The village of Leaf had slowly recovered over the past five years since the Sand and Sound incident that nearly destroyed the village. With the sun setting not a single soul was on the academy's premises, however sitting above a rooftop was young boy gazing at the desolate academy. The young boy appeared roughly between the ages of twelve and eleven, with dark black hair complementing his black eyes. He wore a black jacket with black gi (martial art clothing such as Rock Lee) underneath. The silence was soon shattered as a young woman suddenly appeared out of thin air.

"So this is where you have been the whole, time," said the Young woman as she walked toward the young boy.

"I'm going to come home late again," said the young as he jumped on to his feet.

"Houshou, wait!" said the young woman as the young boy left in a hurry. "What am I going to do with him" though the young woman.

With 4 A.M. fast approaching Houshou was training alone in a forest clearing with a hastily erected target boards, punching bag and a few lanterns. With sweat running down his face and through his body, Houshou looked heavily spent after training for several hours nonstop. Kunais and various other throwing weapons mark, even the punching bags all appear as if they cannot sustain one more blow before bursting like a water balloon. Houshou fell on to his knees while panting. It was not long before his chest and the ground became acquaintances as it crash down lifelessly. After taking, a few seconds of catching his breath, Houshou sluggishly moved his arm into push up position, and attempted lift himself off the ground only to fail reaching less then 3 centimeters off the ground. Almost immediately afterwards Houshou eyelids became heavy and Houshou struggled to stay awake, it was futile effort as in a matter of seconds he fell fast asleep perhaps from exhaustion.

Unnoticed by Houshou during his self-training, he failed to notice someone hiding in the tree lines. Although his face was not visible, it was obvious he was wearing the standard leaf uniform. After determining Houshou status from a distant, the man jumped down with enough velocity for his movement to be blurred. Landing besides Houshou, the man checked his pulse and concluded Houshou was still alive and just needed a bit of rest. The man then proceeded to toss Houshou over his shoulder and was briefly surprised by something. Shrugging it off, the man jumped back into the tree lines with Houshou on his back.

With the sounds of bells, echoing through out the academy in the afternoon of the next day signaled the end of classes for the day. Various faculty members had gathered in a single room for a meeting to discuss maters of the academy. One Chuunin slams his hands on the table and screams out the words "I'm not letting that Shoryuu (illegitimate family lineage) in this school; this would be a disgrace to the Academy and those who graduated." Fellow Chuunin nodded along with the Chuunin.

"It is not your position to accept or reject admission for this Academy. Further more have you ever heard of ninja named Naruto?" said another Chuunin in the meeting. Elsewhere in Houshou house, he finally woke up from what seem to be a perpetual sleep. At first, he was just puzzled by how he got back to his room, after taking a quick look around the room he finds his GI hanging onto chair. Houshou immediately out of his bed and proceeded to get dress in a snail's pace.

Meanwhile back in the meeting the same Chuunin continued his conversation "Hiasho Houshou may have come from an illegitimate family tree but that does not give an excuse to deny admission on that merit alone.," said the Chuunin before being interrupted.

"Enough I have the final say in admission.,"said another faculty member in the meeting with a hint of descent in his voice.

With the same garments he had on yesterday he used for training Houshou made his way through the forest towards his secret hiding spot. However, in mid-flight jumping between tree braches single kunai darts past Houshou's head nearly striking him, landing on next branch, he spots a young boy about the same age as himself and just like Houshou, he is not equipped with a forehead protector. "You have no business training here you bastard. You don't even deserve to live in the Village," he yelled. "I'll do as I please, now I suggest leaving before you find you're self inside an eternal fire," Said Houshou in a callous voice as he jumped down from the branch. "I don't know what your problem is but looks like I'm force to fight you," said Houshou as they both got into a fighting stance. Without so much as the simple gesture of taking off his jacket Houshou rushed forward attempting a running right hook towards his opponent's face. However, the opponent quickly ducked out of the way, however Houshou quickly followed with an upward diagonal kick forcing the opponent to block.

"I definitely underestimated his speed. but he still too slow for me to fight seriously," thought the opponent as he followed up with an attack on his own.

Houshou was able to defend against three punches before a fourth slipped through his defenses pushing him back slightly and shortly falls on his knees.

"Give up your futile training and I'll let you go. If not I'll kill you here and now" said the opponent.

Before rushing forward to engage in battle again, Houshou tossed his jacket aside revealing a few metal bracelets. However surprised by the sudden outburst of speed the opponent was unable to dodge or even defend Houshou landed left hook, knocking his opponent off his feet. Jumping into the Houshou attempted to punch his opponent on the ground as he falls back down, conversely the opponent quickly jumped onto his feet and quickly jumped out of the way causing Houshou to miss and make a small depression on the ground.

This time on the aggressive stance the opponent rushed forward as Houshou rose. Houshou effortlessly slapped away each kick and punch the opponent attempted to perform, before countering with a kick towards the ribs. Although the opponent was able to block the attack and hold on to his left leg, Houshou quickly follow with another attack of his own, by jumping off his right leg Houshou attempted land a blow to the head. The opponent barely managed to duck down, dodging the attack and letting go of Houshou's left leg "Hmm his kicks speed didn't increase as much as his punches, so his weakness would be range attacks" thought as he watch Houshou spin in the air caused by the momentum of his failed kick. Landing on his left Houshou directed his moment to make a spinning sweep. The opponent barely had enough time to jump in the air to avoid the attack. In what appeared to be slow motion as Houshou completed one revolution, his weighted shifted towards the right side of body. Houshou jumped off from his right leg, Houshou's elbow quickly slammed into the abdomen of the opponent. As both fighters land on their feet, the opponent was the only who seemed to have suffered any damage through out the fight, with a small drip of blood coming from his mouth. As both combatants stood within 5 feet of each other the opponent performed various hand signals ending with Horse and Tiger, and suddenly his mouth appeared to be holding a deep breath as he about to release Fire Element Grand Fireball no Jutsu however, Houshou remained steadfast. After a slight pause the opponent released the fire attack, and appear to catch Houshou within its flames. However the opponent ended his attack early and turned his slightly to catch Houshou in the air behind him claming his hand together getting ready for a hammer attack.

However, the opponent was able to block the attack effortlessly with just his left hand. He quickly turned his body and landed a devastating punch on Houshou's stomach. As Houshou landed on the floor, his momentum still carried him backwards and had to force his self to stop by using his hands. When Houshou finally stopped he suddenly coughed up blood.

"Incredible he was able to learn Ninjutsu techniques" thought the opponent as he glances at burnt piece of log where Houshou had used the replacement technique to dodge the Fire Element: Grand Fireball no Ninjutsu technique.

"I guess I was wrong about that kid" thought as he clamed his hands together with his index fingers extended to the sky. Suddenly a cloud of smoke surrounds the opponent

"Congratulations you passed" said the opponent as a cloud of smoke engulfs him. As the smoke cleared, it revealed the Chuunin who was against originally opposed Houshou entrance to the academy.

Houshou now seemed, dumfounded and awaited the Chuunin proceeded with an explanation.

"I was ordered to perform a little test before you were allowed to enter the academy. Many people including myself felt that because your family's history you shouldn't be allowed to enter the academy. It took one member to stand up for you earlier today to question this decision, although I am regrettably forced to allow you enter the academy," said the Chuunin in lamented voice.

"And yet you still feel that way, and some how I believe you're not going to give me any more information" said Houshou as he onto his feet while whipping the blood from his mouth.

"I have my orders, I suggest you report to the academy halls for morning class start tomorrow" said the Chuunin and slams a small ball onto the ground creating a small flash giving the Chuunin enough time to escape from Houhou's line of sight.

Houshou walked over his jacket he glances over at the tree lines. Sure enough in the distance the same Chuunin who fought Houshou watched from a distance out of sight. Another Chuunin dressed in the same leaf uniform this time the one who appeared last night arrived landing next to the Chuunin who opposed Houshou entrance.

"I was right, Maku" he said as the light finally reveals his face.

In response to his name being called the Chuunin who opposed Houshou entrance asked, "Why was I the one who had to give him the exam, it now going to be tough hating him now. Well we better go head back now," said Maku.