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Kyuubi

Chapter 3 – Meeting the Team

…she stood up, looked at Iruka, then reached into her pocket and pulled out…a forehead protector!

"Naruto-kun, this is the hitai-ate of the Leaf. In accepting this piece of your nin-uniform, you realize the full duties of a shinobi and the dangers that go with it. Do you accept it?" the Hyuugan said, looking Naruto directly in the eyes again.

"You bet I am! How else am I gonna become Hokage?" he explained his reasoning to her, earning a light chuckle from her, and a warm smile from Iruka, but nothing except a cold scornful smirk from Mizuki.

"Congratulations, kid. You did good," said Iruka, "now now keep on going on your path and proudly become a Konoha-Nin!"

Fired by this mere sentence, Naruto dashed out of the room and began to – in HIS subtle way -brag that he finally passed, which means yelling it out so loud some Rock-Nins had to cover their ears.

About 15 minutes later, all of the Academy students were finished, and Naruto saw only 30 of them actually became Genin. The 21 that failed just looked at them sadness in their eyes. However, he couldn't dwell on that for long because Iruka was giving them their first official instructions.

"Right, congratulations to those who passed the Exam, and I give my sorrow to those who failed. Please try again next time, and I'm sure you'll pass. You are dismissed now, and I expect to see you in class tomorrow. Now, to all Genin, please come forward when your name is called and you will be given your team assignments and your sensei's name," announced Iruka, and immediately began calling names.

Naruto watched at each member receive their scroll, and when his name came up it looked like he teleported to the desk he moved so fast. He eagerly took his scroll, said a courteous "Arigatou, Iruka-sensei" and left just as fast. He opened it up, and saw his teammates were "Haruno Sakura" (Heck yea! I'm on Ssakura-chan's team!) and "Uchiha Sasuke" (ACK! Not the bastard!). After these reactions to this teammates, he read his sensei's name and began to think, as he had heard it somewhere, but couldn't quite remember. He looked over at Sasuke and Sakura, then said to himself "Jiraiya, the Gama-Sennin, eh?"

The note held no other information except that it told him to "Meet his team at the lake at 9 o' clock tomorrow. Any tardiness will be punished severely." After everyone had read their notes, looked at each other, then read the notes again, they started to head home, which meant for Naruto to head home as well, and so he did.

When he arrived home, he saw his dad, named Uzumaki Shun, sitting at the table, reading the paper and sipping some coffee. Naruto's entrance awakened him from his little trance and prompted the big question: "Well?"

"Dad, I have some good news, and some bad news. The good news…" he held his response for dramatic effect, much to the anxiety of his father…"I PASSED!" he said, earning a proud look from his dad.

"And the bad news?" asked Shun.

"Well, I don't actually have bad news, it's just weird to have good news without bad news, don't you think?" he stated, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Of course it is, son. Now, we have a few things we need to discuss now that you're a ninja. Since you've become a genin, Uzumaki family traditions state I must teach you a special family technique," said Shun, earning a drool from Naruto, ever the sucker for a new jutsu.

"REALLY! OH WOW, THANKS DAD!" he shouted, getting a quick "You're welcome" and a slight bop on the head accompanied by a "Stop shouting. A ninja has self-control" eventually leading to a "We need to hurry though, it's 2 o' clock right now" from Shun.

"Got it! So, where do we go now?" asked Naruto, calming down enough not to shatter people's eardrums.

"Now, we go to the Uzumaki family vault at the Konahagakure Bank. We need to withdraw a scroll for you," answered the older Uzumaki, standing up from the table and hopping out the window. "Keep up!"

"Oh no you don't!" shouted Naruto, always ready for a challenge, and a race seemed perfect, considering the Bank was on the opposite side of town. HE followed his dad out the window, then. Gathering chakra to hid legs, sprinted off, bounding over the rooftops, hoping to catch up to one of Konoha's fastest shinobi.

He finally made it to the bank after almost stopping for some ramen because it had a sign saying "Half off : All Ramen, Today only!" Only by sheer willpower and the promise of a new jutsu could he get away from it, and actually make it to the bank to meet his father… who happened to be sleeping on the bench in front?

"DAD!" yelled Naruto, hoping to get Shun's attention.

"Zzzz- wha? Huh? Oh it's you," was all he said before he stood up, stretched, and began to walk inside. "C'mon, we need to get to the vault. The bank looks like it's about to close," said Shun, oblivious (or so it seemed) to his 'little' nap.

The two Uzumakis entered the bank and walked up to the receptionist, who greeted them with a "Hello, Uzumaki-san, hello Uzumaki-kun, how may I help you?"

"Yes, we're here for access to our vault, number 10101993? We would like to make a withdrawal," explain Shun, while trying to keep Naruto from jumping up and down in excitement. "Hold still Naruto or we head home now!" Shun almost shouted at his son, who was just on the border of wetting himself at the thought of a new jutsu.

"Ah yes, vault 10101993, the Uzumaki family vault. Please step this way with me, and we'll get you there safely," said the worker, ringing a bell to signal she was leaving the desk.

They walked to the back of the bank, and finally stopped at a large door inscribed with the word "Uzumaki" on it. She gave Shun instructions to open it, and once it was open, she bade them a cheerful "Good day!" and left to get back to the front desk, waiting to serve the next customer.

What Naruto saw in the vault was too much for him. He went ballistics in excitement, for in the vault lay hundreds of scrolls, containing information all sorts of jutsus from Tai- to Gen- to Nin-, and even a VERY small stack on Kin-jutsu. Naruto's eyes wandered to the Nin-jutsu part, and he began walking over, while Shun just stood there and laughed.

Meanwhile, on the other side of town in the Hokage tower, a certain Sannin walked into the Hokage's office, yelling "Sarutobi-sensei! What is the meaning of making me a team leader? I requested at least two more years off of work for personal reasons!"

The Sandaime merely nodded in thought, then responded with a quick "You designed the seal on the Uzumaki kid's stomach, right? I thought the least you could do is watch the Yondaime's nephew lest the seal breaks."

A/N: Ahh, I don't know what it is, but writing a long chapter feels…good. Sorry to take this down, but I felt I HAD to add on more. Sorry for that, I apologize.

And to the reviews, I will keep this up, unless it loses interest, but I doubt that, seeing as how alternate this is gonna be.

Word Count: 1199 (wow)