Disclaimer: Still Don't own Naruto.

Sorry about the update but you know I got lost on the road of life and it took forever to hitch hike back to my computer.

He was currently brooding. Though he didn't know it brooding happened to be one of the undeniable traits that all Uchiha had, much like how the Hyuuga were arrogant pricks. Most of the time he would find himself brooding over his brother, but today was different, in fact the whole month had been different. Ever since his humiliating defeat at the academy he had been brooding about Naruto.

Even though Uchiha Sasuke was a member of the clan that was known for seeing through things(and than coping them) he could not understand his power. Sasuke quickly decided that the boy obviously had a secret. One does not become that strong let alone a ANBU(though Sasuke still though that this was a lie) at such a young age. Of course Sasuke also forgot that at this time his brother was pushing Jounin and had the ANBU already asking him to join.

Even at such a young age the boy was already facing inner demons that most never encounter in their whole lives . He knew that he would have to teach that Uzumaki boy a lesson. So he decided that the only logical choice would be to challenge him again and when he would receive his victory he would be able to prove that the boy had been cheating(though he did admit to himself that he had no idea how). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This had not been Uzumaki Naruto's month. Now Naruto was the first to admit that he never really had a amazing week, or month, but he had also never had a month like this.

The month started normally and for the first week nothing interesting happened and it was pretty much the same old stuff. Then he received the day off. It was at this point that his day began to go down hill. He decided to go for a walk. Passing by the academy at lunch time he was greeted with the sight off kids, lots and lots of kids. It was at this point that he was noticed and he was challenged by the Uchiha boy. He being aware that he was at ANBU status refused and continued to walk away. That is when the boy attacked. Naruto quickly put the boy in his place but soon the council had received word of what happened and decided that he would have to be punished. Besides being suspended for the remainder of the month he would have to complete community service wearing his ANBU uniform so that people knew that he was being punished.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Haruno Sakura may not have been the best academy student when it came to anything physical, but when intellect came into play she could proudly say that she was number one. But even with all of her amazing intellect today she found herself very confused. She like most of the academy students had seen the fight between Sasuke and that Naruto kid. She like every other kid at the academy who saw the fight thought that Sasuke was going to kick some major ass. She was wrong.

It did not take a Jounin to tell you that the difference in power between the two was huge, yet what was confusing Sakura was how that boy managed to get that power anyways. She did not recognize him from the academy yet he wore the standard ANBU cloak. She knew that something was wrong, her Sasuke-kun would not go down so easily unless that boy had cheated. She had no proof of this except for the fact that undying love is always right. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

He was happy. That was something that did not happen very often. Today he finished his community service and today he would not have to see the looks of the villagers as they saw him and began to gossip about why a ANBU was doing such work. But today he was done. Today he would be able to rejoin his team and continue to grow strong.

Unfortunately ever since the incident at the academy the older populace of Konoha held a deep hate for him. Naruto never was able to understand why everyone loved Sasuke. The Uchiha were never loved that much when they were alive(mostly due to the fact that the Uchiha had a iron grip on the police force). And with this new wave of hate Naruto now found himself being hated by his own generation one for beating up Sasuke and two because their parents didn't like him.

Naruto may have been a quite person, but he never could understand why the people hated him so much. He never had done anything bad except for some miner pranks in his younger days. Yet now he was being haled as a prodigy.

It was at this moment that Naruto's inner thoughts were interrupted by the appearance of his captain, Kakashi.

"Captain." Naruto said along with a short nod of his head to show respect.

:Naruto come, we have things to discuss." Kakashi said as he began to walk into the woods indicating for Naruto to follow him.

Naruto silently began to follow his captain into the woods. As they got deeper and deeper into the woods Naruto quickly realized that they were going to Kakashi's secret training area.

It was a well known fact that almost all of the Ninja in Konoha had a secret training area. The area was usually used to practice new or dangerous Jutsus that could not be shown at the normal training grounds that surrounded that village. It was a unspoken rule among the ninja that one did not enter someone else's training area innless you carried vital information, or if simply wanted to be killed.

When they arrived Naruto was shocked to find that there were already people there. Well not many people really just the Hokage, Jiraiya, and the leader of the ANBU.

"Welcome Naruto-kun." the Hokage said in a cheerful tone of voice

"Hokage-sama." Naruto simply said bowing to show his respect to the men who were currently here.

"Hoho, well you see Naruto it seems that Kakashi here has decided to retire from the ANBU forces and go back to being a normal Jounin." The Hokage said.

"I imagine that there is more Hokage-sama."

"When one retires from the ANBU they are given the option of naming their successor of their squad Naruto." This time it was the ANBU man who spoke.

"Am I to guess that I have been chosen for Kakashi then?" Naruto asked.

"Yes. It seems that Kakashi here feels that you are ready to lead a squad." The ANBU man spoke again.

"This is all very nice and all, but why are we doing this in the woods." Naruto asked.

"Yes well, even though you have been elected to become a captain you will have to prove yourself in front of the eyes that are here."

"So I have to fight Kakashi then, right?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, that is correct." This time it was the Hokage who spoke.

"Well than lets get this over with than."

Kakashi and Naruto both walked to opposite sides of the clearing and stood there. Naruto quickly went into the standard Uzumaki stance while Kakashi went into a more relaxed stance, which Naruto recognized as the Uchiha style.

The Uzumaki style was designed to dodge. With the activation of the eyes dodging is much easier but combined with the style the Uzumaki become nearly impossible to hit. The style is designed to dodge the attackers hits and then strike when one's opponent shows a opening. While the Uzumaki style was all about dodging the Uchiha Style was all about attack. The Uchiha style relies on the Sharingan to allow them to predict the enemies guards and thus break them.

It is a known fact that of all of the clans in Konoha the Uzumaki and the Uchiha have been and always will be rivals. No one really remembers how the clans got to the point were they both wanted to tear each others heads off, but it is believed that it started when several Uchiha from the branch family left. Why they left has also been lost due to the sand of time but considering how most clans treated their branch families it's not hard to believe. Eventually "The Lost Uchiha" as they have been called, merged with another clan and the Uzumaki clan was born though it was many years until they reached the status were they were both feared and respected. But the Uzumaki clan never did forget were it came from and thus it did not have a branch family and it often the members got along with the common people much better. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As the style that Kakashi used dictates Kakashi struck first. Knowing that Naruto would try to dodge the first hit Kakashi went in for a pouch to the face knowing that Naruto would dodge and than follow the punch with a kick to the stomach. His plan worked perfectly and Naruto took the kick skidding back several feet.

"You know Kakashi it saddens me that you feel that you don't need the Sharingan for this fight."

"Yes well the same goes for you Naruto. Are you so good that you won't need your bloodline for the fight."

"Hmm I suppose that you have a point don't you. Shall we?"

And with that Kakashi lifted his forehead protector while Naruto began channeling chakra to his eyes. And with that the fight truly began.

As like last time Kakashi went on the offensive quickly only this time he could not seem to land a hit, yet in vies versa Naruto was not throwing any hits just dodging them. Than Naruto saw it. As Kaskashi was coming in for a kick to his chest instead of dodging it like he usually did he grabbed Kakshi's leg and went for the pouch to the face. His punch hit.

Not far away, well to be precise on the other side of the clearing three men were talking.

"So anyone for a little bet?" Jiraiya asked

"I put 2000 on Kakashi." The ANBU man said

"Hmm well than I put 2000 on Naruto." Jiraiya said.

"How about you Hokage-sama?" the ANBU man asked

"I feel that as the Hokage I can not bet."

"Hmm your no fun sensei."

As the men continued to argue about the winner the match continued. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu" Kakshi yelled as a giant fireball was hurled toward Naruto.

"Suiton: Suijinheki." Naruto yelled as the Fireball hit the water and quickly evaporated and turned to steam.

"I am impressed that you could do that Jutsu with out a source of water near by." Kaskashi said.

"Yeah well making a barrier is problem all I could do Innless there was more water around."

As the fight continued Kakshi quickly yelled "Doton: Doryudan." As the Giant Dragon began shooting out mud balls at Naruto, dust began to rise and Kakshi quickly lost sight of Naruto.

"Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu." Naruto yelled as he quickly appeared from the ground and pulled Kakashi under. Unfortunately just as Naruto had Kakashi in the hole he heard a loud popping sound and looked and saw the Kakshi in the hole was gone. "Crap, Kage Bushin all along. Then that means he's…" Naruto was cut off as he heard the distinct cry off

"Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu" and just like Naruto did to Kakashi Naruto was pulled into the hole. "Think before using a Jutsu. Or else it will get used against you." Kakashi said.

"Well said, Kakashi." and with that Naruto disappeared in puff of smoke.

'Hm, a Kage Bushin eh. It seems that we both know each other to well for this fight to make any real progress. I will have to finish it now.' Kakashi thought. "How about we end this right here Naruto." Kakashi yelled since he was still not sure were the real Naruto was.

As soon as the words were said Naruto jumped out of tree and simply said "It's about time we stopped playing around don't you think?" Naruto asked.

" I agree lets." and with that they both yelled the same thing

"Raikiri"

"You know right now I wish I didn't teach that to you, you know." Kakashi yelled over the loud sound both Jutsus were making.

"Hm, I bet you do." Naruto replied.

Just as they were both about to charge the Homage stepped in. "That is enough. This is only meant to be a test. No one needs to lose and body parts here. This test is over. Captain did Naruto show enough competence to earn the rank of Captain?" The man shacked his head yes. "Good than. Congratulations Captain Uzumaki. You will receive your orders in a weeks time until than you have the week off understood?"

"yes Hokage-sama."

"Good than you are all dismissed.
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Being a captain Naruto quickly discovered was much harder than simply being a ANBU member. Before all he had to do was follow orders. Now he had to give orders and than make sure that they were carried out well. And than there was the paperwork. Being a captain meant a lot of paperwork. Writing reports, requesting supplies for missions, and overall just signing papers. It was not the kind of thing that Naruto expected when he signed up for this job. It seemed that he was spending more time in his office in the Hokage tower than out in the field.

Naruto may have complained on the outside but on the inside he rather did enjoy his job. He felt he had power. Power was something that Naruto greatly enjoyed and now that he had it, it felt good. The only downside to this power was that he was beginning to become a recognizable ninja not just in Konoha, but aberrantly he had found his was into most Bingo books of other countries.

Now that his name was truly out there in the world he was also finding that he was being challenged to fight quite a bit by people his own age, and even those older than him. In the past he had to been challenged by a Maito Gai 5 times who wanted to fight to test his "youthfulness" or something like that. Finally after the fifth time Naruto excepted only as long as he could name the challenge. Gai of course agreed. The challenge was this "who ever can manage to not talk to the other the longest will win." At first Gai was confused but after Naruto told him only "youthful people could do it" Gai agreed. It was a long time until Naruto would talk or even see Gai again.