When a mere boy can outprank and outrun an entire village of shinobi, it speaks volume about his talent, no matter what his detractors would say. Dragon, ANBU commander of Konohagakure no Sato, understands that well and decides ANBU is the place for Naruto. AU-Ish, ANBU!Naruto.

A few AU elements, the Sandaime makes a proactive choice he never considered in cannon. He always knew the environment in Konoha was neglectful and destabilizing for Naruto. He decides to send the boy away with someone who can nurture him. As a result, a more worldly and competent Naruto returns to the leaf years later. His story begins in Konoha, think you know it? Think again.

[ADOPTED From Narutoenthusiast] Naruto always enjoyed discovering new locations in Konoha. One night, he decides to venture inside a cave only to find the most beautiful waterfall he had ever seen. Once inside the cave, Naruto finds a lone rock that contained black markings. Thinking nothing of it, Naruto touches the black marking. What happens then no one could ever predicted!

Slight AU, slightly grey Naruto. The Hokage and ANBU commander watched Naruto's use of shadow clones that night. Through guilt tripping of the Hokage, the commander gains the newly graduated Naruto for his forces. Join Naruto as he becomes Team Ro's fourth member and what it means for the plot of Naruto. Slow updates.

The path of truth and honesty won friends and plaudits, but It did not change world. Hashirama's kindness didn't change the worl, it didn't materialize his dream: For his dream to materialize, Naruto decided to take the path lies, blood and villainous actions not just as a shinobi, but as a god amongst Shinobi. Rinnegan Naruto.

A few small changes can make a world of difference. Knowledge given at the beginning of ones can career can turn a hopeless loser into a shinobi of strength and skill. Differences in a history that have long since passed can create a totally different outcome from what we might expect. This is the story of Naruto Uzumaki. This is the tail of these small shifts in life.

Naruto is banished from the village in a way worse than imagined. Temari finds him in the middle of nowhere, on the verge of killing himself and helps him out of his despair. Will Konoha ever regret ever letting him go? Chakra chains, Hiraishin and Space-time ninjutsu as well as seal master Naruto. Naruto x Temari. Konoha slight bashing.

What if instead of Kushina being Naruto's mother and through a trick of fate Naruto's mother was Tsunade after a drunken night with Minato in which Naruto becomes both the heir and hope of the Senju clan. Find out what life would be like now for Naruto

Naruto has always had video games to fall back on growing up while the rest of the village pretty much treated him like garbage. What happens when Naruto wakes up to find his life has become one of the video games he loves so much. Naruto/The Gamer crossover. All Chapters Revised.

No matter how blatantly obvious the truth is, the human mind chooses to ignore it so as to maintain some sort of illusion. It takes a slap on the face or rather a piercing blow on his chest to realize that things probably aren't as colorful as one would expect. Naruto starts to realize that his past choices weren't leading him anywhere. Post Sasuke retrieval arc.