AAAAAAAAND I'm back! With chapter no.2…

Last chapter had a major mistake that forced me to take it down, though I improved and reposted it.

Thank you so so so much! All those who decided to read my first story and an even special thanks with heartfelt gratitude to those who decided to guide me by pointing out my mistakes.

Though I'm not able to access the comments anymore, I will try to answer as much as I remember. 'sniffle' I'm such a clumsy guy you know. 'wipes another fake tear from eye' 'another sniffle'

Anyways…

Thank you so much to all those who followed and liked the chapter.

Thank you, reader no.1, heh heh, sorry can't remember your name (awkward…), for your views though I do not think they require any changes as I just wanted to highlight the fact that the team was broken and that Naruto was suffering from almost every aspect of his life. Especially team 7. As for the harem, Naruto will have a multi pairing but it's not going to be just a massive amount. I do have a pairing in mind and that will not change but I'm willing to take suggestions as at the max he will get 5 girls, out of which four are already decided.

Thank you, reader no.2, sorry can't remember your name as well (awkward…), I have taken your suggestion into consideration and the repost will have the text divided up instead of long paragraphs for convenience.

Thank you, reader no.3, I appreciate your views and am happy to gain your interest through my writing.

Thank you, reader no.4, do not worry, Naruto is not going to become godlike. He will be powerful enough to be considered OP. But, it is going to be eventual progress and not just him becoming the strongest guy in the universe overnight.

Thank you, Reedz22, for the comment, yes I had posted the previous story only, but due to the fact that I had made a mistake in that posting, I had to take it down and post the correct version. Being a rookie, please allow me a few mistakes like these and I request you to not leave the story for this and hope you enjoy it.

Thank you, gunzen, for the comment, and do not worry Kushina is in the story so you do not have to worry about that. She will become a part of this story in future chapters. As for your speculations about how she will be introduced, no need to worry, they will all be answered in due time.

Anyways…

READ ON AND ENJOY!


Konoha

Naruto's Pov

Though back to the present, he had exactly one month to prepare for the Chunin Exam Finals. Not that he needed any preparation except for keeping his existing skills top-notch as though he may have been utterly destroyed by Orochimaru in the Forest of Death, he had still kept up with him for a bit and had disposed of his snake summon beforehand and considering he was a genin with extraordinary skills, but still a genin, fighting against a SANNIN, for god's sake and he had also kept up his façade on throughout as best as possible, he was pretty confident in his skills against Neji, who while strong for a genin was no match against him.

Though he was going to make it brutal for Neji as he had tried to kill Hinata, his own cousin and one of the few people who truly care for the guy, in the preliminaries. Naruto respected and liked Hinata as she was nice and never rude to him and the fact that she cared for Neji, Naruto who never had a true family, except for his Jiji, the Ichiraku's and Iruka sensei, respected that. So Neji's disregard and daring to kill family and holier-than-thou attitude had put him high up on Naruto's shit list.

He had made a final decision, no more living two lives, he was going to remove his mask in the finals, once and for all, regardless of any reactions he may receive from his peers, Konoha, and his precious people.

Damn, he didn't even realize that being deep in thought had brought him all the way to the hot springs. Oh well, he was itching for a bath anyway. But before Naruto could enter he heard giggling coming from some nearby bushes against the boundaries of the walls.

His curiosity getting the better of him, he decided to check and saw…

A man with waist-length, spiky white hair, there were red lines under his eyes that extended further down his face. His attire consisted of a green short shirt kimono and matching pants, under which he wore mesh armor that was visible at his wrists and ankles. He also wore handguards, a black belt, traditional Japanese wooden sandals, and a red haori with two yellow circles on each side. He also carried a large scroll on his back, and he wore a horned forehead protector with the kanji for "oil" (油, abura).

The most noticeable feature, however, was the constant stream of blood going down his nose and the notebook, he was scribbling something in. All-in-all, he was a pervert, Naruto deadpanned. Though he was getting creeped out and irritated, he still decided to give the guy one chance to retreat. "oi pervert." Called Naruto, but in return, all he got was a large sssshhhhh! And a 'shut up brat' in return. Naruto, even more, pissed off now, suddenly got an evil smirk on his face. Doing a seal-less henge into a small innocent brunette boy with a bruise on his cheek he quickly adopted his most hurt and devastated expression while running past the pervert and launching himself right into the women's side.

Shrieks were heard and kunais were drawn, ninja even better, heh heh! Phase 1 is complete.

He started crying while looking up to the kunoichis with big teary puppy-dog eyes seeing which their steely eyes softened and AAAWWWs were heard around the enclosure, while one of them picked him up. Phase 2 is complete.

"umm, miss! There was this creepy guy outside and he was peeking at you bathing and my mommy told me to never peek at someone bathing and give them pri…pri…privacy. I tried to get him to stop but he just held me down and started touching my dirty places and then punched me in here." Naruto said with a tearful expression and added a sniffle for good measure and extra effect. Phase 3 is complete. Time for results…

The women only cooed at him and a few even kissed his 'bruise'. The woman holding him up pulled his head into her sizeable and, damn they were, comfy breasts. While, the rest of them, arguably teleported their clothes on, it was that fast! Drew their kunais with murderous expressions and practically tore down the wall revealing a rapidly paling Jiraiya.

With a war cry they charged and he fled with a cry of "that was evil kid." Naruto hid his grin into the bosom he was pressed in then looked up to see the women who was holding him looking down at him with an amused expression. He properly observed her for the first time to see her purple long hair and realized with a start that this was ANBU Neko, one of his genuine ANBU guards.

"Do you like this, Na-ru-to kun." Naruto paled at first, realizing he was discovered, then realized that there was no way out and dropped his henge while jumping down.

"How'd you know it was me, Neko nee-chan?" "I've been in your ANBU guard for a long time and am a seasoned ninja. I recognized you the moment you entered the bath." Naruto sighed, closed his eyes, and said "alright do what you want, I'll heal later." Expecting a proper beating this time since he realized all of them were either ANBU or seasoned Jounins.

But all he got was a tap on the nose, opening his eyes he saw all of them were looking at him with something akin to pity and Neko nee-chan kneeling on her knees in front of his face. He grew angry and slapped her hand away while shouting "Don't look at me like that, I hate pity!"

Yugao quickly drew him in a hug and held him while he struggled, until he stopped and just cried on her shoulder. It was only 10 minutes, but what felt like hours, before he stopped and sniffled, for real this time, and gave her a true smile, for the first time in years, had he used that smile.

All the kunoichis smiled as well and then, to brighten up his day, Yugao told him her name followed by "tell you what Naruto kun, your mother was a real Kenjutsu specialist and she was the one who taught me so whenever I'm free, I'll come over and teach you what I've learned over the years. We all will." Followed by a chorus of "HAI!" "but why? Nobody has ever gone out of their way for me, so why you and why now?"

Yugao grimaced at his response but forged on, "your mother was an inspiration and a confidant for all of us and I'm sure she would appreciate us doing this. Also, you deserve this and much more, Naruto kun. Especially after all you've suffered." Naruto smiled, "Arigato, Yugao nee-chan."

Well after this he took a real bath and went back to his apartment.

A few hours later, he went outside and saw the white-haired creep glaring at him. "What do you want?" "That was some sadistic crap you pulled back there. Gaki! Do you even know who I am?"

Naruto stared at him

And stared…

And stared…

And Stared…

And Stared…

And stared…

And finally, at this point, even the creep was getting uncomfortable, responded "Am I supposed to?" 'Cue massive face-fault'

"How dare you not know who I am! I am the great toad sannin of Mt. Myoboku, the super pervert! I am, Jiraiya, the epitome of manliness! I shall fall for no woman's wiles! When you're me, you only need to flash that sexiness to have women fall at your feet."

Silence…

"Ha! I knew even snot-nosed brats like you are shocked into silence by my awesome charm."

Even more silence…

"Gaki?" Jiraiya looked up to see an empty corridor and a blonde mop of hair down on the road below. 'cue an even more massive fault'

"GRR, hey gaki, come here and let me properly introduce myself." And with that Jiraiya followed after Naruto all throughout the village. Sigh, "why are you following me around Jiraiya?" "I want to know the name of the brat who dare not listen to my spectacular introduction."

"The name Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto" Naruto decided to introduce himself differently this time, though was interrupted by a choking sound. "Did you just say what I think you just said?" Naruto sighed, looks like another damn hater! Despite the perverseness and creepy vibes, he was getting used to the comedic Sannin's antics and it felt kinda good to finally have someone, who did not have kill vibes emanating from them, chasing after him.

"Yes, what are you gonna do now, huh? Now that you know you were talking to the demon brat, are you gonna report me to…" though he was cut off as he saw Jiraiya waving his hand in front of his face followed by him repeatedly clicking his fingers against his ears and eyes.

"Stop that!" snapped Naruto, finally reaching his frustration limit with the man. "What the hell are you doing?" " Uhh, nothing! Just answer me this gaki, are you feeling alright? Like no urges to kill or destroy anything, right? You are Naruto correct?" Naruto was getting extremely confused and freaked out now, though he still answered "Yes, No, and Yes, to your questions. Though why'd you ask me that?" Jiraiya squeaked out a bit too quickly for his liking "No reason!" Eyes narrowed, Naruto stared at Jiraiya, who was starting to sweat under his piercing gaze, and then just rolled his eyes and walked off.

Jiraiya released a breath, he didn't even know he had been holding, and proceeded to follow after him. "Hey Gaki, you a ninja?" asked Jiraiya, "Yeah, what's it to you, huh?" "Nothing just wanted to know. Anyways, I'm guessing from your age, you're a genin, right?" Jiraiya asked, "yeah, though I'm giving the chunin exams right now and I have to prepare for the upcoming finals." Responded Naruto.

Jiraiya thought for a minute on this and realized he really did not have anything major to do during the upcoming month and his spy network could survive with only his weekly checks and messengers, so he asked "say Naruto, how'd you like to be trained by me for the upcoming month? I really do not have anything to do and training you seems like a good way to pass the time."

Naruto thought on this and realized that while a pervert, he was a sannin, and currently, Jiraiya is powerful enough to completely destroy him without breaking a sweat, but still he had only known the guy for a few hours in total plus the creepy vibes really put him off, added to that is the fact that he still wanted to give his existing 'sensei' a last chance. Naruto knew that Kakashi was his father's student and thought that maybe, just maybe, he could give the guy a chance to redeem himself.

"I'll think on the offer, though don't get your hopes up on me accepting it." "sure, whatever you say gaki. I think you know by now where to find me, should you actually accept my offer." And with that Jiraiya walked off with Naruto going the other way to the hospital where he knew his 'sensei' was.

Konoha Hospital

Naruto adopted his façade before going in at the entrance. He walked up to the receptionist, who gave him a disgusted look, and said "What is room no. for Uchiha Sasuke." "I'm sorry" said the receptionist with venom dripping from her tone and continued, "Uchiha san is currently resting and cannot receive any visitors." She finished with barely hidden contempt. "What do you mean, he cannot receive any visitors?" yelled Naruto trying to keep up his façade, while on the inside he was smirking and, letting his vindictiveness shine through, thinking of all the pranks he was going to play on the woman.

"Mah! Stop shouting in the hospital Naruto." "Where were you? Sensei, I was trying to find you." Asked Naruto, "I was visiting Sasuke and just left him alone with Sakura who had come with me to visit him." Naruto just gave a deadpanned look to the receptionist who just sneered in return.

Shaking his head, he gave his sensei a faux-determined look about to ask him but was interrupted, "stop right there Naruto. I know you're going to ask me to train you, but, I'm sorry I can't" "I knew it, you're going to train that teme aren't you? What about me?" accused Naruto while pointing a finger at Kakashi, while on the inside he just gave a disappointed sigh.

"There there, don't get upset now. Sasuke is facing Gaara in the finals, you know this don't you? He'll need my personal attention this month and everything he's got, to face Gaara's sand. Don't worry though! I have found a replacement for myself to train you for this month."

With that, he motioned Ebisu to come forward but was interrupted by a shout of "I don't need a closet pervert to train me!" and a blonde shinobi running out. Kakashi just gave a confused look to a pale Ebisu who just shook his head and told him not to worry about it.

Training Grounds

"Alright gaki, show me what you got." Said Jiraiya, not expecting much as he had read his academy report and previous mission reports. Naruto just smirked and decided to let loose a little with EMPHASIS on the little. He knew Jiraiya underestimated him giving him a trump card of surprise.

"Here I come." And with that Naruto, tensed his legs and took his form and drew back his arm while turning to the side for a punch and, launched himself at Jiraiya who was caught off guard for a second at the surprising speed and the perfect form with which Naruto was attacking him, but quickly recovered and caught the oncoming arm while pulling him inside and going for a punch at the head.

He expected it to be over, but Naruto once again surprised him by catching his arm and straightening himself, followed by a synchronized kick to the chest, which while only pushed the pervert back an inch, gave Naruto enough momentum to launch himself back and land on his feet, an emotionless expression on his face.

'What the hell was that? I expected it to be over in the first second. But, this gaki just did that! That was a perfect kata for launching and was that chakra accumulation at his soles? The speed was low to mid chunin and that kick was enough to put any low chunin to sleep. This brat is not what he looks like and maybe I do need to put some effort into this.'

Nonetheless, Jiraiya wasn't worried, the gaki, while good was still against a sannin. Jiraiya took his form and with that, both of them launched themselves at each other.

(exactly one minute and ten seconds later)

Naruto fell down to his butt while panting. He was right, Jiraiya had taken all his skills and turned them to dust. True Naruto had been majorly holding back, showing around high genin to low chunin level of his skills, but still, he had no doubt that even then he would only last about 30-45 seconds more.

Above him Jiraiya was smirking cockily at him, "so gaki, how'd you like getting your ass handed to you?" Naruto spluttered angrily looking at the snickering sannin above him, then smirked and said "Not as much as you like getting beat up by women. Seriously, just admit that you're a masochist, ero sennin." Jiraiya spluttered at that and the nickname and lowered his head, while Naruto smirk grew victorious, knowing that while he did not win the physical spar, he had won the verbal spar and that was enough for him for now.

Jiraiya looked up to see Naruto walking away and yelled "Get back here and show some respect to your betters, gaki!" and ran after him.

"Surrrre." Drawled Naruto, then asked "hey, I'm going to get some Ichiraku's ramen. Wanna come?" Jiraiya looked surprised at the invite, then just smiled and said "let's go! I'm hungry anyway, race you there, gaki." And with that Jiraiya sped off laughing all the way all the while Naruto tried to catch up, a genuine grin on his face.

This month was gonna be fun! And he couldn't wait for it!


Whewwww! And done.

I'm finally done with chapter 2. Read and enjoy and don't forget to comment!

Anyways, guys, I have a test coming up and won't be able to write the third chapter for a few days. Please bear with me guys, I have a lot of content brimming to the tippity top of my brain just wanting to come out.

For those of you wondering about Kushina, don't worry, she'll come in the next chapter.

Thank you once again to all reading this and yeah, PM me your future suggestions.

UHH! BYEEEEEE!