Naruto got up the next morning and beamed, today was the day! Opening his food scroll he celebrated with a breakfast of Inarizushi. He loved his scroll. Looking at his closet he picked out one of his nicer coats. He grabbed a random shirt and pants. Grabbing his pouches he attached them to his belt. His five galleon gourd was on his back horizontally. Next he grabbed his gunbai sheath and placed it on his back. He was going to class fully decked out, and ready for anything. He was going to pass this test with flying colors. Even if he would still be deadlast due to him not paying attention. Spending a few moments on his hair he tamed his wild mane. Grinning at his grey reflection he started to head out, but he was stopped by Jiraiya.

"Hey kiddo," the man said smiling.

"Ero-sennin." Naruto greeted back with a grin.

"I just want you to know that even if you fail due to your lack of paying attention I'm still proud of you and will gladly accept you as my apprentice."

"Why don't we just do that anyways?" Naruto asked.

"Because Sensei wants you to learn how to be part of team."

Naruto wrinkled his nose, "I plan on passing anyways, I'm pretty sure Shino and Hinata can be the top of the class. Though Sasuke may win for the top shinobi, he and Shino are pretty close in scores."

"I see, and what if you don't get a team with those two?"

"Eh I don't know. The only people I can't really get along with are Sasuke, Ino, and Sakura. I can sometimes work with the dog boy."

"Alright then, good luck Kiddo." Jiraiya said hugging him.

Naruto smiled and returned it before heading towards the academy.

Sitting down next to Shino and Hinata he smiled at them as they started lightly talking excited for the prospect of becoming full on ninja. Naruto knew he would be dead last, so he wondered who the top shinobi and Kunoichi positions would go to. Sasuke and Shino were pretty close for the Shinobi, and Sakura Ino and Hinata were at the top of the class for Kunoichi.

The first part of the test was a written test which Naruto answered easily, whether by actually knowing the answer, or by having Madara or Hashirama tell him the answer. Soon the papers were taken up and Safaia started grading them while Iruka took them to where the next section of the test would be. It was testing there Bukijutsu skills. Moving targets were lined up and they had to hit four out of five of the moving targets in vital places. They gave the students five kunai and five shuriken to use.

The next portion of the test was a spar against a chunin, who would obviously be going easy on them but still pushing them to see how well there taijutsu was. They had ten minutes each to give a good showing. Naruto fought against the chunin using his mixture of Hashirama and Madara's taijutsu, he went in for quick strikes and then defended himself against the counter attacks.

Finally it was time for the next portion, the ninjutsu test. They were led away from other students one by one. When it came to Naruto's turn they were at a wide open training field that had a water source nearby. "Alright, show us the basic seven ninjutsu."

Naruto nodded and started with Henge, then he did Kwarmi. Holding up one hand sign he did the fireball jutsu. Once more with only one hand sign he quickly spat a windblade making the fireball even larger and bigger. After the fireball disappeared he formed a water wall though he needed half of the hand signs. He followed that with the shock wave, against needing half the hand signs. And then he finished with the earth dome, of which he only needed one hand sign.

Iruka smiled and dismissed him, telling him the results would be given once everyone was done. Naruto returned back to the group as the next person was called. Finally they were led back to the classroom and the two teachers started tallying the results.

The kids anxiously waited. "Congratulations everyone for putting forth the effort into you ninja carrarer. I am proud to announce that all of you have passed the first exam. You are all now probationary genin until you are given your second test. I can not tell you anything about the second test, only that your potential jounin senseis will assign it to you, with that being said you will be given a week off as we determine where to place each student." Safaia said smiling gently.

"Yes, now I am sure you are all curious as to your class top students. This year's top shinobi is Sasuke Uchiha, though it was only a five point difference between him and Shino Aburame. The top kunoichi of the year is Sakura Haruno, though it was a one point difference between her and Hinata Hyuga and two point difference between her and Ino Yamanaka. Congratulations all of you, it has been one of the closest years I have ever seen for the top positions and I wish all of you to continue your hard work. I'm proud to call you my students!" Iruka said smiling at all of them.

The kids cheered, "Sensei! Who's the dead last, I bet it was the fox boy over there." Kiba said giving Naruto a feral grin. The two boys never really spoke much, though they called each other fox boy and dog boy. They didn't get along really well both of them liking to do things in there own ways. They kinda had a rivalry over which animal was better, Naruto of course had to defend foxes. Kiba said dogs were since his clan revolved around having a dog partner.

Iruka sighed, Naruto just grinned, "Of course I'm dead last how could I be anything but? That's the best spot in my opinion."

Kiba scoffed. "How can that be the best spot, the top spot is obviously the best."

"Duh, its the best spot cause I'm in it dog boy." Naruto stated grinning foxily.

"Well you are both correct, Naruto is the dead last." Iruka confirmed with a sigh.

A few kids snickered but Naruto just smirked proudly. They would all realize one day that he had been tricking them all. He was going to become recognized by all of Konoha and ultimately become Hokage.

The class was dismissed. Naruto Shino and Hinata celebrated graduating by going to Ichiraku's. Then the two went to there homes to tell their parents the good news. He went back to his home and told Jiraiya the news. Now that they knew the class rankings it was easy to tell what the most likely teams were. Naruto because he was dead last would be placed on a team with Sasuke and Sakura. And with the Ino-Shika-Cho juniors they would almost certainly be placed on a team. Which meant that Hinata Shino and Kiba would be placed together. The rest of the students were basically just cannon fodder if they passed the second exam, unless they stated developing a unique skill set or became highly proficient in something.

He knew that Ino-Shika-Cho juniors would most likely be specialized in capture and interrogation, just like their parents.

Shino, Kiba, and Hinata would most likely be a tracking team.

His team, he didn't know what his team would be, he himself was pretty decent at causing major amounts of damage with his bombs and he had quite a few ninjutsu to back him up. Sasuke had taken to his clan style very well and was hailed as a Uchiha prodigy by the civilians since he had already unlocked his Sharingan and had it at three tomoe. It was Sakura he didn't know much about, frankly she seemed skilled in all of the stuff taught to the academy students, but he didn't know if she trained in something else. If she even bothered training while not at the academy.

It was likely his team would be a heavy assault squad with Sakura providing backup and support. Shrugging off his thoughts he continued on his seal work. He was now learning about blood seals and there difference from regular seals.

A knock on the door interrupted his work. He heard the door open before, "It's your friends Naruto!" Jiraiya called up to him.

"Coming!" Naruto shouted back as he bookmarked and closed the book. Going down the stairs he saw his friends sitting on the couch.

"Hey Shino, Hinata, whats up?"

"The Akimichi have called for a celebratory feast to the clans with passing children. They asked that we inform you that you and your guardian are invited, since we're your friends." Hinata said softly.

"Cool, when's the feast?"

"Tonight at 6, it is a semi-formal occasion." Shino stated.

"Neat, wait why am I being invited? I don't have a clan." Naruto questioned.

"You may not have a clan, but you are still well known and respected amongst most of the clans." Jiraiya answered.

"Ah. Okay then. I assume its at the Akimichi clan grounds?"

"Correct."

"I'll be there."

"I'm sorry I didn't get top kunoichi Naruto-kun." Hinata said looking down.

"That's fine! It was amazing, you three girls had such a tight competition for that top spot, and you were only one point behind Sakura!"

The girl smiled.

"Well, what do you say we have a friendly 3 way spar before getting ready for the feast?" Naruto asked.

The two nodded and the three went outside. "Taijutsu only. If you are pushed out of bounds you lose. If your knocked to the ground you lose."

With that the three spared, Naruto and Shino teamed up to take down Hinata, since she was the best at taijutsu between the three. Naruto was a close second though, but he didn't specialise in taijutsu like the Hyuga did. The two boys managed to tag team her and kicked her out of the ring they had made. The girl watched as the two boys faced each other and Naruto made a quick attack. Shino barely managed to dodge, even though he expected Naruto's quickness.

The two boys traded blows for a few minutes before Naruto managed to slide Shino's legs out from underneath him causing the boy to fall to the ground.

He helped the boy up and then the trio separated to go get ready for the fast approaching feast. Naruto got dressed in his semi formal clothes. He left his gunbai and pouches at home, though he brought his gourd, over the years with his colony he grew used to them always being close and now never left home without his colony.

The Aburame completely understood his feelings. Naruto and Jiraiya left the house and headed towards the Akimichi clan grounds.

Once there they were welcomed in. "Greetings Jiraiya! Naruto-san!" Choza greeted the two shaking their hands.

"I have to say those scrolls you made for us are one of the best things ever invented!" Choza told them enthusiastically.

"I'm glad you liked them." Naruto replied with a smile.

"Well I got others to go greet, feel free to grab a plate of food and sit down."

The duo went and grabbed a plate helping themselves to the many delicious food items the Akimichi had prepared for the feast.

Naruto once he fixed his plate went to the table which had many chairs and some others already sitting, neither Shino nor Hinata were here yet though. "Oi! Fox boi!" Kiba called out to him.

"What dog boy?" Naruto asked heading over to him.

"I saw you the other day with a fox around your neck! Why didn't you tell me that you have a fox ninken?"

"Cause I don't."

"Oh yeah?! Then why did I hear him speak."

Kurama formed himself sitting on the table. "Does that answer your questions mutt?" Kurama stated.

"Uzumaki-san. What is that?" A woman with a resemblance to Kiba asked.

"Kurama, he's using a fox-bug clone." Naruto said dismissively.

The woman looked at Jiraiya who just smirked.

The fox sniffed as it looked at the food, before he glared at the food. Naruto snorted seeing Kurama lick his snout. The biju glared at him before dispersing the bug clone.

"Who's Kurama?" Kiba asked.

Naruto shrugged, "The fox you just met."

"That's not what I meant, how does your bugs form a completely different living entity then you?"

"Cause my Bikaichu are special." Naruto replied dismissively.

Kiba pouted. Soon more quests arrive and Hinata and Shino come sit next to him. The feast continued on for a couple hours, people eating and mingling together. The 8 kids who just graduated were congratulated often and cheers were heard for them.

Finally it was time to go home for the night. The rest of the week was passed in Nervous excitement as the kids waited to hear who there potential sensei's were going to be and just who they were teamed with, even if most of the clan kids suspected who they would be teamed with. Finally it was the night before team announcements and Naruto fell asleep slowly anxious to truly begin his ninja career.

A/N: And thats a wrap, this is the end of part one of my story. And as such the daily updates will stop until I have written most of Part two. I will give you a fair warning that the next update won't be anytime soon. I have quite a few other story Ideas I want to work on. This has been my longest story I have ever written though and I am shocked by how far it has come. I may or may not edit this and update chapters. If any of you want to write an omake for this, please feel free. A reviewer mentioned the idea of Kurama's misadventures. Which I quite like and might write a few Omakes of it myself. THANK YOU! I really can't say that enough for how happy I am that you guys liked this crazy little idea I had.

When I am ready to post Part two it will still be on this story, I will not be starting a new story just for part two.