Person talking, "Hello everyone."

Person thinking, "Damn you all!"

Demon talking, "I will eat you."

Demon thinking, "This tastes worse than shit."

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto does.

Chapter 3

Two Weeks Later - Hospital 11:30 am

Sasuke Uchiha had woken up a few minutes ago, just to hear the conversation of some nurses that he was the only one survivor of the Uchiha clan.

At that moment, he remembered everything that had happened, how the man killed his father and everything that he had said, and what he could remember better was. "You will never be able to defeat me, not as you are now." "Fill your heart with hate." "Never trust anyone." "Don't show mercy." "We will meet again." He thought about this for a few moments before reviving the images of that man killing his father and the rest of his clan.

He recalled how that guy looked, but he could only remember a few strands of red hair. Yes, since that day, Uchiha Sasuke began to hate redheads. He would have to get stronger. He had to start taking some serious training from now on, Sasuke couldn't waste any more time.

Just then he heard the door opening slowly; he asked himself if they were his annoying fans, perhaps they had already heard that he was here, and they came to bother him. When the door opened completely, Sasuke could see his brother entering the room.

He realized that at first he showed happiness in his eyes, but after a few seconds, they changed to sadness. Itachi proceeded to talk, "How are you, Otouto?" He was genuinely concerned about his brother.

They had told him how they had found him, besides the mental state in which he was in—that was the reason he took so long to get back to consciousness. At first, he was furious at what they did to his precious brother, but then he had been thankful because they left him alive.

Itachi knew that he should have been the one responsible for the massacre, but at the end, they decided to keep him in the village and allow someone else to do it.

Now he had more reasons to protect the village. Itachi didn't need to dirty his hands, and besides that, his brother was still alive. Therefore, he would be able to educate him, and, probably, Sasuke would not be like the rest of his cursed clan.

Sasuke ignored the question and spoke with a somewhat dull voice, "Itachi, I want you to train me seriously after leaving this place. I can't lose my time anymore. What happened hours ago was a wake-up call for me, that guy made me look pathetic. I couldn't see how he looked like; I could only see his red hair. All I know is that he said that he would return when I was ready. So please, train me. If that guy comes back and sees that I'm still weak, he wouldn't hesitate to kill me. I saw what he did to our clan; he didn't even try hard, and he annihilated one of the greatest clans in the Elemental Nations. Maybe if you had been there, you could have caught that guy." Sasuke ended, squeezing as hard as his little fists allowed him, and Itachi could see that Sasuke had a pleading look on his face.

That didn't help Itachi to stop feeling sorry for his brother; he couldn't tell him that if he had been there, he would have been the one who would have killed everyone and not that mysterious man.

To be honest, he didn't know who the assassin was, not even ANBU handled that information, it was an exclusive matter of the Hokage, and he couldn't be asking for the identity of the man, even if he wanted to.

Itachi looked at Sasuke for a few more seconds and then nodded. "Sure, Otouto. But now you have to rest. When you leave, we'll start your training." Sasuke nodded and laid back on the bed, and after a while, Itachi left the room

After Itachi had left the room, Sasuke frowned, now he had to dedicate himself to his training and stop wasting time with Menma and his nonsense. Maybe he would also start his training, but in any case, Uchiha Sasuke would not be the same kid as before.

With Naruto

Naruto was calmly walking through the streets of the village; it seemed that the news that he had returned had spread like the plague because the insults and the hateful glares had returned.

He didn't care what these bastards thought, as long as they didn't dare to do anything stupid, like getting in his way. He would not mind, but there were always stupid people calling for a beating. And it seemed that some of them were begging for one right now since four men appeared out of the crowd and had surrounded him while they stared at him with pure contempt.

Naruto didn't even look up and coldly spoke, "I'll only say this once, you have ten seconds to get out of my way, or you'll be sorry."

One of the guys who were in front of him, replied, "Ha! Did you hear that? It seems that the demon has become braver; I think we have to remind him his place." After that, many people began to cheer him and tell him to strike first.

Naruto was listening to all this and couldn't help shaking his head. "Well, I gave them a chance; I have no other option but to kick their miserable asses." Naruto thought.

Kurama growled in approval and replied, "Yes, teach these bastards what would happen if they mess with us, don't leave any of these idiots unharmed."

Naruto smiled as he stood in the stance of his original Taijutsu, with his left leg forward and the other one backward. He stretched his left arm completely, and the right one at the half.

The man in front of him was about to laugh and ask what the hell he wanted to do, but Naruto spoke first, "Your time is over." When he said that, he gave a powerful kick with his right foot to the man's knee, the result was a broken knee and a man screaming in pain.

However, Naruto didn't stop there; he quickly grabbed the man's right arm, and he bent it until it made a sickening snap, saying that he had successfully broken the bone. He wanted to do something else but realized that the man had already fainted, so much pain made his body collapse, and, therefore, go to the world of unconsciousness.

He was about to attack the others, but he saw that two of them began to run, and only one of them stood there. It seemed that he still had a bit of courage, and Naruto would gladly take it away from him.

He approached the man and jumped into the air, dropping his left foot right on the man's left shoulder, effectively dislocating it.

He was about to continue, but right then an ANBU appeared in front of him and spoke with a feminine voice, "That's enough, Naruto. You've had enough fun with these bastards. Leave them and don't waste more time with these idiots." She had a rabbit-shaped mask and Naruto could see that she had purple hair.

This woman was Yugao Uzuki, she was one of the few people in the village who didn't see Naruto as the incarnation of the demon, and she didn't like the treatment that he was receiving. But she couldn't let him kill some civilians, although she knew that they deserved it.

Naruto looked at the ANBU for a few more seconds; he couldn't detect any hostility in her words. It seemed that she was just doing her job.

Naruto shrugged and replied, "Sorry, Usagi-san (Rabbit). I just wanted to make a point clear, and that point was what would happen to any of these poor bastards." He looked at the multitude and then to the fallen guys, while he continued, "If they dared to mess with me again. As you can see, I like to keep my physical integrity, and I also like to kick some asses. But hey, if they don't get in my way, then we could save the latter and no one would get hurt. Now if you'll excuse me, I will continue with my little tour. Take care of these bastards, I'm leaving." And with that said, he made his way through the mass of people who looked at him with fear.

Yugao sighed and said to the crowd, "All right all of you. Continue with whatever you have to do." And instantly they dispersed and returned to their previous activities.

Yugao then turned around and looked at the two men who were on the ground and commanded, "Inu (Dog), Saru (Monkey)." Just at that moment, two ANBU appeared, one had a dog-shaped mask and the other one a monkey-shaped mask.

"Hai, taicho!" Both said. Yugao looked at them and stated, "Grab these guys and then take them to the hospital. We don't want them to die in the middle of the street on our shift, right? I'll report this to Hokage-sama." And then she disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Hokage Tower - Minutes Later

Yugao had reached the Hokage tower a few minutes ago, and she had exactly reported what happened with Naruto and those men.

Minato carefully listened and then nodded. "Very good, Usagi. You can leave, thanks for telling me this." Yugao nodded and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

After Yugao was gone, Minato let out a big sigh and thought, "I hope it wasn't a bad idea to send him to the academy. I don't believe he'll be so stupid as to attack some kids, but this was the only thing that came to me to keep an eye on him. That demon is very elusive, and besides that, he knows how to hide his presence." Minato left his thoughts for later as he looked at his biggest enemy right in front of him..., the paperwork.

With Menma – Moments earlier

Menma was calmly eating ramen at his favorite place called Ichiraku. The place seemed to have improved since he and his father decided to eat some occasional bowls here; he didn't know the reason for it, but he didn't care.

Right now, he was with Shikamaru and Chouji eating until they heard screams in the street. Menma and Shikamaru saw that Chouji went outside to see what was going on, both shook their heads, but they decided to follow him.

There they saw something shocking. A boy, no bigger than them, had brutally beaten two men before leaving the place as if nothing had ever happened. After a few moments, they heard a few whispers that sounded like, "Demon" and "Kill…all." They couldn't understand very well since they were talking in whispers and words became mixed, but then an ANBU dispersed the multitude of people, and after a while, only Menma and the other two stood in the street.

They looked at each other and then they headed to the park. When they arrived, Chouji was the first one to talk.

"Whoa...did you see that? That kid almost killed those men." Chouji stated, really surprised while he ate some crisps, Shikamaru only said. "How troublesome." Then they remained silent.

After a few minutes, Menma spoke, "But, how did he learn to do all that? My Oto-san has told me that he is an orphan who lives in the red light district of the village. Besides that, most of the village hate him, so I don't think that anyone could have taught him something, but what if he is a..." But he stopped. "No, I don't think so; my Oto-san would already know it. It doesn't matter; I'll find that boy, and I'll demand him to tell me how he learned all that." Menma stated with confidence.

Chouji looked at him as if he were crazy and Shikamaru was the one who spoke next, "That would be troublesome, Menma. You saw what he did to those guys, don't you? I don't think he would care that you are the son of the Hokage. He said he would do the same to anyone who stood in his way. That would be troublesome for you, and maybe he would kill you."

Shikamaru had always been the voice of reason among them, but Menma didn't care about that and replied, "It doesn't matter, if he tries to do something to me, my Oto-san will send him to a cell. Kakashi-nii will be with me, with him nothing can happen to me. I'll see you tomorrow at the Academy. Bye, guys." Menma said as he left the park.

Chouji and Shikamaru sighed and then Chouji asked, "He's going to die, right?" Shikamaru sighed and replied, "Troublesome."

With Naruto

Naruto currently was in the Forty-Fourth Training Ground also known as the Forest of Death. He had discovered this area by accident, and after a few days, it had become his favorite training ground, though he knew that the Chunin exams took place here.

Working for Root taught him the important points of the village, but he never expected that this field could be like this: giant bugs; man-eating plants; areas of quicksand; and more dangerous elements were in this place, which was perfect for his training.

Presently, he was trying to improve his gravity element. He had discovered that his element allowed him to float for a few seconds, but the usage of chakra was massive. He had to control his element first, and then the chakra consumption would be less, and perhaps, he would be one step closer to master the abilities of his Tendō (Deva Path).

He stopped doing what he was doing when he got tired of the person who had been watching him from a while ago. Therefore, he decided to talk, "Come on; get out of there. I've been asking myself if you were waiting for me to drop my guard or something like that to attack me, but let me tell you something...I never drop my guard."

Just when he finished saying that, a bunch of snakes caught him and held him tightly, and among the bushes a woman showed up, with light brown pupil-less eyes and violet hair that was styled in a short, spiky, fanned-ponytail.

She wore a tan overcoat with a purple in-seam, which had a pocket on both sides, and complete with a fitted mesh body suit that stretched from her neck down to her thighs, she also wore a dark orange mini-skirt, as well as a forehead protector and shin guards.

The woman looked at Naruto and replied, "Oh really? And how do you explain that I've caught you so easily? I'm surprised that you could detect me, but my snakes are technically undetectable. Now tell me what you are doing here before turning you into food for my snakes." The strange woman looked at him with a sadistic smile on her face.

Naruto didn't flinch and calmly answered, "I'm here because this is the best place I've found to train without any interruptions, or so I thought. As for the other, I always knew that your silly snakes were approaching. And regarding your first question." Then the 'Naruto', who was being held by the snakes, disappeared in a puff of smoke.

The woman was surprised, but then she could feel the coldness of the metal on one of her thighs while she heard the voice of a boy. "You've never caught me, at the moment you sent your snakes; I replaced myself with a clone while I patiently waited for what you had to say. Now, can we talk like civilized people? My name is Naruto, what's yours?" Naruto politely asked, pulling his kunai away from her. He could be a bastard most of the time, but in front of a beautiful woman, he always kept his sanity, as long they didn't attempt to kill him.

Even though this woman had attacked him, he didn't feel bad intentions from her, so he decided to let that go overlooked.

As for Anko, she was still surprised, this brat, of not more than ten years old, had caught her with her guard off. Besides that, he had detected her snakes and herself from the beginning! And it was supposed that the stealth was her specialty.

Now she was more curious than before to know more about this boy; she didn't know him personally, but she had seen and heard how the village treated him due to his state as a Jinchūriki.

She had been through something similar like this before when her former sensei had put the Cursed Mark on her body and betrayed the village. Since then, she had been known as 'The Snake Whore'... Bastards.

She pulled those thoughts away and answered, "My name is Anko... Anko Mitarashi, but don't think that you are the big thing just for catching me with my guard off; I just wanted to test your skills, haha." Anko finished with a rather nervous laugh.

Naruto rolled his eyes and replied, "Yeah sure. Whatever you say, miss. Could you now get back to doing whatever you were doing before interrupting my training? And can you leave me here alone?" Naruto finished crossing his arms.

Anko took advantage of this to make a joke and spoke sensually, "What? Do you not want some female company? Maybe I could give you a little kiss." Anko winked at Naruto, who smiled and chuckled at this.

Maybe she thought that he would be ashamed of her words, but he had been trained to resist the Kunoichi's seduction techniques. Thanks to Danzō and Kurama, something as simple as that would not be enough.

Naruto shook his head, "Well, I'll save that kiss for the future, even though I find you very attractive I'm still too young for that stuff. Now I've lost a lot of time, and it's time to return to my apartment. I'll see you later, Anko-san." Then he disappeared in a fire Shunshin.

Anko smiled and then thought, "Naruto, eh? A fascinating boy. Maybe, when you're a little bigger, you can have some quality time with your dear Anko-chan." After that, Anko left the area.

Konohagakure no Sato – Ninja Academy - Two Weeks Later

It had already passed the month that the Hokage gave Naruto to prepare himself to attend the Ninja Academy. To be honest, he just wanted to defect the village right now, but he couldn't do that yet. He still needed to do many things in this place, and among them was how to recover Kurama's power.

It wouldn't be easy, but he trusted that someday he would know how to.

Naruto at this moment was listening to the class teacher, Iruka. He was saying things about how he had to behave and stupid things that he didn't care about, Naruto just wanted to get out of there.

A few seconds later, he told Naruto to follow him because he was going to introduce him to his new classmates.

Naruto sighed at this, coexisting with immature kids would be the most annoying thing that could have happened to him, or that's what he thought until Iruka opened the classroom door and he saw two children who may kill his boredom. He couldn't help but mentally smirk at this.

Classroom - Moments Before

Menma was sitting next to Kiba, Shikamaru, and Chouji. Since the massacre of the Uchiha clan, Sasuke was no longer the same as before. He barely spoke to anyone and also ignored everyone, and when lessons ended, nobody saw him until the next day.

He sighed when Chouji asked, "So, Menma. Did you have any luck finding that boy? You had said that you would search for him, and when you found him, you would demand him to tell you how he learned all that. And as I can see that you are still in one piece, I think that I already know the answer."

Menma growled and answered, "Just so you know. Yes, I did search for him, but after that incident, I didn't see him anywhere, not even with the help of Kakashi-nii. He says that that boy is very elusive." Menma ended, just as the door opened and Iruka entered the classroom along with the boy that they had been talking about moments ago.

Shikamaru was the one who spoke now, "How troublesome."

With Naruto and Iruka - Now

Iruka cleared his throat to get everyone's attention and announced, "Kids, listen to me. From today, we will have a new student with us. He was on a trip for a few years, and he returned to the village a few weeks ago, that's the reason he didn't join the Academy with you, kids." He paused and then continued, "So, can you introduce yourself to the class?" Iruka asked, wanting Naruto to finish his words.

He waited a moment, and since he saw that Naruto stood completely still, he insisted, "Come on. Don't be shy and tell everyone who you are."

Naruto stared at him for a few seconds and then calmly stated, "For what? I'm sure that their bastard parents have already spoken to them about me, but okay. My name is Naruto, known as the 'Demon brat'; it's my displeasure to meet you, fucking idiots."

Iruka was about to reprimand him, but someone else did it. "Shut up, fucking dobe! Who the hell do you think you are?! Show respect, damn demon!" Yes... Uchiha Sasuke was furious.

He was thinking about what that man had told him when Iruka opened the door, and when he saw the boy's hair color, he just lost it. He asked to himself who could have that hair color besides that murderer and this boy, it wasn't a very typical color in Konoha.

But then what he had said at the end was the straw that broke the camel's back, that they were a bother for him? Yeah, right. He was the demon; his mere presence was despicable.

His father had talked about him a lot, and he always blamed him for the Uchiha clan's current condition. He said that Naruto was the Kyūbi's incarnation, and he trusted his father since he had never lied to him.

He was about to add something else when Iruka shouted, "Enough, Sasuke! You too, Naruto. No one will fight here or elsewhere, don't make me repeat it or I'll give you a punishment." Naruto dismissed the threat by moving his hands and then proceeded to sit down in one of the empty seats, next to a blonde haired girl with blue eyes who was looking at him with interest.

After a while, she smiled and waved with her fingers as she spoke, "Hello, my name is Ino."

Naruto looked at her and replied, "I think you know mine. Regardless, mine is Naruto, nice to meet you."

Ino smiled amusedly, "I thought it was a 'displeasure.'"

Naruto shook his head, smiling and answered, "You know, I only said that because I could perceive two strong smells of idiots in this place, and I have a great displeasure for that peculiar smell." Naruto stated, looking at Sasuke and Menma, who looked at him at that very moment.

Naruto smiled and waved with his middle finger to each of them. They both glared at Naruto, who cavalierly ignored them.

Then he put his attention on Ino, who was still looking at him amusingly. "You are amusing. But, why do you dislike the son of the Hokage and Sasuke-kun?" Ino asked.

Naruto didn't see anything wrong with that question, so he answered, "Well, you know, I have a skill that makes me feel and identify the arrogant bastards. And let me tell that you that my senses tell me that they are on the cusp of arrogance." Ino was surprised at what he said, not for having a 'skill', but due to the way he spoke, it was somewhat eloquent but sometimes sarcastic.

He was someone very mature for someone of his age; maybe the way in which the other villagers talked to him forced him to be like that.

He was about to continue his little conversation until Iruka spoke, "Very well class, that's enough. Open your books and we'll proceed with the class. Today we'll talk about the Third Shinobi World War and the great hero of this conflict." After saying that, Menma gave fast claps and stated that everyone would be learning more about how cool his father was.

Naruto rolled his eyes and said, "*Cough* bastard *cough* baby *cough*." After saying that, the whole class burst into laughter, and Menma glared at him.

Iruka cleared his throat and called everyone's attention again. "Naruto that was your last joke, one more time and you will leave the class..."

Naruto replied sneering, "Oh no! That would be terrible! If you do that, then I will miss this great class and in the future, I would lose the ability to kill my enemies of boredom with these stupid stories."

Most of the class let out a "Uuuuuuhhh." Iruka meanwhile was boiling inside; maybe Naruto knew that he couldn't kick him out of the classroom until the classes ended. It was an order from the Hokage; he wasn't sure why, but he clearly said that he should remain in the classroom until the departure time.

Iruka sighed in defeat and continued with his class while Naruto had a triumphant smile on his face.

Naruto turned around and saw that Ino was looking at him with a hint of admiration in her eyes, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

After a few seconds, Ino laughed and answered, "Nothing, it's just that Iruka-sensei had never lost a fight of words, and you annihilated him. You should teach me how to do that after class."

Naruto raised an eyebrow at this; this girl was quite coquettish for someone of her age, and he liked it. Naruto then sat back and responded, "I'm sorry, but right now, that isn't possible. Maybe another day. I'll let you know when I can. You see, dealing with lots of angry villagers is something tiring, and I don't think that someone as cute as you can endure the angry stares for a long time."

Ino blushed a little at the word 'cute'. However, she frowned and replied softly, "The villagers are stupid, my father told me about the burden you have. He says that you're not the demon and that the villagers can't understand that because they've lost many of their loved ones in that tragedy. There are other clans don't believe that you're the demon, like the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka. Maybe there are more, but I only know of those because my friends are of these clans and their parents usually go to my house. I know about this because I accidentally heard my father talking about this a while ago. You're not angry because I know this, are you?" Ino asked. To be honest, she didn't want to annoy Naruto.

She thought he was cute due to his whisker marks that made him look so adorable, like a kitten, or that's what she thought.

Meanwhile, Naruto was digesting all this information while thinking. "Hmm, it seems that not everyone in this village are bastards. Maybe I could leave some of them alive and Ino could be useful in the future."

Naruto then remembered Ino's question and answered, "Don't worry, Ino-chan; I would never be mad at you." Naruto ended with a charming smile on his face causing a big blush on the face of Ino. Naruto smiled at her reaction and then decided to get some sleep.

A little behind them, a pink haired girl was watching all this interaction and thought, "That Ino-pig, I'm sure that she only wants to make me believe that she is no longer interested in Sasuke-kun and then take him away from me. I can't allow it, and Naruto-baka insulted Sasuke-kun! How can she even talk with him?!" Yes, Sakura Haruno had her own fantasies.

Time Skip - Four Years Later

Konohagakure no Sato - Ninja Academy - Graduation Day

Naruto was quietly sitting in his respective place, waiting for the arrival of the other students. He had grown up a lot in these four years; he now was 161 centimeters tall and only was 13 years old. He was someone quite high compared to his classmates.

He wore a black jacket with the kanji "Demon" written in red on both sleeves and the face of a fox on its back; black ANBU pants; and he tied his Katana around his waist.

He recalled everything that had happened in these four years since that day when he had entered the academy for the first time.

He had trained almost until breaking his back. He had also allowed Ino to train with him from time to time. He had met with Anko a couple of times; he had talked about some things with her and discovered that she also had resentment toward the villagers.

Then he met a girl named Sakura. The only thing he could think of when he heard her squealing for the first time was to cut her throat; she was like a fucking banshee, screaming things about the "True Love" and stuff like that. He thought that attitude was pathetic in a Kunoichi.

He had learned some interesting things; it seemed that Sasuke took his threat seriously. Hehe, the poor bastard had turned into a fucking asocial. He had learned that he and his 'dear Otouto' had been best friends, but now they didn't even speak to each other.

The only thing for him was to train with his brother, which he discovered when he spied on them to gather some information about them. He needed to know the fighting style of the Uchiha clan, and spying on them was something enriching.

He had also noticed that the aggressions against him decreased drastically after that little show he had with those two poor 'bastards' years ago. His 'daddy' had also doubled his eye on him, and it was becoming more and more difficult for him to escape from those ANBU bastards.

He didn't hear anything about Danzō for a long time; it seemed that Danzō locked himself in his base and started complaining about losing his little weapon.

He also remembered the day when his idiot brother demanded him to tell him where he learned his moves. Too bad for him because he decided to go alone to say such stupidity. He ended up in the middle of the Forest of Death and after two days his daddy had found him there, hehe.

After all that, nothing exciting had happened, just going to those stupid classes. He couldn't use clones because it appeared that his father was aware of that ability from his, and Iruka always took care of throwing something at him to make sure that he wasn't a clone.

He also met a boy named Aburame Shino. Shino sat him well; he wasn't like the rest of the brats, he was intelligent and objective, and he would say things bluntly and wasted no time explaining things. Naruto thought that he would become a true Shinobi.

Naruto was taken out from his musings when someone hit his table sharply, he looked up and saw someone who seemed to cry out for another walk in the Forest of Death, it was Menma, and he appeared to be irritated.

They both stared at each other, and it seemed that neither of them would give in until Menma looked away and spoke. "Listen very well, dobe. My father is coming today to watch the exams, and you will behave. Try not to embarrass this class."

Naruto snorted and replied sarcastically, "Whatever you say, Hime-sama." Naruto smiled at the reaction of his brother, given the fact that he pulled his hairs and then he sat down in his place.

He heard an amused laugh next to him. He turned his head and saw Ino; he hadn't noticed at what moment she arrived. Moreover, he didn't even notice when everyone entered the class. Wow, he really was deep in thoughts.

Then he paid attention to the girl next to him. "Oh, I must be dead because I'm seeing angels." Naruto flirted; he had to admit that she had become very pretty in these four years. Now she had longer hair tied in a ponytail with a purple colored dress, and bandages on her legs.

He had asked her the reason for that, and she replied that her father didn't want her giving shows to the people of the Academy.

Naruto had laughed the first time, but now he saw the point of it. That mutt named Kiba drooled all the time over every girl he saw passing by, and he didn't like such an attitude. Shinobi shouldn't be drooling over every woman they saw, Kiba would die faster than the blink of an eye if he continued with that approach.

He realized that Ino had enormously blushed as she tried to say something. Hehe, he loved doing that. However, all fun ended when the drama queen entered the room followed by his fans and that girl named Sakura, screaming even louder than before. Damn it, Naruto thought that maybe she had a Kekkei Genkai (Bloodline) from hell.

Naruto had already endured her for four years, and now he was more than tired. He looked at Sakura, who was fawning and almost kissing Sasuke's feet.

He shook his head, opened his kunai holder and pulled a kunai out. He threw it directly at her. Nonetheless, he didn't have the intention of killing her, just get her attention, and he had succeeded since he realized that she was watching him now with fear in her eyes while the others believed that he had finally decided to kill the 'banshee.'

Naruto stood up from his seat and walked toward her; he realized that she started to go backward as she stumbled on the stairs of the class.

Naruto approached her and bent down to look at her directly in her eyes, and then he decided to speak. "You know, I should kill you right now," Naruto stated grimly, getting Sakura's eyes to open in shock while turning pale.

She wanted to say something, but Naruto continued speaking, "And save yourself the suffering of being caught on a mission and being used as a sexual object by a band of mercenaries or be the slave of some sickening merchant. With this pathetic fangirl attitude of yours, all you will get will be that, and also the eventual death of your whole team because they will have twice the work. The completion of the mission and of protecting you. You're about to be a Kunoichi, and you continue drooling over the drama queen. God dammit! Keep that attitude if you still want after all I said, but at least, do a favor to humanity and stop screaming like a fucking banshee!" He shouted the last words, after that he proceeded to sit in his seat.

He realized that the whole class looked at him with astonishment, and he roared, "What the fuck are you looking at, you fucking idiots?! Do you want to die instead of her?! I'm not in the mood right now, my fucking ears hurts." Naruto leaked a little of his killing intent to back up his words.

Immediately everyone stopped looking at him, and just then the door opened, showing a euphoric Iruka.

The first thing Iruka noticed was that Sakura was lying on the floor, and it seemed that she had seen a ghost. He also realized that the class was quieter than normal, perhaps because today was graduation day? Yes, maybe.

Then he ordered everyone to return to their seats, and he proceeded to speak, "Hi everyone, I want to say that I am proud of each of you-" But he was interrupted by a voice that he began to hate a long time ago. "*Cough* Proud of my balls *cough*." Yes, Naruto, not even on the last day in the academy, would cease to interrupt him.

Iruka looked at him with a popping vein on his forehead, and then he continued, "Yeah, proud of most of you..., and I'm very happy that you will now become part of this great tree which makes the village. I'm sure you all will defend and protect this great tree with all your strength, and to top it off, the man who keeps this great tree will honor us with his presence to watch your exams. Please, Hokage-sama. If you would be so kind as to come in."

Just then, the "almighty" Kiiroi Senko (The Yellow Flash) entered the room. Instantly, all the students stood up and greeted the Hokage. Well, all but one; it wasn't his fault that he was already sleeping.

Iruka noticed this and threw an eraser at his head as he shouted. "Naruto! Show your respect to Hokage-sama! Did you not realize that he entered the room?!"

Naruto slowly raised his head while drool came out from the corner of his lips, "Hokaque?" He had already noticed that idiot's presence from the moment he walked into the building. The arrogant bastard didn't even bother to hide his presence; he wanted everyone to be aware of his great power.

Iruka shouted again, "Ho-ka-ge! Could stop behaving like a stupid person, at least, this day? Today is your graduation! You should worry more about your career!" Then he saw that Naruto began to scratch his head and laugh like an idiot. "Oh! Sorry, Iruka-sensei, you know how I am, I get bored quickly when 'nothing' interesting happens, you see, you see." Naruto laughed as if he felt guilty.

Iruka sighed and apologized to the Hokage, who just shook his head and said that it was all right, but he was thinking differently. "Damn demon! If you keep this attitude, I'll show you how interesting I can be," Minato furiously thought. After that, he told Iruka to proceed with the exams while he took a seat on one of the observation tables.

The first test was to make a Kawarimi no Jutsu while Iruka threw at them some weapons of practice. Naruto shook his head at this; they should, at least, use real weapons, and if the person couldn't use the jutsu properly, then they should let them suffer the consequences for not training properly.

The test was easy as everyone performed the jutsu without issues.

After that, another stupid test came, more than the first one. They had to make a few simple Bunshin no Jutsu. Here his brother had some problems, and he only managed to make two clones when the others managed to do more than four. Vast reserves of chakra and pitiful control of them, Naruto thought.

Afterward, they did the Henge no Jutsu. At this point, Naruto thought that they were just forming cannon fodder, with these techniques, most of these guys would die in their first real mission. Again, all of them performed this test without problems.

Iruka smiled at his students, and then he looked at the Hokage, who nodded to his unspoken question. Hence, Iruka proceeded to speak, "Very well class, there's still two tests left. If everyone were as kind as to go outside, I would be grateful." Everyone nodded and walked to the training field.

Once everyone was there, Iruka started to explain this test. "Okay, this test consists of throwing kunai and shuriken to these moving targets. You will have ten shots with kunai and another ten with the shuriken. Hitting each target will give you 10 points, and hitting them all without missing will give a total score of 150. It's the same with the shuriken throwing, but if you can hit every shot; you will get a total score of 400. Let me tell you this is something that only a few people have managed to do, Hokage-sama is one of them." Iruka said.

Minato nodded and approached to give everyone their shuriken and kunai; he stopped at his son and wished him good luck. Then he continued with his delivery until he reached Naruto, who had a bored expression on his face.

Naruto looked at him and whispered so that only Minato could hear him, "You know that I don't have to do this, just give me the headband so I can leave this place."

Minato shook his head and replied, "I told you that you would do this. I asked you that day if you objected to my decision, and you replied no, or do you now have a problem?" Minato narrowed his eyes.

Naruto sighed and grabbed the weapons and walked away to see the students performing the test.

Minato also moved away to watch the test. The first to go was Chouji; of the ten attempts with kunai, he hit six and five with the shuriken, which gave him a score of 110 points.

Then Shikamaru gave a step forward with a tired expression on his face. Of the ten attempts with kunai, he hit five and five with the shuriken, which gave him a score of 100, just enough to pass the test, putting more effort was very troublesome for him.

Then it was Ino's turn; she gave seven hits with kunai and six with shuriken, giving her a score of 130.

After that, Naruto closed his eyes, waiting for his turn. He didn't care about the others; he just wanted to leave this place. He opened his eyes when he heard too much noise from people wishing luck to his brother, so he decided to pay attention.

He made nine hits with his kunai and nine with the shuriken, giving him a score of 180. Menma nodded happily with his performance, and his father had a look of pride on his face. Subsequently, Menma returned to his place.

Naruto realized that Sasuke and he were the only ones left. They called Sasuke first, and he surprised the whole class as he had managed to make ten hits with the kunai and nine with the shuriken, achieving a score of 240, very above the others. Sasuke smiled with arrogance, and Iruka and the Hokage congratulated him.

Then it was Naruto's turn; he wandered to the circuit. "Can I do this with just a kunai and a shuriken? I just want to leave this place once and for all." Naruto asked tiredly.

Iruka looked at him as if he were crazy and replied, "Well...Yes, you can, but that will just give you a lower score."

Naruto looked at him and shrugged. "Don't worry about it." Then he looked at the circuit and saw that some manikins were moving from left to right and others from right to left.

The others curiously looked at him at because he had been quiet, doing nothing.

Naruto nodded after understanding the sequence and grabbed a kunai and a shuriken. He put them together as he charged Raiton chakra into his weapons before throwing them sharply, hitting each and every one of the targets.

Then he turned around just to see their shocked expressions. "Nobody said anything about not being able to add chakra to the weapons. Now, if we've finished this foolish test, can we please end this nonsense?" He asked, growing impatient.

Iruka, who was still surprised, shook his head and stated, "Y-Yes follow me. Here will be the last test. We'll have some fights, and we'll choose the winner as the Rookie of the Year." After saying that, Menma and Sasuke looked at each other, and then they looked at Naruto, who was cavalierly ignoring them.

Both of them growled before walking to where they would perform the last test.

When they arrived, Iruka spoke again, "This test consists of combats of one against one. We'll divide it into two categories, men, and women. If everything is clear, we'll start with the last test. The girls are going to do it first, now everyone, walk away." Everyone left the field to give rise to the combatants.

Naruto already knew who would win this, so he closed his eyes to get some rest. After about 30 minutes, he heard Iruka speaking again while he gave the results, and Naruto wasn't surprised.

"First place and Female Rookie of the Year goes to Ino Yamanaka, followed by Hinata Hyūga and Sakura Haruno. Please, congratulate your classmates." Immediately, everyone started to clap.

Naruto looked at Ino, who noticed the gaze he had on her. Ino saw a smile and a wink before seeing him lying down again.

Ino blushed slightly and thought while the men's tournament started, "When this is over, I will do it; I can't wait anymore."

As expected; Menma, Sasuke, and Naruto reached the finals easily. "Winner and finalist Uchiha Sasuke. Now please, Menma and Naruto, come forward to decide the other finalist of this tournament," Iruka announced calmly.

Both came forward. Naruto smiled maliciously in his head while his face was blank. On the other hand, Menma had a look of determination. Behind them, Minato was watching this with concern. "Damn demon, you'd better not do anything stupid, or you'll regret it for the rest of your life." Minato thought.

Then Iruka pronounced, "You know the rules, this continues until one gives up or is knocked out. It's forbidden to kill your opponent. If you both are ready... Start!"

They both remained quiet for a few moments until Menma stated, "Listen up, dobe. Today, I will show you the place where you belong. Do understand? You'll be begging for mercy in a few moments. Now get ready, because here I go." With that said, Menma went on the attack, throwing punches and kicks at Naruto, who was just dodging them.

He realized that his brother's attacks were neat; he was at Genin level, but Naruto was much more than that.

Menma continued his assault; he was becoming increasingly frustrated because he couldn't land a single hit on Naruto, who got tired of dodging, so he caught one of Menma's fists with his hands, holding it tightly.

Naruto then spoke, "Now it's my turn." He would not use his Taijutsu with this little bastard because he knew if Menma got hurt permanently, he would be in trouble. He just needed to use an 'improvised Taijutsu'. Therefore, he raised him in the air before crashing Menma to the ground with a strength that would knock out an average person.

Most of them were surprised, Naruto had never participated before in any combat in the Academy. Most of them believed that he was just a weakling but with attitude. But others knew exactly why—as Shikamaru and Chouji—and seeing how he defeated one of the best students in the academy, left them surprised. When they left their shock, they saw Menma bruised and unconscious on the ground, with Naruto right beside him.

Naruto looked at him and shook his head; he didn't even put much strength in that attack. He waited a few minutes until Iruka returned with Sasuke, who glared at him while Iruka spoke. "The winner and finalist, Naruto. Now we will have the last fight so we can choose the Rookie of the Year; the fight will be Naruto against Sasuke. You know the rules, they're the same as the other fights. If you both are ready, begin!" Sasuke didn't wait and quickly threw a few shuriken at Naruto, who moved aside to dodge them.

Sasuke quickly approached him and began using the Uchiha Taijutsu. Naruto didn't know if Sasuke was aware that his Taijutsu only worked with his Sharingan, every punch that he threw to him left big openings that he could take advantage of. But he still wanted to have fun with the little boy that he left alive in his massacre.

Sasuke realizing that his Taijutsu didn't work, he jumped away from him while he made some hand seals before shouting Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu (Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique)!" Then small balls of fire appeared, which approached to Naruto from all directions.

Naruto saw the attack coming and quickly left that area. Sasuke then saw his chance and made more hand seals and shouted another jutsu, "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fireball Jutsu)." A huge fireball headed to Naruto, who could do nothing to dodge it and received the full attack.

Most of the crowd had expressions of horror because they thought that Sasuke killed Naruto while Minato felt a stab in the heart. When the attack stopped, he sighed in relief as realized that Naruto wasn't there. Minato at no time noticed his own emotions.

Naruto then jumped from a tree, landing in front of Sasuke. "What did you try to do, Sasuke-chan?" Naruto lazily asked as he wiped one of his ears.

Sasuke growled with fury and shouted, "Damn you demon! I'll kill you, do you understand?! Take me seriously or you're going to pay it!"

Naruto stopped wiping his ears and replied, "Do you want me to take you seriously? Okay, try to survive this." Naruto made a Kage Bunshin, and both began to make hand seals at full speed.

The Naruto clone finished first with his hands seals and shouted, "Katon: Gōkakyū No Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)," a fireball much smaller than Sasuke's headed to him and he just moved away a little from the impact zone.

He smirked when he thought that was all, but all that changed when the original Naruto spoke, "Futon: Dai Dageki (Wind Release: Big Blow)," then a big wind blast mixed with the fireball, increasing its size considerably.

Sasuke didn't have time to dodge the new size of the attack completely, and it burned most of his right leg in the process; the damage wasn't severe but enough to leave a mark on his leg.

Naruto smiled; he didn't charge much chakra in his attacks. He could have burned Sasuke entirely, but if he did that, he would have been in a serious problem right now.

Sasuke saw that smile and growled, "What's so funny, demon?! It was just a lucky break; don't think that it will happen again!" Sasuke stood up slowly from the ground while he started to feel the pain in his right leg.

Naruto shook his head at the arrogant attitude of Sasuke and then sighed. He was already bored of this; he just wanted to go to his house and get some rest.

He didn't want to keep playing with Sasuke. Hence, he caught the attention of Iruka and stated, "I surrender," which surprised everyone in the area.

Iruka asked if he was serious and Naruto answered, "Sure, I had enough fun with the Princess. Besides, I don't want a stupid title as the Rookie of the Year. Give it to the dummy; I don't want it. It'll only give me more problems." After that, he walked to his resting place, until he heard an annoying voice. "Cha! Sasuke-kun is the best! Naruto-baka surrendered because he realized that Sasuke would fight seriously." Then he heard other girls screaming things like that.

Naruto shook his head. Idiots, it seemed that they didn't understand that they would die or that something worse would happen to them in their missions.

He shrugged and kept going until he heard Sasuke shouting, "Damn demon! Stop trying to be cool! I'll show you that no one turns away and ignores me." After saying that, he ran towards Naruto to attack him. However, Iruka stopped him half way, "Stop it, Sasuke. You've already won; Naruto surrendered. You're now the Rookie of the Year. I won't tolerate unnecessary fights in the Academy, now get back to your place so I can give you your headbands." Sasuke growled again and then he went to his place.

Then Iruka cleared his throat and spoke, "Congratulations to all of you, from this day on you are Genin; you will be Shinobi of this village. You will take care of protecting it and its people. Be proud, not everyone can be a Shinobi, and you are one of those who have had the privilege. Now, step forward and Hokage-sama will give you your headbands."

After a few minutes, everyone had their headbands and Minato gave a speech about the Will of Fire and that crap that Naruto didn't desire to hear.

After that, Iruka spoke again. "All right, everyone. You will return in two days to know which team we'll assign you to and who will be your Jounin sensei. That would be all; now you can go outside with your parents." Iruka stated, and everyone started to leave.

Naruto walked to the exit and was about to cross it when he heard someone calling him softly. "Hey, Naruto-kun...over here." Naruto recognized Ino's voice; he shrugged and walked to where she was.

Naruto noticed that she was bowing her head, but then she raised it, and Naruto saw a slight blush on her cheeks. Naruto mentally smiled at this as he deduced the reason she had called him.

Ino opened her mouth and spoke. "Naruto-kun, do you think we'll be on the same team? I thought it would be great if you and I were on the same team. To be truthful, I would like that."

Naruto wanted to play a little bit with her and replied, "Oh? Why would you want to be on my team? You know, those things of being the companion of the demon wouldn't be good for you."

Ino opened her eyes and quickly answered, "I don't care about what the ignorant people think. You're not a demon to me! Y-You're..." And she stopped there.

Naruto spoke again and asked, "Am I 'what' Ino? An idio-" But before he could finish, Ino had jumped on top of him and started kissing him.

Naruto quickly returned the kiss, and after a few seconds, he pushed his tongue against Ino's lips, asking her permission to enter.

She gladly gave it and then they both fought with their tongues. Naruto won, and after a few seconds, the two separated with a spit trail.

Naruto saw that Ino still had a lost look on her face. Therefore, he spoke, "Well... if this is what I will get for being on your team, then I'll be praying to Kami to be there." Naruto then gave her a short kiss, which pulled Ino out of her frozen state.

Realizing what she did, Ino blushed. "I-I'm s-sorry. I d-didn't mean to do that, p-please forgive me for being such a rude person." She quickly said, bowing slightly.

Naruto chuckled and replied, "Don't worry about that, Ino-chan. Let me tell you that that kiss was quite pleasant. You have a talent for this; I'll be eagerly awaiting the next one. However, now I have to leave. Maybe you should do the same; your parents are probably waiting for you outside. See you the day of the team assignments. Goodbye."

Ino was about to say that he didn't have to leave, but she saw him disappearing with a lightning Shunshin. At first, she was surprised that he knew a jutsu like that, but then she thought that he was just too cool. Therefore, he would know how to do those things. Then she went with her parents and thought about the kiss she had with Naruto.

With Naruto

Naruto had arrived at his apartment after a few minutes; he thought that he would finally be free of that stupid Academy. He just had to go there in two days for the last time, and he would never step in that place again, or so he thought.

After taking a quick shower and eating something, Naruto decided to have a talk with his tenant.

"Kurama I want you to answer me something. Why the hell my hair is starting to have tufts of blonde color? You said that I suffered changes because my father sealed only a fraction of your power and your consciousness inside me. Could you tell me why this is happening?" Naruto curiously asked. He had to dye his hair from time to time to avoid suspicion; he couldn't allow his hair to turn blond, or everyone would notice whom he really was.

Kurama growled and replied, "That's because you've been in your dear Otouto's presence for a long time. It seems that the power that is within the brat is somehow affecting your seal, and that's why your features are returning to their original state. The longer you are close to him; the restoration process will increase its speed. I've noticed that I can't stop this, and eventually, you will have blond hair and blue eyes. Therefore, I recommend you to avoid that brat if you don't want that all our plans be affected just because your body suffered some changes. I'm sure that the stupid Yondaime will realize that you are his child once you experience all these changes; he thinks that I am you, as I told you. But if he sees that you are returning to your original state, he wouldn't hesitate 'to get you back' since I had felt on many occasions that he have feelings of attachment to you, like today, when that Uchiha brat tried to burn you. I could feel his anguish." Kurama ended.

Naruto thought about this for a moment and then replied, "As if I'm going to let that bastard get close to me in that way. If he comes to realize who I am, it will be too late. We won't be here when that happens." Naruto then cut the mental connection; he went to brush his teeth and then he go to sleep until the next day.

He had to rest; he had spent too much chakra this week trying to master his gravity element. Now he could float in the air without spending hardly any chakra. Nevertheless, when he attempted to move in the air, he quickly spent his chakra reserves, which was the reason he couldn't do much. He was just steps away from mastering his element; he was trying to find a way, and perhaps in the not too distant future, someone could help him with that.

Jōnin Room – The Next Day

Right now most of the village Jōnin were listening to the Hokage; he was talking about who were going to be the teachers of the new graduates of the Academy. He had already assigned the first teams.

Asuma then stepped forward and spoke, "Hokage-sama, if you would allow me. I would like to train the new Ino-Shika-Cho team, and take the heirs of those clans as my students."

Minato nodded and assigned them as Team 10; Kurenai then stepped forward and asked, "I would like to take Hinata Hyūga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame." Minato nodded again and assigned them as Team 8.

Minato then looked at Kakashi, who nodded and spoke, "I would like to take Menma Namikaze, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno as my students." At that moment, people started whispering about Kakashi's decision on taking a Genin team. One of them was the son of Hokage and the other one, one of the last Uchiha. They thought that his decision was strange because he had never approved any of his former students.

Minato ordered them to be silent, but then he nodded. "Leaving all that aside, there's only one more person left. You all know him, so...who want to be his Jōnin sensei?" Minato asked; the truth was that he hoped that no one spoke, because if he didn't have a teacher, Minato wouldn't have to assign him missions. Thus, Naruto wouldn't be able to get out of the village.

When he thought that nobody was going to speak, he heard people complaining because someone was pushing them. Minato then saw that Anko stepped beside the other Jōnin Sensei as she expressed. "I would like to train that brat; I've seen what he can do and let me tell you that he's excellent at stealth, and that's my specialty."

Minato looked at her for a few seconds, but then he thought that it would be a good idea. Perhaps the demon would get bored of her and then he would ask him for another sensei, something that he wouldn't agree. Yes… Everything would be okay, or that's what he thought.

"Okay," Minato replied. "Anko, you will be in charge of Naruto, you two will be a team." Minato ended causing several murmurs from the crowd because they had never before seen a team with two people only.

However, Minato continued, "However, you must get the remaining members on your team. You will be Team 13. Now all of you, dismiss." Everyone left the room with a Shunshin, except for Kakashi, who stayed there reading his famous orange book. Nonetheless, he closed it with a sigh and left the room walking.

Minato sweat dropped at the lazy attitude of his student, but then he also withdrew from the place to return to his home. Today he had the day off, so he decided to spend the day with his son.

Notes:

First, I'm sorry for not updating this yesterday. I had a lot of problems this week. I'm telling you that I'm not sure if I will update this the next Friday. I have exams at my college, so I need to study.

I don't need to explain why Naruto left the combat with Sasuke; you should know why.

Uh-oh, and Menma will be like the Naruto of the canon, I mean, a guy who fights for his friends and that crap.

I felt necessary the thing with Sakura. You all know how she was at the beginning of Naruto. So I'm trying to change her, I'm not bashing her. It's just that this is her attitude, and Naruto hates that kind of attitude.

Ino is not like her in my fic, since she had four years to realize how Naruto's attitude was, and she always heard that he hates the fangirls and the girls who don't take their training with seriousness. (That's why she trained with him sometimes).

I also need to say that Naruto has enormous chakra reserves thanks to his Rinnegan. I remember that I heard that Nagato had nine times the chakra of Naruto (canon) because of his Rinnegan. But if you add the Rinnegan plus the 5% of the Kyūbi's chakra to Naruto…that's a lot.

See you!