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Kitsune: You are entitled to your opinion although I'm quite curious in which way this story is the same as all the other ones. And I never stated that Naruto can't use chakra ;).

Anime-game freak: No, Naruto does have chakra but at the moment he doesn't have a lot of it. All I can say is that more on this will be revealed in the upcoming chapters. And Naruto was talking about the stuck-up expression that Hanabi was wearing. Sorry it that was a bit unclear.

Night-Owl123: Naruto will know all of the moves he knew when before the Chuunin Exam (Sexy no Jutsu, Kage Bunshin etc.). He also knows some new moves due to his lack of chakra.

Gohen-fire: No, Naruto will have chakra later but just not now due to…..Not going to tell you, you'll just have to find out. :)

Binnybobarion: Aaah, that comment really freaked me out! You do realise that Hanabi is around Konohamaru's age, which is about 5 to 6 years younger than Naruto. The thought kind of makes me shudder.

KyLewin: (AN: Grins) Indeed, there's a pretty good reason. And I plan on have Kyuubi only commentating on Naruto's actions, not actually guide him like I've seen in some fics.

Whoah, that's a lot of questions. No, the mission the Genin are on is a C ranked mission. Read that in this chapter. Yes. No. The though had crossed my mind, I'm not yet sure what to do with the Haku/Zabuza fight.

reader: I'm not sure how it's done in the anime/manga but from what I saw in the Wave country was that Kakashi made handseals with the scroll in his hands. This led me to conclude that the scroll holds enough chakra for a certain technique, all you have to do is make the seals. I'm using the same method with all the scrolls Naruto uses.

Firedude328, shina-lim, Bluestar123, joekool, Stonebridge, TenshiKaitou, nonengel, kae, Rock-fox: Thanks!

Summary last chapter:

After the two missing-nins have left Naruto spars with Asuma's team where he wins relatively easy. Growing curious of the blond, Kakashi takes Naruto to the camp where he gets introduced to the Rookie Genin.

Snickering at the last comment the Kyuubi made Naruto flashed a smile to the assembled ninja's. "Pleasure to meet you all." Figuring he was finished with the obligatory greeting the young ninja slid the heavy scroll of his back. While the Genin slowly dispersed, going back to their business, Kurenai made her way towards Naruto. She had seen Hinata's blush, and figured she might as well see what kind of person this mysterious boy was.

"My name is Yuuhei Kurenai. It's a pleasure to meet you Uzumaki Naruto."

"I already know your name Yuuhei-sama." Shooting a glance at the Jounin, Naruto smirked. "So you are the one that drew the shortest straw?"

Kurenai blinked in surprise. "What?" A sigh escaped the ninja as he turned to face her, his blue eyes were guarded yet shined a little with mirth. "It's quite easy to figure that you Jounin would like to know as much as you can about me. So you send in someone to have a pleasant chat with me. What were you going to do? Seduce me?"

A chuckle escaped the blond boy while Kurenai struggled to keep herself from blushing. From a distance Kakashi was closely watching the conversation between Naruto and Kurenai. The Copy-Cat wasn't quite sure about the blond boy, something seemed a little strange about him.

I'll just be honest with him Kurenai thought. "I assure you that I was not sent by Kakashi or Asuma. I just did not want to endanger my students."

At this statement Naruto looked up. Seeing the truth in the her face he nodded. "I do not speak freely of my past Yuuhei-sama. But I can promise you that I will not harm your students in any way." Smiling Naruto proudly added, "And that my Nindo way."

Hinata, you have chosen a good person to have a crush on. I wish you luck.

Sensing the conversation was over, Naruto turned to his scroll. While muttering some curses about a 'perverted hermit' the blond launched into a number of seals. This attracted the attention of the three Jounin.

What is he doing? He doesn't have enough chakra to do any jutsus. Kakashi though as he narrowed his one visible eye.

Finishing with a ram seal, Naruto muttered a low "Kai". For a few moments not much happened. Just as Kakashi thought it was all a fluke the scroll vanished in a large puff of smoke that completely obscured Naruto. Impossible, that feeling…it's my chakra that he's using. How? Of course, this kid is smart.

FLASHBACK

"Alright, but I'm not leaving my cart so if you could please place your hands on the two circles." Kakashi hesitantly did so, the circles were part of an intricate design that, until now, Kakashi had assumed was for decoration only. After the Jounin had placed his hands on the circles, Naruto made a few handseals after which he slammed his hand on the smaller circle opposite those of Kakashi while muttering "Ultimate Henge no Jutsu". Kakashi felt a lurch as chakra poured from his hands into the circles. With a POOF the cart vanished leaving a heavy looking scroll.

END FLASHBACK

I see, he stored up my chakra. Pretty nifty Kakashi admitted as the smoke started to clear. The silver-haired Jounin grinned as coughing sounds reached his ears.

Gasping for air Naruto stumbled away from the scroll. Too much smoke, next time I should use less chakra. Waving away the last of the smoke he proudly admired his handiwork.

Kit, the smoker has dropped his cigarette again. Are you sure he's a Jounin?

Not paying attention to what Kyuubi was saying Naruto took of his orange cloak and carefully folded it.

Kurenai resisted the temptation to rub her eyes. The scroll had vanished, to be replaced by a hammock, hanging off two trees that weren't there earlier and a dressing booth? Asuma couldn't believe his eyes and for the third time that day, he had wasted a cigarette. Darn that brat, in this rate I'm going to run out of them. And as for Kakashi, he was on his knees, thanking the Kami with all his might for the discovery of masks that prevented his jaw from hitting the ground.

Whistling a merry tune, Naruto entered the booth. After five minutes or so the ninja left the booth, now completely in a different outfit. Gone was the straw hatand orange cloak. He now wore black baggy pants with plenty pockets for his scrolls. His shirt was also black but had a red swirl on it and his unruly blond hair was forced into place by a black bandana, which bore the kanji for luck. He looked like a ninja and certainly walked like one. The only strange thing was that his kunai holster was replaced with a holder for cards.

"Naruto no Shounin is no more. Meet the new and improved Naruto no Ninja." The blond proudly stated.

Kakashi was about to ask Naruto how the scroll worked when he suddenly felt two chakra signatures approach their position. They were not trying to hide their approach so everybody, including the Genin, sensed them.

Without a word Naruto took off, adrenalinecoursing through his veins. Reluctant, Kakashi pursued after the blond with Shino, Kiba, Sasuke and Shikamaru in his wake. The rest he had ordered to stay behind.

So who do you think are coming for me this time?

I bet it's the clan where you peeked on the heiress.

Nah, we beat them last month. They won't be sending anybody for a while.

I'm almost sure. After all, you do know about their custom right? The fox was practically glowing with glee. His vessel was quite amusing.

How was I supposed to know of their stupid rule that he who had seen the heiress naked must marry her. Naruto whined. I'm much to young to get married. Although she was rather good looking he mused.

Focus brat, they're coming.

Snapping out of his rather pleasant thoughts Naruto readied himself for battle as his opponents dropped out of the tree they were hiding in.

I was right brat the Kyuubi chuckled.

Sighing exasperated Naruto tried to reason with the two in front of him. "Look, I'm really sorry but I didn't know about your stupid rule."

"Too late, you have disgraced the our clan and now you must die." The weaker of the two yelled. He was wearing a light blue kimono with a far too big sword on his back. Naruto doubted if he had ever seen any combat. The other however looked like a handful. He wore a dark green kimono that allowed him to blend into the surroundings rather easy. His kunai holster cautioned Naruto not to underestimate this man.

Reaching for his pouch, Naruto told the just arrived Leaf Shinobi "Please stay out of this, they have business with and me alone." Not waiting for the reply Naruto withdrew his hand and smiled predatorily. He opened his hand to reveal that he was holding two dice.

This made the one in the blue kimono laugh arrogantly. "You will not defeat me. For I am Adaha, one of the most powerful within our clan!"

Trying not to sigh, Kakashi raised an eyebrow at the confident smirk Naruto had on his face. Dice? What's the catch here?

The only reaction Adaha got from Naruto was a confident smirk. All right, let's get this show on the road, I want to get some sleep.

Throwing the dice Naruto crossed his arms. After glancing at the number of eyes he had thrown the blond shouted "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

With a puff of smoke the dice made place for five clones. Hmmm, considering six is average I'd say it wasn't that a good throw. Shrugging, Naruto rummaged around in his pouch. With a nod towards the more dangerous Naruto signals his clones to attack the ninja.

Turning towards Adaha, he started taunting the man. "You know it would only take me one move to take you? You're just pathetic."

Adaha just had enough of the brat. Howling in rage he pulled in sword and charged towards the smirking ninja. He managed to bridge the distance to the blond relatively quickly and made a swipe to Naruto's legs which said ninja dodged with a simple jump to Adaha's right. Adaha used the momentum of his swing to bring down on the prone Naruto. The swordsman couldn't contain his glee when his blade cut through the ninja, only to have the form disappear in a cloud of smoke.

Grinning, Naruto fished out a small slip of paper. He swiped a little blood over it as his Bunshin disappeared. Quickly forming a ram seal he shouted "Sexy no Jutsu!"

Adaha heard Naruto shouting out his and cautiously circled the cloud of smoke when suddenly a beautiful and rather naked girl emerged. The girl giggled and seductively waved at Adaha. That was all it took and the sword-bearer flew backwards, propelled by the huge amounts of blood that were pouring out of his nose.

Grinning Naruto dispelled the Henge, and glanced at how his audience had reacted. Hmmm, the pervert is just reading his book and the dog-boy seems rather passed out. The Nara is already back on his feet and my Jutsu doesn't seem to have affected the Uchiha.

I bet he's gay. Even Jiraiya reacted to your Jutsu and he's seen a lot. Maybe you two do have something in common brat.

Turning towards his second opponent, Naruto was rather surprised to see that all his clones had already been defeated. Not bad. This guy seems worth my time. Naruto mused as he keenly observed the man. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, what shall I call you?"

The man smirked and simply threw a kunai towards Naruto. "I do not talk, let us fight instead." Sighing Naruto caught the kunai. And for a moment there I actually thought he was cool. A sizzling sound caught the blond's attention. Naruto's eyes widened an exploding tag? Shit! Hoping he wasn't too late he threw kunai away.

The nameless fighter was using Naruto's distraction to launch a salvo of shurikens at his opponent, resulting in Naruto performing some spectacular acrobatics as he dodged all the incoming metal. A small part of his mind was wondering why the tag hadn't gone off yet, while he was busy dodging more kunai's with tags attached to them.

The green-clad fighter finally stopped after having shot over a dozen of kunai's. A small chuckle escaped his lips, "You have fallen into my trap Uzumaki Naruto. Look around you. You are completely surrounded by my exploding kunai's. And now, prepare to die!" Smirking the fighter formed a quick seal and roared, "Exploding Kunai no Jutsu!"

With a deafening bang the trap went off, blasting Naruto clean off his feet.

Hn, there's no way that dobe survived that blast. Serves him right, he never should have become a ninja. Sasuke smirked, it was now his turn to deal with this fighter. He would show what an Uchiha could do.

"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu" A large fireball struck Naruto's opponent squarely in his chest, sending him crashing to the ground. "Heh, you didn't think you'd get that easily did you?" a slightly singed Naruto asked. His hands were in the tiger seal with a scroll wrapped around them. Not wanting to give his opponent any time to get his wit together, the blond ninja quickly drew six cards from his holster. He held them as if they were shurikens, and without hesitation he let the fly. The six cards sped to their target and impacted with soft thuds.

A whizzing sound followed as the strings that were attached to the cards drew tight, effectively pinning the immobile fighter to the ground, three cards on each side of his body. "You might want to know that those cards are chakra enhanced and that string is razor-sharp and as durable as metal. Enjoy your stay, "Naruto chuckled, "because you're going to stay there for quite a while."

"So what happened back there Kakashi?" a curious Kurenai asked. It had been a few hours since a singed Naruto, apathetic Shikamaru, bored Kakashi and pissed Sasuke had returned to the camp. Asuma too was quite curious what had happened.

"Ma, it seems Naruto has insulted some clan and they came looking for revenge. So Naruto beat both of them." I really liked that Sexy no Jutsu. "Naturally that didn't sit very well with Sasuke." Shrugging the Copy-Cat went back to his 'literature'.

Kurenai just observed the young shinobi that now seemed to be in an argument with Kiba, with most of the other Genin laughing at the insults they were throwing at each other. Asuma followed her gaze and spoke her thoughts out loud, "Funny, until now the Genin mostly kept to their own teams but with him here they are interacting more with each other."

The Hokage sternly gazed upon the assembled Jounin and Genin, their C ranked mission was finally over. Puffing at his pipe, he read the report Kakashi had presented. After skimming it over he put it aside. "Congratulations, for now go home to your families. Tomorrow I expect you all to on duty again. Dismissed." The group chorused a "Hai, Hokage-sama" and left.

After the last one had exited, Sarutobi called for his assistant, Ebisu. "Ebisu, can you please let the young man that is waiting enter?" As Naruto carefully entered the room, the Hokage felt his heart skip a beat. Arashi, he looks just like you!

"Greeting Hokage-sama, I bring you the greetings of Jiraiya and Tsunade. They wish you well and promise to come and visit you in the near future." Sarutobi smiled at this news, his students hadn't visited him for a long time. "No need to be so polite Naruto, please take seat." The Third observed Naruto as he took a seat before asking the blond a question. "No doubt Jiraiya sent you here, why?"

Ero-Sennin told me the old geezer would be to the point. Naruto chuckled. "I suspect he wanted to get rid of me so he could get on with his 'information gathering'. But he also wanted me to learn people of my own age. And I also came here because I wanted to find an answer to question that has plagued me for a long time." Seeing the questioning look in the Third's eyes, Naruto sighed and spoke on, "I want to know what is so great about Konoha that my father sacrificed his life for it."

I see. But can he be a shinobi? Speaking out loud, the Third brought up one of his worries. "I see, but according to Kakashi's report you cannot use any chakra and rely on scrolls to survive."

Naruto laughed and smiled for the first time he entered the office. "Kyuubi and me made a deal. The seal allows me to absorb the furball's chakra but it's too violent, too demonic for me to use safely. It would damage my organs and cells. So we let it mingle with my own chakra, thus making it safe for me to use. In return I let the fox share in my senses, he sees what I see, tastes what I see and so on." Pausing slightly to let everything sink in Naruto continued, "The drawback of this is that it takes a long time for our chakras to mingle."

Sarutobi nodded sagely, it was making sense. "So where is your chakra now then?" A fox-grin spread over Naruto's face as he rolled up his sleeve. Suddenly a complicated and rather intricate tattoo became visible; nine tails wrapped themselves around Naruto's left arm. "This is a seal where most of my mingled chakra is stored away. It still needs to adjust to my body though, the fox's inner coils are much larger than mine."

Nodding once more the Hokage came to a conclusion. "I will make you a Genin. As all the teams are already formed, you will be added to the different teams when they are in need of another Genin. Understood?" Tipping his hat to cover his eyes, the Third went on. "I am afraid that I must inform the Council of your return. I fear they might insist on alerting the adult population of your return and what you carry inside of you."

Naruto nodded, he had expected this. He stood up from his seat, blue eyes blazing with an inner fire, unknowingly resembling the Fourth more than ever. "Agreed, but in return I demand that I gain access to the Uzumaki residence and become Clan Head." Crossing his arms, Naruto gazed at the fourth stone head of the monument, set aflame in the setting sun. "I plan on doing my family proud."

Smiling from under his hat, Sarutobi merely nodded. As Naruto left the office, the old man also looked at the monument. My old friend, your legacy lives on and he shines just as bright as you did.

Author's Note: Well, Naruto's chakra mystery has been revealed and he got into a fight. I'm quite curious if you thought it was a bit clear, it was tougher than I thought. Next time, Naruto starts training and gets introduced to Gai and his team!

Until the next chapter.

Jutsu list

Ultimate Henge no Jutsu – A jutsu where Naruto transforms an object he pulled out of the scroll back into the scroll

Sexy no Jutsu – If you don't know this one, then you don't know the series.

Exploding Kunai no Jutsu – Sets off any number of exploding tags.

Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu – By gahtering chakra in your throat you can 'spit' out a giant fireball.