Timeskip- One week ~ A/N: Within this week, Naruto's learned to unlock his chakra, he's done exercises, practiced basic kata's, and studied books, as well as scrolls on fuinjutsu that he borrowed from the library while under a henge. (Kurama helped him with the henge) He did all of this in the Forest of Death. Anko was currently on a long-term mission, during these events. I am contemplating whether or not to introduce Naruto to Anko next chapter. Kurama tells Naruto who his parents are. He hasn't told anyone. On a side note, the Uchiha Massacre still happens, but Satsuki is told of what happens, and Itachi only kills his father, and a few of the people involved in the coup, including the Uchiha Elders, and 9 or 10 of the men. Itachi still lives with Satsuki and their mother, who became the new clan head. Satsuki is still cold, but a lot less cold. For those of you who disagree with this, piss off. My story, my rules.

Currently, Naruto was henged into a man with shaggy brown hair and green eyes, this was his common henge. He was in a store, looking to buy some new clothes with his stipend.

"Hey kit" Kurama speaks up. 'Hmm?' Naruto replies. "You might be angry with what I say, but I think you should pretend to be a complete idiot, during the academy." Naruto, not one to rush to conclusions, knew Kurama would have a good reason for requesting such a thing.

'And why do you say that, Kurama?' "Well, for one, I believe deception would be wise, so you should buy some ugly looking clothes, preferably bright. Another logical reason would be to keep your head down, you know how the council thinks about you. If they noticed the 'demon brat' was getting strong, it would possibly mean more attempts on your life, and more requests to have you killed, by the civilian council, which would be annoying, and give your village leader a headache."

Naruto sighed at this. As much as he loathed to admit it, Kurama raised good points, and overall that had more pros than cons. 'Alright, but only until the final year, graduation day, I go all out.' "Hai!" The fox agreed.

Naruto left the store with 5 pairs of a bright orange jumpsuit. The next morning, Naruto walked into the classroom with a slight physical henge, rendering him shorter, and giving him more face fat. He walked through the door with spiky blonde hair, cerulean blue eyes, a bright blue and orange jumpsuit, and green goggles on his forehead.

"YO! My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and I'M GONNA BE HOKAGE 'TTEBAYO!" Naruto screeched out. He practically cringed at himself and heard the furball snicker inside him.

He briefly wondered if Kurama actually gave him this idea for his own amusement, before he heard someone scoff and retort, "Yeah right, like an idiot as you could ever become Hokage!"

A couple of snickers rang across the room. Naruto's eyes narrowed, and went ice-cold for a second, before he replied, "HELL YEAH I WILL! JUST YOU WAIT!" It seemed no-one noticed his facade slip-up.

Except for two pairs of eyeballs. One sitting in the Hokage's office, watching through a crystal ball, and the other pair belonging to a certain lazy Nara.

It was going to be a long, four years.

Four Years Later - Naruto, Age 12

A young boy was seen running and laughing through the village, in a bright orange jumpsuit. He had a paint-brush in one hand, and a bucket in the other. This said boy recently painted the Hokage monument entirely.

He had a couple of Chunin hot on his tail. Meanwhile, on the other side of the village, "Hokage-sama! Naruto Uzumaki has pranked the village again!" Hiruzen sighed, "What did he do this time?" "He painted the Hokage monument, Hokage-sama!" Hiruzen sighed again, for what seemed like the thousandth time that day.

He looked out the window and had to stifle a chuckle at what he saw. He saw the 3 kages, Shodaime, Nidaime & Sandaime with face paint everywhere, and blood trickling down their noses, however, what he saw next nearly gave him a severe heart attack.

For the Yondaime Hokage, he had his hair painted golden blonde, his pupils were cerulean blue, and he had three whisker marks on each cheek. Then, a split second later, he thought he actually DID get a heart attack, the man choked on his tobacco and nearly fainted when he noticed next to the Yondaime Hokage, was a feminine round-structured face, a woman, with a heart-shaped face, long, straight, red-painted hair, and a green hairclip on her right braid.

Next to the Yondaime's face, was the face of one Kushina Uzumaki. Hiruzen started sweating at this, there was no way Naruto didn't know about his heritage after this. Would Naruto be angry?

How long has Naruto known? After this, surely some people, like Hiashi Hyuuga, Mikoto Uchiha, Tsume Inuzuka, and a few of Minato and Kushina's friends would put two and two together. This spelled trouble.

Hiruzen knew Naruto was smarter than he let on, but he didn't know Naruto knew of his heritage already. Does this mean he already knew of his 'tenant'? "..ma ...sama! .. Hokage-sama!" "Huh?" Hiruzen blinked.

"Are you alright, Hokage-sama? You spaced out!" "Yes, I'm fine." "Just capture Naruto, and have him scrub the paint off." "At once, hokage-sama!" The man bowed, and left the room, leaving a troubled, and confused Hiruzen.

Meanwhile, back in the academy, the students were laughing at one Naruto Uzumaki, tied up, at the center of the classroom. "Naruto, why were you pulling pranks again?" "Hmph, because this class is boring! It's utterly useless, most of the facts are either vague or misinterpreted, and I know more than the majority of historic combined.. Having a thousand-year-old fox sealed in your gut does its wonders.' Naruto said, keeping the last part to himself, however. "Well, in that case, Class! We're all going to re-do the henge today!" Everyone just groaned at this.

"This is all your fault, Naruto-Baka!" screeched Ino Yamanaka. "Yea Naruto, why do you have to be so troublesome all the time?" Shikamaru said. Naruto just 'hmpfed' indignantly, and turned his head the other way.

"Sakura Haruno!" a pink-haired girl put her hands in the rat hand seal, and after one cry of 'Henge no Jutsu!' She transformed into Iruka, but a few inches shorter.

"Nice! A little too short, but practice makes perfect." "Cha! Did you see that Kiba-kun?" asked Sakura. Kiba just grinned at her, and raised a thumbs-up, making her squeal, and blush. "I think it was AWESOME, SAKURA-CHAN!" yelled Naruto.

Sakura scowled as she noticed the orange-clad boy. "SHUT UP, NARUTO-BAKA!" Sakura yelled as she punched Naruto on the head, making Naruto yelp in pain. "Sorry… Sakura-...chan…" 'Jeez, does she have to punch me every time? What a coward. I try to make her feel better about herself and she abuses me.'

"Next, Satsuki Uchiha!" Satsuki just walked up. Naruto had to admit, she was definitely attractive. With a long black ponytail going down to her hip, and bangs covering her forehead, along with a cute heart-shaped face, and a black top, leaving her shoulders uncovered, with matching Black ANBU Style pants, she was quite the beauty.

About 90% of the boys in the class, including Naruto and Kiba, cheered for Satsuki. Satsuki, without even saying a word, just a half-rat seal managed to transform into Iruka, almost perfectly.

"Amazing, Satsuki! You really live up to your name as a prodigy, just an inch shorter, and the kunai pouch is facing the wrong way, but extra points for doing it wordlessly, and with a half-seal!"

Iruka praised, which Satsuki just 'Hn'ed', and smirked at, of course, all the boys were cheering her, with a few of the girls happy for her, but most glaring at her out of jealousy, due to Kiba cheering her on the loudest, next to Naruto, but it wasn't like she cared about anyone.

The class was way too easy for her. "Next up, Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto walked up to the class, receiving more then a few glares, a couple were even sneering at him, Naruto, however, decided to play another prank, and yelled "Oiroke no Jutsu!" once the smoke dissipated, a few boys fainted, and a few passed out from nose-bleeds.

A couple of the girls were red in the face from either jealousy or anger. There, standing in the smoke, was a beautiful, naked figurine, with curves all over the body, and wisps of smoke covering the intimate areas.

Iruka shot back with a nose bleed, and immediately smacked Naruto across the head. "NARUTO! WHAT WAS THAT YOU IDIOT!" Naruto, for his part just smirked triumphantly at Iruka.

"That, Iruka-sensei, was my very own 'Oiroke No Jutsu', it can be turned into an A-rank Jutsu, or for kunoichis, the Reverse Oiroke No Jutsu. It's the same thing as the Oiroke no Jutsu, except instead of a curvy girl, it's a hunky guy. It serves multiple purposes, including seduction missions, or temporarily stunning an opponent in battle." Iruka, along with half the class actually had to blink at the rather… thoughtful explanation.

Iruka would have been rather impressed had the Jutsu not basically been offensive to the female gender, or at least that was what Iruka said in his head. "Yeah, whatever. Class is dismissed for today, remember kids, tomorrow is the graduation exam!" Iruka said, specifically looking at Naruto.

Most of the kids were chattering excitedly, and once the bell rang, everyone left. 'Ah, tomorrow's the big day, eh, Kurama?' Naruto said to his partner, and basically father/older brother figure. "Yup, that's right brat, I can't wait to see the reactions on those kid's faces," Kurama replied as he smirked.

Unfortunately for Naruto, he wasn't able to train using Kurama's chakra. He can't activate Kurama's chakra without alerting practically every sensor, jonin, ANBU, and the Hokage, in the village.

Kurama explained to Naruto how merging their chakra would work, for Naruto to become a pure jinchuuriki (The Golden Chakra Mode in Shippuden) But he needed the key to the seal, so the cage would open, Kurama told Naruto that he believed one of the toads currently holds the key to the seal, so more then likely, Jiraiya had the key.

'Hey, Kurama, can you take me to my parent's house, I can turn invisible now, and I want to learn the Hiraishin. I already learned the chakra theory, I'm a level 8 fuinjutsu users, and I know the theory behind the Jutsu, I think I can start the practical use of the Jutsu now.' "Sure brat, turn invisible, and I'll give you the directions."

'Alright!' "...Meisaigakure no Jutsu" Naruto whispered quietly.

Instantly, the chakra bent the light fractions around Naruto, so that he turned invisible to the naked eye. Kurama started giving Naruto instructions on how to get to the house. As he expected of his parents, it was a small, humble home.

2 stories, 4 bedrooms, and 3 bathrooms. He had to smear some blood on the doorknob, due to there being a blood seal on the knob, which immediately let him in, after a series of clicks.

Naruto had to restrain some tears when he saw pictures of his parents. He started walking around the house, and when he came in front a certain room, he fell to his knees and started sobbing quietly.

In front of him was a small room labeled 'Naru-chan's room'. It was painted orange, with toys all around the room, and a cozy, tiny crib. This could have been all his, but because of a certain masked idiot, he was forced to grow up in a cold, cemented orphanage floor.

Kurama was oddly quiet inside the cage, the entire time. After Naruto got a hold of himself, he started walking around again, this time searching for his father's weapons. "Kit." Kurama started in an oddly solemn voice, considering his usual teasing tone.

"Check the basement, there might be something there, it was the off-limits room that your mother never entered, so there might be something there." Naruto simply nodded, and down to the basement. After smearing some blood on the knob, the door opened and what he saw took his breath away. Inside the room were multiple kunai, with the hiraishin formula on the handle, and three-prongs, instead of the usual one.

There were multiple swords, nodachis, katanas, and even a zanbato, which he believed were his mother's. After all, his mother WAS the Red Death, the one who single-handedly defeated all seven ninja swordsmen of the mist.

Naruto also noticed scrolls for kenjutsu katas, which he would try out later. He sealed one katana, that had a vanta-black handle, and a pure white handle, with a blood-red line going down. This blade also had an extremely thin aura around it.

It was called the Seishin Ekisu, (Soul Extracter), and it was said to have once belonged to the Shinigami himself. Naruto sealed the Seishin Ekisu, and around 110 of the tri-pronged kunais in the sealing scroll, deciding to keep the rest in here, Pocketing the scroll, along with another whisper of "Meisaigakure no Jutsu", he bolted out of his father's home and went back to his apartment. Tomorrow would surely be an interesting day, that much he was sure of.

...

The next morning Naruto woke up, he immediately removed his henge. He ate his breakfast, consisting of White Rice, Miso Soup, and fresh vegetables. He got dressed and looked at himself in the mirror.

Standing in front of him, wasn't the Orange-clad blonde idiot, with a shit-eating grin. No, standing in front of him, was a 5'5" teenager, with a lean build, not overly muscular, but not scrawny, a nice build.

He had spiky, shaggy, blonde hair, with two bandaged bangs on either side of his head, and purple liner underneath his eyes, He wore black robes, with a high collar, and white outlines.

He had 5 magatamas stitched around the collar, and the top of his chest showing, along with a single earring, in the shape of a tomoe, along with piercing, blue eyes, a calm, but stern expression on his face, instead of a scrawny adolescent aura, his body radiated a powerful, but serene aura.

His outfit matched with his black boots, not a shred of face fat, and a sharp jawline. (Picture Indra Otsutsuki, but with Blue eyes, and blonde hair and the black and white reversed on his outfit). All in all, he looked like a Powerful Shinobi.

Kurama whistled inside his head, "Looking good for a human, Naruto!" Instead of a sheepish head rub, or a nervous chuckle/blush, he just nodded, keeping the stoic expression, and the cold glint in his eyes. Naruto Uzumaki was dead, and Naruto Namikaze was born this day.

Still having an hour left, he shunshinned in front of the academy, with a book called 'Advanced Space-Time Theories & Level 10 Fuinjutsu' in his hand. He walked into the classroom, and immediately sat at the very back of the classroom, burying his head in his book.

Hiruzen Sarutobi caught himself mesmerized by Naruto's new outfit. 'Looks like your future girlfriend will have to chase the fangirls off with a stick, Naruto-kun' Hiruzen thought with a chuckle.

One by one, the students started piling in, Naruto, while reading his book, also kept an eye on everyone walking in. Most of the kids were irrelevant, nameless civilians, but a couple were clan heirs.

He noticed a few people giving him strange expressions, or raised eyebrows, but eventually shrugging it off, figuring the academy instructor would probably explain it, but most people just didn't notice him.

Finally, his ears twitched as he heard a familiar screeching, along with stomping. Eventually, two girls, one a pinky and the other a platinum blondie, entered the room. "HA! I CAME IN FIRST, INO-PIG!" "BEAT IT, FOREHEAD, MY BIG TOE WAS IN FRONT OF YOURS!" He had to suppress a sweat drop at this. "I'M SITTING NEXT TO KIBA-KUN!" "NO, I AM FOREHEAD!"

Eventually, Naruto had enough, he put his book down and cleared his throat. When he noticed he had practically the entire class's attention he just offered"Why don't you both take one of Kiba's side?"

The two girls just stared at him strangely, with a tiny blush before Sakura had a shocked expression "N-Naruto-baka?" This shocked the entire class, before Naruto just titled his head to the side, and narrowed his eyes at the entire class at once, before stuffing his face in the book once again.

Sakura just snorted at this. "HA! There's no way that hottie was Naruto-baka! He can't go 5 seconds without asking me out on a date, and what is he reading? Advanced Space-Time Theories? Naruto could barely spell chakra right last week!" The class laughed at this, before Naruto, without even lifting his head, just mustered the coldest tone possible, and said in an eerily calm tone, "Appearances can be quite deceiving, Haruno."

Everyone flinched at his tone, even Satsuki had to suppress shivers. After gauging everyone's reactions, Naruto mentally thanked Kurama for the lessons on intimidation.

Before anyone could get a word in, Iruka walked in the room, with Mizuki beside him. "Alright, class, settle down." and everyone fell back into their seats. "Today we will begin the graduation test, so after attendance, everyone come outside, and we'll start with weapon throwing."

Iruka went through the names of multiple kids, finally landing on "Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto looked up. "Here," he lazily lifted a hand. "NARUTO-BAKA STOP ACTING COOL LIKE KIBA-KUN!" A certain pink-haired girl shouted.

"Such petty words mean nothing to me," Naruto replied, without even looking away from his book, once again shocking the entire class, Iruka & Mizuki included. After Iruka snapped from his stupor, he walked out and told others to follow him.

Everyone followed Iruka and Mizuki outside, and one by one the kids threw kunai and shuriken at the targets, and hit a few, until Satsuki was called, where she flicked them, and they hit all 10 bullseye except one.

She smirked when everyone cheered, seemingly in Naruto's direction, but grit her teeth when she saw he wasn't even paying attention. Wait. Why did she care about the opinion of the dead-last? Whatever, she shook herself from her thoughts and walked back to the class.

"You were awesome, Satsuki-chan!" Kiba yelled and a lot of fanboys nodded vigorously, but she noticed Naruto didn't even look up from his book, which made her kind of angry. Finally, Iruka called on Naruto, and Satsuki had a smug smirk on her face, wanting to see Naruto fail after ignoring her.

Her fantasy didn't last long, however, when Naruto put his book down, and flicked all 10 shurikens lazily, and landed them. Everyone's jaw dropped at this except Hiruzen, who had spied on Naruto practicing in the forest of death before.

Besides, he'd seen better than that before. Orochimaru, Nidaime-sama, and Itachi Uchiha were all much better at Naruto's age than he was, not that he was belittling Naruto or anything.

'Just how strong are you, Naruto?' Iruka thought. "W-well, that was unexpected, good job, Naruto! After that, they took turns sparring Mizuki, and Naruto had Mizuki pinned in under 3 seconds, afterwards, they all performed the 3 jutsus, with Naruto producing solid clones, but no one needed to know that. Naruto walked home that day with a black headband.

...

Satsuki, Itachi, and Mikoto were eating a quiet dinner when Itachi noticed Satsuki was barely eating her tomatoes. "Is something troubling you, Imouto-chan?" Itachi asked Satsuki.

She looked up at him and absently noticed her mother was also listening in on the conversation. "Hm? Oh nothing really, it's just something strange happened today, during graduation exams."

"Oh? And what happened?" "You know that loudmouth dead-last kid in my class, Naruto? The one who screams about becoming Hokage, and always pulls pranks?"

Mikoto narrowed her eyes. She had suspicions that Naruto was the son of Kushina and Minato, despite Hiruzen telling her that Kushina died with her unborn son the night of the Kyuubi attack, before Itachi nodded, telling her to go on.

"Well today, at the beginning of class, Naruto arrived early today, unlike basically every other day, and he actually looked kind of handsome," She said, blushing a bit at the end.

Before giving a chance for either of them to tease her, she continued, "But the strange thing was, He was wearing a black cloak, instead of his ugly orange jumpsuit, and he didn't ask me or Sakura on a date today once! The weirdest part was, he was reading a book called "Advanced Space-Time theories, and Level 10 Fuinjutsu! I mean, I don't think even half the jonins know fuinjutsu, and then the class dobe pops in with it!"

At this, Mikoto and Itachi's eyes widened in shock, not knowing someone so young could know about sealing arts, a level 10 no less. It also confirmed Mikoto that Naruto was indeed Kushina's son. "And then, Naruto breezed through all 3 parts of the exam like it was nothing! He even beat my score!"

At this point, both Satsuki's relatives knew he was putting up a facade. No way someone could learn that much in a single week. "My, if I didn't know better, I'd think you had a crush on him, Satsu-chan~" Mikoto teased, and laughed gently when Satsuki turned beet red.

"Kaa-san, I'd like to invite him to lunch tomorrow and ask him a couple of questions tomorrow. Mikoto raised an eyebrow, and Satsuki looked shocked. "Alright, Itachi, you can invite him tomorrow for lunch." Itachi nodded at this, and Satsuki went back to eating her tomatoes.