Konoha's Wind

by Narutobi9980

Naruto had a good life till the age of 12. He ruled Uzu, became the strongest Kage alive, and had his fair share of cool nicknames. Then he died by Orochimaru's secret technique. The blonde goes to heaven and meets with family and the 6 paths. 5 years later, he is reborn and realizes that he was forgotten from this world and his actions undone. Time to make his mark again!

2. The First Battle

Alrighty, so just turns out I have a lot of time leftover since the first chapter and that means more time to write.

We are now going to focus on Naruto's life than how Kakashi sees it right now. The pairings are very much decided, but don't try going into the characters list for this story to find her. It's not there. Nobodies there. So wait and see. Hint: It's a she. If you read this and say "I like cheese nuggets" in the review to find out the pairings. Its surprising how many readers skip your author's notes.

Kinda makes not want to write them. But a lot of things are explained in them that are essential to understanding the story.

Naruto's open and loud personality will be in all caps. This will be to highlight the sudden changes in demeanor.

At this point his personality changes aren't that important, or progressive to the storyline, but it will, once he gets into the academy, at the age of six. Being younger than Itachi when admitted. Itachi in this story wasn't as prodigious as in the actual series.

So Let's read shall we.

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Naruto was inside his room reading a scroll explaining the henge jutsu. Naruto had gotten it out of his last beating, as a genin dropped it while shouting insults. Naruto has gotten a load of other…. Things.

1,467 Shuriken, seventeen were pulled out of his body.

2,678 Kunai, most of which had been dropped from their opened pouches.

5,987 feet of ninja wire if sewn all together.

And 127,657 other things he had picked up. He had to learn seals to keep them all.

And finally about 21 technique scrolls, all of which had been really fruitful.

The most useful being Resistance Clones. A clone that could not fight back of fight at all, but had high resistance, and would be taking blows from the gang that came to kill him while he ran away.

Naruto had been really grateful for that one. Although for encountering enemies, it had to be a taijutsu technique called the Dragon Whip. Mainly focusing on quick, painful, yet graceful deliveries. Mostly requiring core balance and thinking your arms were whips that were attached to the core. Naruto was able to get into the mindset. He wasn't perfect at it, but it helped when fighting against threats.

Naruto also learnt the shadow clone jutsu, accidentally stumbling upon it as a chunin dropped the location of it while going to guard it. Best guard ever. But Naruto just used his Resistance Clones to attract all the guards while he took care of the guards staying back. Then he learnt the shadow clone jutsu but had memorized the hand signals for three others, Ancient Konoha Style: Shogun Warfare, Fortress Defence Jutsu, and Shadow Release: Ancient Ally. While they all looked interesting, but he went for safety in numbers.

But now enough with a recap, let's get into some action. Naruto was grumbling about Henges to be "so damn hard" but kept trying. He couldn't this of letting his chakra forming a new body for him. He kept trying for about thirty seventh time and then he did it. His brain caught on and was working wonders for him. He could finally walk around in peace.

'But Shinobi will notice the henge.' he thought calmly.

But still, now he could manage a healthy diet since the shop owners won't think I'm any different. And I can wander the streets freely.

Naruto then suddenly switched personality.

"ALL RIGHT! NOW I CAN EAT MORE RAMEN, WITHOUT ANYBODY PUSHING ME, BELIEVE IT!" he shouted. Screw all that eating more healthy nonsense. The healthiest it goes for Naruto is Ramen. He kicked the old door out of his hinges, grumbled something about repairs, and then henged into an adult civilian. He got some of his useless materials, trash mostly, and changed them into money.

The he realised, if he acted like s shinobi, everyone will realise what is going on. So he walked down the stairs and straight to Kishoku's Supermarket, which has everything from groceries to technique scrolls. At first glance he went straight to the shinobi section, but the smelled ramen that wasn't even being made and all he could think about was ramen.

And then there it was, Ramen.

RAMEN.

All the flavors, just ready to cooked, that too made by Tatooya's Noodles. Perfect. Then he looked at his favorite flavor, Spicy Garlic Chicken and grabbed around twenty of them and quickly paid. He waited till it was clear to put it in a storage seal. Precaution.

He then walked away, until a chunin dropped in front of him.

"You're in a henge, reveal who you are or risk questioning. Help is on the so don't try fighting back."

"BUT RAMEN TASTES SO GOOD!"

The chunin did not expect that and the still henged Naruto used that as an opportunity to jump up, kick the guy in his surprised face, and giggle.

His demeanor then changed again.

"You have gotta try harder than that. Thanks to you, my ramen session has gotten postponed." He could manage saying that without breaking of his deathly glare, which was kinda scary how serious he was.

Then the reinforcements surrounded him each getting out a weapon or readying their hands for jutsu. Naruto dehenged and brought up his fists. He wasn't a battle tested shinobi, but knew if he wasn't ready, what better way than to show he was ready. Intimidate them a little and then run. He had Resistance Clones hidden everywhere. He immediately ran forward and then substituted with a clone nearby, who awaited his doom, then poofed away.

Naruto realised by now, Jonin and old civilians wouldn't attack him, they knew the difference between the seal and kunai. And sometimes the jonin would protect him. And the older Chunin too if wise enough.

Iruka sensei was one of these. Their relationship had been rather veeeeeeery special. They met, he fought off attackers, bought him ramen. They became friends, one of his very few. Through many nights of battle stories, Naruto put pieces together on the right way to handle a battle.

Some included, no underestimating, no toying, and most importantly, respect. Respect everything. If he surrendered, he surrendered, respect that. He added that to his cooled out version.

Naruto, never actually fought anybody in close combat, mostly sneak attacks. But never actually fought. So, excited, he knocked on Iruka's door. Iruka opened it without his flak jacket on. He refreshed, and ready to go.

"What do you need Naruto!"

"TRAIN. ME. NOW."

"Well, okay?"

Iruka put on his flak jacket and headed out, carrying a few scrolls.

"SOOO, WHAT ARE THOSE FOR!" he loudly whispered.

"Well, you can't fight without learning the basics of jutsu. But I saw you use jutsu before, so I thought I'll just teach a few to you." he said. "What jutsu do you know?"

"Well let's see" Naruto replied seriously.

"Substitution, Henge, Clone and Shadow Clone Jutsu, Resistance Clone, and…"

"Sorry, what was that?"

"Um…"

"Yeeeees"

"THE ULTIMATE RAMEN SEEKER JUTSU MADE BY NARUTO UZUMAKI, BELIEVE IT!" he said fistbumping the air.

"Yeah, why did I ask…" he said kinda curious about how an ULTIMATE RAMEN SEEKER JUTSU works.

(A/N: That jutsu is my masterpiece, it deserves all caps, whether Naruto says it in any personality or not.)

"So looks like you know the basic academy jutsu." he sealed away three scrolls. "And you got my message."

"WAIT, YOU WERE THE CHUNIN THAT DROPPED THE LOCATION OF THE FORBIDDEN SCROLL!"

"Yup, and you took full advantage of it."

"THANK YOU SO MUCH IRUKA SENSEI!"

'I didn't even mean to drop it, thank goodness Naruto found it and not a criminal mastermind or something. That wouldn't be good for Konoha.'

So they reached the training ground and Iruka suddenly hit Naruto in stomach, who substituted away before it hit.

'He has good reflexes, probably from all the beatings.' he thought sadly.

Iruka ran ahead and used a basic scanner jutsu to find a rather well hidden Naruto.

He ran ahead into the bushes, away from Naruto's line of sight and then shunshined to Naruto's position who kicked backward just in time to block Iruka's brutal punch. He then jumped upwards in a spin and slapped Iruka using the momentum of the spin midair. The he used Iruka's chest as a pad to land on. Kneeing him to the ground Naruto poofed away.

'Darn, i was so focused on finding him, that I completely ignored the possibility of Naruto making clones'

Iruka got up, and dusted the dirt off. Then Iruka substituted away just to avoid a senbon flying at him.

'WHERE DID HE GET SENBON FROM!'

Senbon were only available for chunin or higher. And Genin with their sensei's recommendation to use a sebon. Special case though not wanting to go into detail. A Naruto clone grabbed a kunai by the blade.

He remembered one of his scrolls.

'There are three universal ways to throw kunai. With the exception of kenjutsu.

Handle Release (Basic): Fast to throw, average range and average damage. Good accuracy for average chunin level.

Blade release: Fast to throw, not great range, but high damage. Great accuracy for average chunin level.

Ring release: Slow to throw, Super range and super damage. Bad accuracy for average chunin level.'

Blade release (where you throw a kunai from the blade) seems like the best option for this battle. The training ground was small enough to not worry about range. He threw the kunai at Iruka's position. He immediately ran from his position.

Iruka just got hit by a kunai. The kunai came at him out of the blue and if it wasn't for reflex, he would've gotten his arm chopped off. But now it was in his shoulder. His arm was disabled but it was still connected to him.

Jutsu wasn't out of the question. One handed seals allowed him to do one thing, suppress chakra, but that wasn't useful. Iruka pulled the kunai out of his shoulder. There were fingerprints on the blade.

'Naruto knows Blade Release, this isn't good'

Naruto just saw Iruka pull the kunai out of his body. Naruto knew not to toy with him, so he released a few more clones (twenty) and spread them out. He then used chakra communication and at the same time told all of his clones, twenty plus eight of the earlier ones and fired at the same time.

Iruka didn't have time. Blade release, if mastered, could launch kunai at insane speed even jonin just scratched the surface of. Naruto was one of those who could launch kunai at insane speeds. Some of them even created a small sonic boom in the air.

And some also displaced the air around them, Iruka couldn't do anything but substitute. He got away only to see the kunai somehow following him. He coated it in chakra so it could follow me.

Iruka was surprised nonetheless, Naruto was freaking insane. At least Chunin Level in stealth combat. Iruka was getting beat up by a child about to turn six. Not great for a chunin's reputation. Iruka was starting to sweat. If he could easily succumb this child with jutsu, but he closed that off quickly. Genjutsu doesn't work on jinchuriki. And Naruto was superior in taijutsu and presumably kenjutsu.

Iruka then broke his already breached position and went out in the open.

'Trickery and deceit is the only way to win now'

"I surrender Naruto, you have fought well." Just like that the kunai went back to the owners. And the clones poofed.

"Heh, sorry about that shoulder" Naruto said scratching his head. But then Iruka rushed forward and kneed Naruto to ground and disabled his legs while pinning his arms down.

"Shinobi live in the world of trickery and betrayal, think of it as a lesson," Iruka happily said, getting revenge for his shoulder.

"I WAS SO CLOSE THOUGH…"

"But not close enough my young pupil"

Iruka then let go of Naruto, gave him a hug and then shunshined away. He was going to the Hokage's office, Naruto had to become a shinobi. He was clearly a prodigy, and talent of his caliber couldn't be ignored.

Sarutobi looked at the battle through his orb. He also had the same thoughts. Kakashi came at the same time. He looked at the Hokage and shouted, "Naruto needs to go to the academy. There is no way he could've a) made shadow clones b) launch kunai at insane speeds plus accuracy while maintaining a hidden position c) control the speeding kunai with chakra d) outdo chunin level ninja in taijutsu. That wasn't clear yet, since a lot of taijutsu wasn't shown, but can be assumed at the brief taijutsu display."

"Yes, Kakashi, calm do-"

"Naruto has to go to the academy, there he can improve and form a basis for his career"

"I believe that too is the best course of action" Sarutobi replied and took a nice deep puff of his pipe.

"I hope it is too" Kakashi said before disappearing

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And boom second chapter already done, quite a speedy process is it not. Well I'm assuming that updates won't be this fast, but it is now so appreciate it.

Naruto isn't strong yet, he just has a good foundation and tactical thinking. But nothing too overpowered.

Yes, making homing Kunai is pretty OP but just scratches the surface of what is planned out for him. As for why he gets the title "Konoha's Wind", that is a secret and no matter how hard you plead, I will not tell you.

Next Chapter: The Academy

See you soon!