't give me that Naruto, we need to get you t-" She stopped suddenly, a look of disbelief on her face. Naruto's wounds were being treated right in front of her, as if there was an invisible healing shinobi. The burns fading away as if they had never been there. His leg repositioning itself as if it had never been broken. She gave him a curious look. Naruto shrugged, rolling his shoulder to make sure it was back in place. " Hey, what can I say. I was born with it. My wounds just seem to heal at a much faster rate than anyone else's." She filed away that piece of information for later. Looking around, the two kids had not noticed how late it had gotten. The sun all ready set.

Street lamps gave off a familiar buzz as the pair walked down the street. The smell of various restaurants called out as they walked by, both of them drooling at the thought of food. Now that he thought about it, Naruto realized how often they did this. It was almost routine. Wake up early, go to academy, spend rest of the day training, then walk each other home. He wouldn't trade the time he spent with Ino for anything. Even becoming hokage. When they got to the Yamanaka residence, Ino turned to the boy. " Wanna have dinner with us? Its spaghetti night " she said as she accented the word spaghetti. Saying it slowly. Naruto visibly restrained himself from running the house and eating all the noodles in sight. Having recently discovered it, he found out that spaghetti was somehow just as good as ramen if not better. " I'm sorry Ino I can't. I have a pile of scrolls sitting on my bedroom floor, begging to be read." She deflated a little. Ino always loved having him over for dinner, and not just to spend time with him. It was one of the only times she had seen him laugh. For some reason, he felt more at home with her family in terms of trading jokes and having a good time. Well, theres always the next night. " No problem Naruto. See ya tomorrow!" Naruto waved as he walked away, disappointed he had to cut the night short. However, his eyes gleamed brightly in the night thinking about all the amazing jutsu he'd learn. He brightened up when he thought about the deluxe ramen cup he had been given. Increasing his pace considerably.

- Next Day-

Today, his entire class would be having a spar match session outside. One versus one. He cracked his knuckles loud enough for everyone else to here. A few fights went by, nothing remarkable happening. After a boring 10 minutes, his name was called. " Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha!" The class gasped. Both of the boys were top notch, exceeding by a considerable amount what most of the class could do. Naruto stepped out into the ring just as his opponent did. Sasuke was black haired and black eyed. He wore a thin t-shirt showing off the Uchiha symbol on the back. Females his age everywhere thought he was the most beautiful thing on earth. Fan girls followed him around relentlessly, never giving him rest. Ino watched as Sasuke walked onto the field. Honestly, what did other girls see in him?

He was an arrogant, self centered, ice cold prick. He ignored everyone around him, almost never responding to attempts at normal conversation. Looks weren't everything you know. Naruto waited for the procter to lay out the basic rules, even though everyone already knew them. " No crotch shoots, ninjutsu , or stepping out of the line. Ok?" They both nodded. The teacher stepped out of the ring and rang the bell, signaling the fight had begun. Naruto instantly fell into the rigid stance he had grown to love. His hands were by his side, as if he didn't even consider Sasuke worth the it. Sasuke noticed this straight away, anger filling his features as he covered the ground between them. He threw out quick punches, aiming for a broken nose. Without to much effort, he blocked and deflected every single one.

Whenever a punch came his way, his hand would come up to deflect or block it only for it to return to his side In terms of kicking, Naruto's legs came up very quickly, just enough to block anything that came his way. Sasuke got angrier and angrier as Naruto blocked everything that came his way without even trying. He had realized his mistake when he overextended a punch in his rage, giving Naruto a very wide opening. Taking advantage of this, he turned on a tight pivot and used his momentum to smash his leg into Sasuke's side. The resounding smack was testament to how hard he had kicked. The attack sent Sasuke flying out of the ring and into the nearby training wall. Ino cheered , " Yeah kick his ass !" The other 98 percent of the female group booed Naruto loudly. The furious Uchiha demanded a rematch as he pulled himself out of the rubble.

" And the winner is, Naruto!" Naruto smiled as the furious Uchiha stormed out of the area, a trail of swooning girls following him. Ino walked up to him and gave him a high five ," Great job blockhead, he deserved every second of it." He nodded. Naruto had never liked Sasuke. He was indifferent to everything around him, and thought he was better than everyone else. This pissed Naruto off more than anything. He had some sort of complex that told him he was the best, just because of his family's name and reputation. Ah well, nothing he could do about that. They both looked up at the clear and beautiful sky. Autumn was coming.

The trees leaves were slowing turning into a molted brown and the air was crisp but not quite cold. This was Naruto's favorite time of the year. His birthday co-joined with the season, making it all the better. The pair walked down main street, talking and laughing about various things. Naruto still got dirty looks from villagers, who at this point couldn't care less. He was so used to it, the stares almost seemed natural to him. As they walked , Ino spotted Shikamaru and Choji further down the street. " Oi'! Shikamaru, Choji!" The two boys turned around and smiled at them, quickly joining the pair. " So lazy pants, why didja skip the spar?" Naruto asked Shikamaru. " I couldn't be bothered. It's such a drag to fight someone with no purpose." Choji joined in, munching on some chips. " I think so to! *munch* don't see the *munch* point in fighting *crunch* if there's* munch crunch* no danger."

Ino's eyebrows twitched as she heard the boy converse and eat at the same time. " How many times do I have to tell you Choji, chew with you mouth closed!" He swallowed quickly. " Sorry." She sighed. Some boys are so hard to deal with. The group stopped at Ichiraku at the insistence of both Naruto and Ino. " Hey old man Teuchi!" Naruto said as he quickly jumped onto one of the revolving chairs. " Great to see you again Naruto." It had been quite a while since the ramen shop owner had seen Naruto. A few months probably. " The usual?" Naruto nodded. " Its on the house this time. I haven't forgotten your birthday you know." The whole group grinned as they took advantage of this and almost ate the poor store out of it resources. Naruto, Ino, and Choji being the main villains of course.

In the end, they were shooed out of the store hastily, laughing uproariously as Teuchi and his daughter began to clean the mountain of bowls that piled up. Shikamaru and Choji waved goodbye as Naruto and Ino headed the opposite direction. Naruto suddenly had an idea, grabbing his friends hand. Ino was glad he couldn't she her blush as he lead her through the throngs of people, towards the mountain monument. After about five minutes of this, they reached their destination. They stopped to catch their breath. Ino was about to ask why they were standing on the village monument when she caught he breath.

Looking up at the sky, was the most beautiful night sky she had ever seen. Thousands upon thousands of stars were glimmering in the clear night sky and the moon was unnaturally large. The whole spectacle left her breathless as did Naruto. The pair sat down on top of the fourth hokage's head, their legs coming together like they always did." It's amazing isn't it" Naruto said in awe. " No kidding blockhead. I didn't realize that the sky was so pretty." How long they sat there they didn't know. It could have been minutes, hours, it all went by so fast, staring at the unbelievable amount of stars and constellations . Eventually, common sense took over. Ino stood up, sighing as she knew she'd get a scolding from her father for staying out so late. Her friend stood up as well, disappointed that they couldn't stay a little bit longer. He grinned sheepishly, " Sorry for dragging you out here, tell your dad I didn't mean to keep you out so late." Ino just shook her head. " No don't apologize, this was something I would have missed if you hadn't of brought me out here. Thank's Naruto." Before he could respond she quickly hugged him and left, her face red as a tomato.

Naruto just stood there, unsure of what to make of the situation. She had never hugged him before without him initiating the contact. He shrugged as Ino ran down the stairs of the mountain. " Goodnight!" Getting no response he chuckled. Sometimes, her stubborn attitude was amusing. He turned his attention to the village that lay before him. An idea popped into his head. Naruto ran towards the edge of the cliff and jumped off. Now normally this would be a bad idea as the cliff was several hundred feet off the ground, but he had a theory. The ground approached quickly as he feel. Before he broke both of his legs, he gathered as much wind as he could and directed it towards his feet. Naruto landed and was surprised at the soft touchdown. He smiled as he dusted off his coat, so manipulating wind could make you lighter if you needed it to. This new information excited Naruto as he made his way towards his apartment. Ideas shoot through his head, each one better than the last. When he got home, he quickly began writing down each and every thing he thought of. After this, he was full enough of ramen to warrant no dinner. Naruto walked over to his bed, still clad in the blue jammies and night cap that he had always worn. Picking up a ninjutsu scroll, he began to read. Reading before he went to sleep was always a relaxing thing to do. Before long, his mind slowly wandered off to another land as he fell asleep with a scroll in hand. Dreams in tow.