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Chapter 1 – Training and School

ONE YEAR LATER

Naruto woke and went to the bathroom to get ready. Today was his first day of school. Well not really his first but in this life it was. He frowned remembering the talk Kyuubi had with him the night before.

Flashback

Naruto was tired from the days training. He had to roll on the top of a lake without falling in. This exercise was to make sure he could release chakra well from all parts of his body. He had fallen in a lot but overall he had gotten it down.

'Kit. We need to talk about school tomorrow.' Kyuubi started. 'With all your training you could easily pass with flying colors and be out of there in one year.'

"I know I'm awesome.' Naruto thought grinning.

'Stupid hum…I mean kit you have to fail. You have to make things as close to your past life as possible. Which means you must fail the exam 3 times and get horrible grades.' Kyuubi replied a little anger starting to be shown in his voice. He had always hated the way Naruto would boast about himself.

'Why? I want to be a great ninja. Why should I fail on purpose?' Naruto thought.

'Kit there are a few reasons you must fail. First, we don't want you to draw that kind of attention to yourself. If people realize how good you are they will fear you. Second, you need to keep things as close to your former life as possible or the future could be changed beyond repair. Finally, third you do want to graduate with your friends right? If you don't fail you could end up never meeting them and especially Hinata.' Kyuubi stated.

'Fine I'll do it but I still think it is pointless.' Naruto added.

'But think of it this way. You can sleep and read on advanced jutsu while you're in school. It'll be fun.' Kyuubi stated 'Plus you can drive Iruka crazy'

Naruto visibly brightened at the prospect of messing with Iruka. 'Okay I'll do it.'

'Good Kit.'

End Flashback

'This could be a little fun.' Naruto thought as he dressed in his new outfit. Kyuubi had insisted that his old outfit was horrendous and made him buy this one. It consisted of a black tee shirt with black pants and an orange vest with a black swirl on the back. They had argued over the vest, Kyuubi wanting white, but Naruto had said that orange was his color and he wouldn't wear anything else. On his forehead he still wore his trademark goggles. As he entered the kitchen he noticed his book on the table and went to pick it up. 'I might as well bring this with me. Maybe I can read on that new fire jutsu. I wish Kyuubi would train me in his jutsus. All he has been doing is training me in the basics.' He thought as he remembered the day after he had woken up in this life.

Flashback

'So Kyuubi are you going to train me in your jutsus?' He asked through thought.

'No kit. I am going to train you in the basics until I think you're ready.' Kyuubi answered.

'But why I know the basics.' He argued.

'Fine kit. Then prove it. Go out back and run up a tree.' Kyuubi stated.

Naruto rushed outside and went up to a fairly large tree. 'Gather chakra in my feet.' He thought. When he finished he ran towards the tree and made it 6 paces up before he fell down. 'Why can't I do it?'

'I already told you that your abilities were not carried over so in other words you need to re-learn all the basics.' Kyuubi answered. 'Now will you listen to me? If you do you will be even stronger than before.'

'Yes.' Naruto answered dejectedly.

'Good then go out and buy 500 pounds of weights. I then want you to strap 10 pounds onto each leg and arm. Your vest also is weighted which makes you at 50 pounds. We will move up as you get stronger.' Kyuubi commanded.

'Damn slave driving kitsune.' Naruto thought.

'I heard that now get going!' Kyuubi yelled.

End Flashback

Kyuubi had made him master bringing chakra out of all parts of his body. To do this they did the tree climbing, water walking, water rolling, and a bunch of other exercises. He also wanted to increase his chakra reserves so he did exercises to do that. He built his strength with the weights which he wore 75 pounds of now and he had to do laps to build his speed. He currently ran 25 laps around Konoha every morning and 25 more laps every night. Then he was expected to read books on different jutsus and do any additional workouts he wanted. It was a rough year but he knew he had gotten a lot stronger.

Now Naruto was walking down the streets towards the academy. 'So damn kitsune can you start teaching me jutsus yet?'

'No, you will be taught your first one when you graduate from the academy.'

'Damn kitsune.' Naruto thought as he entered the ninja academy and sat down. He looked around and saw Iruka down in front trying to quiet people.

Finally, Iruka whistled to get everyone's attention. "Good now that we are all listening we can start class. I want you all to state your personal information such as likes, dislikes, dreams, and other information when I call your name." With that said he started with the role call. Some people were enthusiastic others just gave some brief information and passed it. Finally after almost all the class had gone he heard Iruka call out "Uzumaki Naruto"

Naruto perked up when his name was called. "I like ramen and playing pranks." He started in his usual loud voice. "I dislike being lonely and my dream is to become Hokage so that I can protect people around me."

'Nice speech.' Kyuubi laughed.

'Whatever dumb kitsune.' Naruto though turning his attention to the last person who was being asked.

"Now that we are all acquainted with each other we will start the lesson." Iruka stated picking up the book they were to be learning from. Everyone in the class followed suit except Naruto who rested his head on the desk and started to take a nap.

The day progressed slowly. Iruka had thrown a book at him when he saw he was sleeping and so he read his book on advanced jutsus for the rest of the morning. Finally, Iruka dismissed them for lunch and Naruto went outside to eat the ramen he brought. As he was eating he noticed people were starting to make friends and join groups. 'Why couldn't I have any friends for such a long time?' He thought. That's when he noticed a girl with short blue hair watching him from behind a tree. He saw one pearly white eye gazing at him from behind the tree. 'Hinata. I wonder why she is back there.' He got up and went over to the tree and said, "Hi, I noticed you were there do you want to have lunch with me?"

"Okay." Hinata stuttered.

As the two walked over to sit at the base of a tree Naruto asked, "What did you bring for lunch? I love ramen so that's what I brought."

"I…I don't know…I didn't make it." Hinata replied in her usual shy voice.

"Really. Was it your parents who made it for you?" Naruto asked starting to become sad. "I've been alone a lot since I've never had parents for as long as I could remember. I haven't even had any friends"

"Really…well I'll…be your friend." Hinata replied.

"Okay. My name is Uzumaki Naruto and from what I remember your name is Hyuuga Hinata." Naruto replied. After a few minutes Naruto asked, "Hinata why do you stutter? You don't have to be nervous when you talk to me."

"I…I don't know…I just…can't help it." Hinata stuttered.

"Okay. Well maybe if we get to know each other better you won't be so nervous."

Soon lunch was over and it was time for class again. On the way back to the classroom Naruto turned to Hinata and asked, "Do you want to eat with me again tomorrow?"

"Okay…Naruto-kun." Hinata answered.

After school Naruto was walking home pondering the day's events. 'I made friends with Hinata. I wonder how this will affect the future.'

'Probably not too much.' Kyuubi answered in his head. 'She seems to admire you already. She probably started to admire you after your little speech in class. Maybe this time you will get together faster though. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.'

'Do you think it would change a lot if I hang out with her? She could help me train.' Naruto asked.

'I can't say kit. Just do what feels right to you.' Kyuubi answered.

'So what are we doing for training today?' Naruto asked.

'Start running kit.' Kyuubi said maliciously. 'When we get to the lake we can practice water rolling.'

"Damn it."

AN- This story is turning out well in my opinion. Chapter size will increase as we get further into the story. I'm setting things up for the rest of the story now. I have an editor! Please review but be nice. If you send me flames I'll use my wonderful trusty partner: my bucket of water!

Dan Inverse: I swear to complete it unlessanother personal catastrophe happens. I will swear to at least 15 chapters without doubt.

Dragon Man 180: Thanks for the compliment. You should read Ranma: Second Time Around. It is an amazing story and is actually, what introduced me to this site and Ranma ½. Thanks for the place to translate and I will have a lot of fun. Kyuubi's techniques are awesome. The plan is to have Hinata and Naruto be friends and then go out but there is a twist. They might make another friend who might eventually be jealous…

Anime-game freak: Hell yeah. Naruto's gonna kick ass.

wolvesmon: It was less than a week.

Dem0nsythe: Thanks for the compliment but sorry this is a Naruto/Hinata.

HikaruOfDreams: Thanks!

Search and Seek and Destroy: His knowledge yes but chakra control and all his skills weren't carried over. Therefore, it will probably take a while.

Grand Admiral Gin: No worries, I found an editor. Thanks though!

SilverNinjaHikaru: Thanks for the compliment but I'm sorry to report that Naruto/Hinata is my main pairing.

i aM taMi xPp: I think I'll have to read that now.

Jewelclaw Lady of Wind: Stay tuned and you'll see winks

Endermon: They sure are! Most likely about 3-4 more chapters.