(A/N I decided to change the team to Arsenal since that way Naruto will have a harder time to climb through the ranks.)

Football.

It hurts and humbles. For every winner, a loser. For every triumph, a defeat. But on the horizon awaits, a new season, a new opportunity for redemption, for glory, for immortality. The brave will take to the pitch, shoulder to shoulder, Face to face. The hunger, the determination to push limits, to fight, to run, to tackle, to defend, to attack, SCORE!

And celebrate.

As the new season dawns, new stars will rise, new teams will captivate, new stadiums will rock, new challenges will emerge, new battles will be fought, in the name of glory, in the name of honour, in the name of football.

The game we love, the game we live for, every challange, every cheer, every minute, every second, the best game. Our game!

We are united, as a new season awaits.

FC Seoul vs Ulsan Hyundai
April 19, 2012
Seoul World Cup Stadium

The atmosphere of the stadium was a blaze, a collection of environmental cues where all over the place, the fans of FC Seoul were shouting their lungs out as they cheered for their team. It was finally the last game of the season, FC Seoul needed a win or a draw to claim the K League title. The stadium lights shinned at their brightest volume onto the pitch.

There 22 players were seen. all breathing heavily, sweat dripped off the forehead of one blond. Using the sweatband on his right hand, the player wiped the sweat off, his hair had plummeted onto his head as it lost it's spikyness due to the ups and downs he did all over the pitch.

His kit that was clean white, didn't seem so anymore as it was covered by grass stains, some of the stains were on his jersey number, as the bottom of his Number 7 was green. Above his Number was the name Uzumaki.

Watching the game from his perspective he trudged on the left side of the field as he watched Ulsan attack the box, his team was down 0-1 and there was only five minutes left till it was regulation time.

"Naruto!" the blond looked to where he was being called and it was his coach who looked very frustrated. "What are you doing!? Go there and help!" he shouted in Korean to the blond. "But coach I'm the striker."

"Just do it!"

The blond did so as he rushed for the box. At the same time the commentator's were reporting the events that were happening.

"Ladies and Gentleman, on my clock it reads that FC Seoul have just 2:10 minutes to equalize in order to win the league. Word just came in that Pohang Steelers have just won their game and they are now in front of FC Seoul with goal difference. FC Seoul will need to equalize as fast as possible."

Naruto with pace ran into the box, as he was ready for the cross, the Ulsan winger shot across in as the receiving striker was ready to smash it into the net. 'No!' Naruto thought as he dashed for the ball, going infront of the striker Naruto chest trapped the ball as he quickly passed to his midfielder teammate. Who passed outside the box, the defender who was on the left side trapped it as he looked up to see Naruto already running up the field

"Hao!" Naruto shouted for the defender to pass, doing so Naruto trapped the ball as he began to pace up the field. The last defender of the Ulsan defence tried to slide tackle but Naruto just kicked the ball forward as he jumped over the defender. Crossing the midfield line, Naruto was now in Ulsan territory.

Pacing up, behind Naruto was the Ulsan defense who was running with all their might to stop the blond from reaching the box. The goalkeeper rushed out of his goal post as he raised his hands up in a defensive way. When Naruto was decreasing the distance between them at a fast pace he tried to tackle the blond, who just quickly did a 360 to get out of the way. With a slip the goalie fell to the ground as he quickly stood up.

Naruto with no one to stop him he ran for the goal as he just walked the ball into the net. The stadium went wild! As the FC Seoul fans cheered in celebration to the goal, Naruto ran towards the left side corner where the FC Seoul fans were, they were all motioning for Naruto to come here as the Uzumaki just slid onto the pitch. Taking off his shirt in celebration, he threw it onto the floor as he rushed for the camera man.

"Thirty! Goal Number Thirty!" Naruto shouted in Japanese into the camera as he was engulfed by his whole team. They all just patted the blond on the back. When the celebrations were over Naruto went to take his shirt when he was approached by the ref.

"Uzumaki, for that display. I'm giving you a yellow card." the ref took out a yellow card from his pocket as he hoisted it into the air. Naruto just chuckled as he shrugged, "Though can you blame me ref. I just scored my 30th goal of the season."

"I'm just doing my job." the ref replied as just then his watch beeped. Taking out his whistle from his pocket he blew into it.

Brrr! Brrr! Brrrrrr!

"FC Seoul's K League dreams have come true once more! They are champions for the second time in a row! The facts will never tell you the story! They were down fifth last month but they refused that position! The fans rush onto the field as they lift up Naruto Uzumaki! The nineteen year old youngster has had a crushing season here as now he is the man of the moment! After all the worrying and the fears of them choking as they were losing a match which everyone was certain they will win! But they have over come their hump as they take the title!"

After all of the celebrations of the final whistle, the K League trophy was now in place as Naruto and his teammates waited in the back of the tunnel. "Naruto." the blond was called over by his coach Ah Ik-soo.

"Great way to bring this goal in Naruto."

"Thanks coach." Naruto replied with a smile "Now how does it feel to score thirty goals?"

"It was a touch season coach...but it was worth it." Naruto sighed in relief. "Well I wanted to keep these news on the down low but there are news of some European teams speaking with the chairman board as we speak." Naruto looked at his coach surprised, "Coach are you serious?!"

The man nodded. "Yes. It would seem this season of yours has caught the attention of some teams...but Naruto don't think about that now. Right now we must celebrate, this trophy."

Nodding, his coach went away as he felt a tap on his shoulder, turning around he smiled seeing his friend. "Shikamaru, how did you get here?" he said in English

"I know some people, but I just wanted to say congratulations. Also the team wants you to wear the celebration shirt." Shikamaru handed Naruto the FC Seoul celebration shirt, which had the K League logo on the back with the words. 'Champions 11/12.' on top.

"Thanks." Naruto replied as he put the shirt on. Giving Shikamaru his match shirt, the blond spoke. "Coach Ah said that some teams want me."

"Really? Well that makes sense, you are the league's top goalscorer."

"Yeah I guess."

"well anyway I have good news, I'm officially your agent and what's better I've signed with an agency."

"Really?! What's it called."

"I think it was Roc Nations Sports, they were the one's who called back as for the rest...they rejected me."

"Well it is what it is. Anyway they are calling us."

"Now ladies and gentleman a round of a applause! As you welcome the champions of South Korea! FC Seoul!" the stadium announcer shouted over the speakers as all the fans began clapping while the entire FC Seoul organization walked out, the front office being followed by the Youth team, being followed by the team Manager/Coach Ah Ik-soo who was followed behind by his senior team.

Naruto who was the second last since behind him was his captain, he just shook the hands of the people he had to greet. "Good job." one of the bystanders said as Naruto shook their hands. "Thank you." the blond replied as he went to the next bystander. "Powerful season, powerful." the other said as Naruto just smiled "Thanks."

As he finished shaking the hands Naruto went to get his medal from the league's commisioner. "The top goal scorer of the league! Number 7 Naruto Uzumaki!" the fans cheered as Naruto clapped his hands walking on the pathway that was laid out, getting his medal he shook the commissioner's hand "Congratulations." Naruto just bowed as he replied "Thank you."

After the captain got his medal, he was handed the trophy as he went up the podium to his team, with everyone's medal hanging of their necks as they crouched, all together they chanted.

"Ooooo! Leeeee!"

Music bashed out of the stadium speakers as a mixture of black and red streamers with confetti was thrown into the air as it fell over the celebrating team. Fireworks in the background exploded as the fans cheered at the spectacle.

"Ooooo! Leeee!" the team stated as they had crouched down and were lifted up by the thrill.

"And now they get the team photo! Some thing they will hang on the wall back home."

Naruto made a cheering face as he sat on the field beside the trophy.

6:00 AM, June 9, 2013
Sky Sports News

"Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Sky Sports. Today on the coverage of your early morning we have some thrilling news. Regarding Arsenal. It would seem that the club has decided to bolster their offence by acquiring young Naruto Uzumaki." the screen changed showing a picture of Naruto as he was in his FC Seoul kit he was currently in the motion of passing a ball.

"The youngster, is nineteen years old and he was acquired from FC Seoul for £10,500,000. He scored the winning goal for his team to become champions of the K League and in that time the youngster won the league's Golden Boot award by scoring thirty goals as he also wrote history with that accolade as he is the youngest player to do so in K League history. My question is that does the club need to have another goalscorer? They already have Olivier Giroud, Lukas Podolski and more playing in the same position as the youngster. Will they be working on selling their players in the coming weeks? Time will tell, in other news..."

Emirates Stadium
Arsenal Press Room

Naruto was in a grey suit as he looked down to the Emirates Stadium, he was now on the top floor of the stadium and the white empty seats of the stadium were breathtaking. Taking in the air Naruto just sighed.

"It's beautiful isn't it?" Naruto looked beside himself to see the his new manager Arsene Wenger. "Yeah it is...just taking in the view you know."

The man nodded in agreement. "Yeah the Emirates is a beauty...but I should tell you this just to prepare you for what's to come. The fans and critics will be on your neck in the next few weeks but don't let them get under your neck Naruto. They just don't know you yet, that's all."

"Yeah. I've heard some critics when I was driving here. The fans seem pretty angry for me being here."

"No it's just our fans...how do I say this, they are hungry for a trophy. You see we've had a drought for a very long time so we plan if you can at least help us get some silverware."

Naruto looked at the man with a grin. "I'll try my best sir. You can count on it."

"Well let's go it seems your arrival has made quite a frenzy with the media. Just remember your media training you'll be alright, okay?"

Naruto nodded as he followed the man out of the covered area and into the press area. The cameras flashed as photographers took pictures, Naruto and Arsene sat behind a table which was set for them. Naruto sat behind the chair that was labelled for him.

"Thank you all for coming today. We of the Arsenal organization are excited to have Naruto Uzumaki joining us. We will now take a few questions." Arsene spoke through the mice, the hands were raised by the press as Alan pointed at one. "Yes."

"Naruto, Kyle Duntley Sky Sports News this is a question for you. We've all heard the reports that you had a number of offers to move to Europe but what made you decide to go to Arsenal?" the reporter asked.

"Well in my opinion the best players must play for the best teams and Arsenal is one of the best teams. It's an amazing club which I think I can really add even more quality to the amazing squad, they've shown they have a very good knack of making legends as you can take the likes of Thierry Henry so I would definetly love to become one of the club's legends." Naruto answered as another reporter was chosen.

"Naruto, Jerry Williams Teamtalk a lot has been made of your age. At just nineteen, how will you deal with the weight of expectations on your shoulders. How will you turn around the fortunes of this club, as you must know the fanbase is very hungry for Champions League glory?"

"The way I see it you can either let pressure get to you or you can use it to drive you on, currently I'm not thinking about the Champions League since I have to first adapt to the fast play of the Premier League but in all I'm sure all of you will be the judges of how I get on in the next months."

"I'm afraid to say we are out of time. On to the contract part, we at Newcastle will be signing Naruto Uzumaki to a three year deal. Naruto." Arsene went to slide a contract to Naruto as he handed him a pen. He had already read the contract and he was going to get £50,000 a week and a signing bonus of £1,000,000. Signing the contract and giving it back to Arsene, Naruto and him stood up as Arsene unfolded an Arsenal jersey with Naruto's surname on it.

As Naruto and Arsene held the red jersey the press began taking pictures. Naruto smiled as his Number 90 jersey reflected the lights.

16:00 PM, June 9, 2013
Sky Sports News

"Welcome to your afternoon ladies and gentleman as earlier today we had news that Arsenal have increased their forward depth, young Naruto Uzumaki the born Japanese has become a Gunner earlier today as Arsenal have signed him to a 3 year deal. We were able to meet up with him after the press conference and he had this to say."

Naruto was still in his suit as he was now standing beside the background sponsorship board. "I'm very happy to be at this club you can be sure of that, I know that I won't be in the Starting XI on the bat but I should tell you that it doesn't matter for me, since I'll be having a chance to learn from my new teammates and I can offer my talents to the squad coming in as a sub, I know that there is a hierarchy in this game and I can assure you that I am very patient and I'll wait for Mr. Wenger to say I'm ready to start."

The video ended as the presenter continued "Very humble comment from the youngster as now we hear from Arsene Wenger what he has seen from the youngster so far. "Well I have no doubt that young Naruto has the skills to compete in the team." he began "It will really be about his ability to get on with the rest of the lads but I was able to talk to him earlier and he looked like a fresh breeze of air that will sure have an impact in the locker room when it came to morale, he's full of enthusiasm and can't wait to pull on his shirt. Right now all he needs is to focus and unlock the potential within himself, which I hope I can help him with."

His interviewer decided to speak. "Well Arsene I just want to say if you haven't seen social media but a lot of the fans are really criticizing this move some tweeted that 'How have we gone from having Henry as our striker to this Naruto Uzumaki person as our future...' which is really understandable as we hardly know anything about Naruto Uzumaki, other than he scored 30 goals in the K League."

"Well let me stop you there, you see the young Japanese is a phenomenal talent. Sure you know he scored 30 goals in the league campaign, but in all competitions he participated in he scored 41 goals, now apart from having that sharpshooting foot of his, he can dribble and pass very well, me and my scouts have been looking at the youngster for awhile and with all the tape we gathered he had 14 assists in total from all competitions, so from what me and my staff have seen so far, I think he has the tools to become the best in the world! His style of play is somewhat of a Leo Messi, a little mixture of David Beckham and a small dose of Wayne Rooney combined." he finished stating.

"That some very big names you've mentioned there but I have another question, the Premier League and K League are completely different. Can Santiago cope with the Premier League level at such a young age?"

"Well it is not like I'm going to have him play in the Starting XI of the bat. The last thing I want to do is ruin him! He's young and he may find the Premier League tough. Sure we've signed him to play in the Prem but first, he'll need to get enough game experience before he can walk out with the rest of the team come matchday, but with the quality of skill he has, I think he will adapt soon. To be honest it could take a while maybe 6 months and 2 seasons. But like I've said before I can see enormous potential in him."

The video also ended as the presenter spoke "Well that settles Arsenal's fiasco with the young blond as in other news it is confirmed. Mario Götze will be leaving Dortmund to join Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich he was sold at a fee of..."

Naruto muted the tv as he placed the remote next to him. His apartment was simple it was a one bed room, one bathroom and one kitchen. Think of Alex Hunter's playing in the Premier League apartment. Arsenal was actually kind enough to pay the first six months rent which Naruto was grateful of.

Getting off the couch, Naruto was wearing some casual clothes consisting of a black Adidas t-shirt, blue denim jeans and black shoes. On the middle finger of his right hand was a ring that belonged to his late teacher Jiraiya who had taken him in off the streets of Kyoto when he was young and had introduced him to football. When Jiraiya died Naruto never had to go poor once more since he had left his Icha-Icha books to the blond and since he could never publish them, Naruto took the liberty to work for some supermarket as an errand boy in order to make the money to make a publishing company to just publish one of his books.

The books skyrocketed from there and Naruto made a rather nice amount of money off it and he used all of it to get a nice education and most of all travel around the world to learn some new skills. Currently he was going to make some coffee until his phone buzzed, taking it out Naruto saw that on Whatsapp some one was talking to him.

"Hi Naruto! I'm Mikel Arteta your new teammate! I just want to welcome you to the club and that if you need anything just let me know."

Naruto was shocked after he read the message since Mikel was one of his favourite players so he was stammering along till he wrote back.

Feels great to be here! Thanks for welcoming me with open arms and I also just want to say I'm a huge fan so is it okay if I ask if we could train together this summer?

Naruto sent the message as he waited for a few seconds till the app told him the man was typing waiting with anticipation Naruto watched as the message entered.

Sure, we can train together, tomorrow will be great! Do you know where the team's training center is? If not it's at Bell Ln, London Colney, Shenley, Radlett AL2 1DR, United Kingdom. Put that in your GPS and you'll make your way there. Anyway I need to go, the wife's calling me.

Just then after that conversation ended he got a message from Arsene.

Naruto I know that you just got here but since it is a new season I just wanted to tell you that the training staff has some expectations that we hope you can reach for your career to develop further, so take some time to look at your season objectives.

Average Match Rating- Keep an average league match rating of 6.0 or better
Assists- Set up a minimum of 5 goals for the team
Goals- Expect you to score at least 7 goals this season

Other than that I wish that you have a nice rest as you will need it for the pre-season friendlies that are coming up.