Chapter 3 revised and edited. Review or PM me on what you think about this chapter now.

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'Talking'

"Thinking"

'Heavily demonic voice'

'Fox talking'

"Fox thinking"

*expression*

Jutsu

Flashback

Chapter 3 – The new Naruto Uzumaki

Naruto awoke the next day happy. He had finally become a leaf shinobi and he was enjoying it.

Naruto went back to the training ground he trained at before and decided to explore it a bit more.

'Wow I never noticed how cool this place looks.' Said Naruto aloud. He walked around the training ground which had lots of trees, a small lake, three stumps in a line near the lake and a memorial stone.

Naruto walked up to the stone and after a moment of silence looked around because he felt someone's eyes on him.
He looked around before his eyes settled on an area. He stared for a while before walking off to train.

"Hmm so that's sensei's son. Guess the reports on him are wrong." Thought a Jounin named Kakashi Hatake.

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Naruto walked to his usual area surrounded by trees before getting to work. First he wrote down the seal sequence he wrote down before on a piece of paper with the ink he bought, mixed with a bit of his blood which he got from cutting his hand open with a kunai before the fox healed it. He then wrapped the seal around the handle marker and stood up.

Naruto walked over to a tree then backed up until he stood twenty metres away from it and threw a kunai at it. Naruto disappeared in a flash of orange but only made it half way.

'DAMN IT!' shouted Naruto after futilely repeating this for six hours and not getting any better at it.

'Kit relax this is a hard technique anyway. For now do your daily Taijutsu and Kenjutsu practise and we will come back to this technique later.' Said Kyuubi calmly.

"*sigh* Okay." Thought back Naruto before he started his usual exercises.

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Naruto went and got his picture taken which would be used to show people who want to give the Leaf Village missions what he looks like or simply, his identification picture. He considered taking an elaborate photo complete with face paint but then decided against it and took a standard photo and handed it into the Hokage who accepted it.

As he was leaving a boy with short spiky brown hair and black eyes charged in. He also had a small chip in his tooth and wore a yellow shirt with the symbol of the leaf village in red, grey shorts, and a long blue scarf. He also wore a grey helmet that had an orange frowning face on the right side, a red circle on the left side, and had a hole at the top for his hair to stick out of. His attempt to assassinate the Hokage in an effort to become the next Hokage was a failure as he tripped over his scarf. The Third mumbled something about his grandson's twentieth attempt to assassinate him, while Naruto with his fox hearing heard this and asked 'This is your grandson?'

'*sigh* Yes Naruto that's my grandson Konohamaru.' Said Hiruzen Sarutobi the third Hokage.

'Ugh what happened?' Asked Konohamaru. Looking up he sees Naruto and instantly starts blaming him for tripping him.

'*sigh* I don't have the time for this, later Konohamaru.' Said Naruto with a tired voice.

'What did you call me?' Asked Konohamaru with an astonished face.

'Konohamaru, which is your name isn't it?' Asked Naruto bluntly.

'Yeah but people don't normally call me that. They call me...' Said Konohamaru before he was interrupted by a cry.

'Honourable grandson.' Exclaimed Ebisu. Ebisu took one glance at Naruto and gave him those cold eyes thinking "The Nine-Tailed-Fox brat."

Naruto recognised the stare as the one all the villagers give him so he turned and left. After he left Konohamaru snuck away from Ebisu and followed Naruto. Naruto kept walking even though he knew that Konohamaru was behind him. He led them to a training ground with lots of trees then spoke up 'Konohamaru, why do you want to be the Hokage?'

Konohamaru replied 'So people will see me as Konohamaru and not just the 'honourable grandson'. My grandfather named me Konohamaru after the village so it should be easy to remember, but...' Konohamaru paused before continuing. 'It's always Honourable grandson... no one sees me as Konohamaru.' Said Konohamaru in a depressed tone.

Naruto smiled 'So am I no one?' Asked Naruto confusing Konohamaru.

'Huh?' Replied Konohamaru.

'I see you as Konohamaru, a proud member of the Leaf Village and one day a great ninja.' Said Naruto as he finished with a smile.

Konohamaru began sniffling in an attempt to hold back his tears of happiness.

'But I'll tell you right now you aren't going to become Hokage just by wanting it you need to do something about it.' Said Naruto calmly which caused Konohamaru to look up angrily at Naruto.

'What's that supposed to mean!' said Konohamaru as he stood up angrily.

'The Hokage is the strongest in the entire village. Are you telling me that no one in this village can beat you in a fight? That you could beat every ninja in this village on your own even if they all teamed up against you?' finished Naruto being serious for once.

'No but I figured that if I could beat gramps...' began Konohamaru before he broke of realising that he probably couldn't even beat his teacher, Ebisu and sat down depressed again.

'Now, now don't be so down you can still become Hokage.' Said Naruto causing Konohamaru to look up again with hopeful eyes.

'If you want to be Hokage you need be really skilled, one very important skill to have is good chakra control. To have great chakra control you need to practise. One technique is to try to climb trees with only your chakra and feet while walking straight up the trunk.' Said Naruto.

Konohamaru mumbled something about impossible, so Naruto climbed the tree and Konohamaru was stunned.

'Konohamaru there are no short cuts to becoming Hokage there is only one way to get there and that is the way you must take: the path of hard work. Also one more thing, if you want to become Hokage you're going to have to beat me in battle.' Said Naruto his voice turning challenging at the end.

Konohamaru said 'Whatever, I'm going to become Hokage and if you are in my way that means we're rivals.'

Naruto chuckled and said 'Ok Konohamaru I'll see you when you're ready and we will decide who is going to be the Hokage, later.'

Konohamaru's eyes burned with determination as he proceeded to train.

"Just you wait, boss." Said Konohamaru.

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The next day

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Naruto woke up and headed to the academy to meet his Jounin instructor and his team. Naruto sat next to the empty seat next to Sasuke and proceeded to go into his mind and talk with Kyuubi.

'Hey Kyuubi, when are you going to teach me a powerful jutsu? I mean chakra control and sword slashes might help up to a certain point but I need something to back them up.' Whined Naruto.

'Hmm ok I guess it is time I teach you one. First place your hand on the wall over there and channel your chakra. It will help us find out your natural affinity and jutsus which are of your natural affinity are the easiest to learn.' Instructed Kyuubi.

Naruto placed his hand on a wall which had the symbols of fire, wind, lighting, earth and water in a circle. After a moment of channelling his chakra the symbol for wind glowed. 'I guess wind is your natural affinity. Ok the technique I'm going to get you to learn is the Wind Release: Vacuum Sword. It involves using your chakra and you sword to release a gust of wind which can stop projectiles and could probably be used to force opponents back if you put in enough chakra. This scroll should tell you how to do it.' A scroll materialised at Naruto's feet and he quickly memorised what to do.

'Hmm says here if I focus my chakra enough I could release a blade of wind instead of a gust. Cool. Ok see you later Kyuubi.' With that Naruto left his mind.

When he came back to the world Sakura and Ino had just barged into the door. Naruto liked Sakura before he met Kyuubi who opened his eyes to the truth which was, that all she talked about was Sasuke and today was no exception, not to mention the fact that she was excessively violent. She ran straight up to the row where Naruto and Sasuke were sitting and ignored Naruto, paying only attention to Sasuke.

'Good morning Sasuke.' She said and Sasuke didn't reply.

Naruto watched in amusement as all the other girls came and almost simultaneously started arguing over who gets to sit next to Sasuke all ignoring Naruto.

'*sigh* fan girls.' Said Naruto almost feeling sorry for them.

'So troublesome.' Said someone who Naruto recognised.

'Hey Shikamaru.' Said Naruto.

'Naruto, how did you get here?' Asked Shikamaru in surprise because he was sure Naruto had failed.

'Oh well I kind of stole the scroll of seals and learned the Shadow Clone Jutsu.' "And something else." He thought but didn't say.

'*sigh* That's so troublesome. Why couldn't you have just passed the Genin exam like everyone else.' Said Shikamaru in a lazy drawl.

'Uh well you see I couldn't.' Said Naruto scratching the back of his head in embarrassment.

At that moment Iruka-sensei walked in and the fan girls settled down.

'Team Seven led by Kakashi Hatake includes: Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha.' Sakura cheered while Naruto sighed and thought to himself "I wonder what Tenten is doing right now."

After thinking this Kyuubi started to laugh 'HAHA has Kit got a mate in sight.'

"Shut up demon fox." Thought Naruto annoyed with a small blush at what Kyuubi was implying.

'Aw was that a personal thought. Don't tell me you are going into heat now.' Mocked Kyuubi.

Naruto resolved to ignore the fox so as to maintain his dignity. After the teams were announced the students waited for their Jounin instructors. Team Seven was left behind waiting three hours after the time their instructor should have come.

Sakura had bright pink hair, large green eyes, and fair skin. Sakura wore a red dress with white circular designs with sleeves and a zipper. She also wore a pair of tight dark green shorts and had her forehead protector tied up in her hair resting on the top of her head.

Sasuke had black hair with a blue tint and onyx eyes. His bangs hung on both sides of his face roughly framing his cheeks with his hair being spiky in the back. Sasuke's clothing consisted of a blue, short-sleeved shirt with a raised collar and the Uchiha crest on the back and white arm warmers, along with white shorts. He also wore a short blue clothed forehead protector.

A man wearing a mask and a leaf forehead protector covering his left eye who was garbed in the standard leaf shinobi outfit along with iron plated gloves appeared at the door, when he entered Sakura yelled 'You're late!'

'Hmm my first impression of you guys is.' He paused 'You're pathetic.' He concluded in a bored tone.

Naruto didn't take too kindly to this so he quickly threw a shuriken at the Jounin's head to see if he really was all that. Surprisingly he caught it through the centre using only his index finger and threw it back at Naruto who then followed suit and caught it through the centre as well causing Sakura to gape at seeing masterful control of shuriken from the supposed dead last and Sasuke to raise an eyebrow. Kakashi's reaction was hidden but he was happily surprised.

'It was fun playing catch with you sensei.' Said Naruto while grinning causing Sakura and Sasuke to return to their normal expressions, annoyed and broody respectively.

"Well at least he isn't completely pathetic." Thought Sasuke while taking a discreet glance at Sakura while mentally sighing.

'See you upstairs.' Said Kakashi.

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On the roof Kakashi was waiting for them to arrive and sit down. Once they sat down he spoke 'My name is Kakashi Hatake and I'm your Jounin instructor. Ok tell me your name, your likes and dislikes and your dreams for the future and hobbies.' He finished in his bored tone.

Sakura asked 'Um sensei can you go first so we can see what it should look like?'

"Really how hard can it be to give a little bio on yourself?" Thought Kakashi while mentally sighing.

Kakashi obliged albeit after a slight pause and said 'My name is Kakashi Hatake. My likes "The Fourth Hokage, Make-Out paradise." and dislikes "Fan girls and those who leave their comrades behind" I don't feel like telling you. My dreams, I never really thought about it and as for my hobbies, I have lots of hobbies. Ok now it's your turn. Hmm you in the orange you're up.' Finished Kakashi before pointing to Naruto.

Naruto perked up at this and spoke 'My likes are eating ramen with Iruka-sensei, ramen and ninja training. I dislike waiting for ramen to cook, ignorant people who are blinded by stupidity and fan girls.' Snorted Naruto.

'My hobbies are eating ramen and comparing different types, exercising, playing pranks and learning new jutsu and my dream; is to become the Hokage so the village will stop disrespecting me have to acknowledge my existence as well as being able to protect those important to me.' Finished Naruto before sitting back down.

"Well he has grown up in an interesting way, but it's good to see he likes ninja training and shows a surprising level of maturity and perception if his dislike of ignorant people is any indication." Thought Kakashi.

'Okay you're next girlie.' Said Kakashi.

Sakura bristled at the comment but quickly got over it and started talking 'My likes, I mean the person I like is.' Begun Sakura before she looked at Sasuke and giggled. 'My hobbies.' Said Sakura again before she once again looked at Sasuke. 'My dreams for the future are.' She once again looked at Sasuke again and squealed. 'My dislikes are Naruto!' shouted Sakura at the end.

Naruto was quite frankly couldn't care in the slightest and was reading over his jutsu scroll in his mind and Kakashi was upset thinking that she was thinking more concerned about boys than ninja training.

"Great, a fan girl." Kakashi inwardly sighed.

Lastly, Sasuke spoke 'My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I hate a lot of things and don't particularly like anything. I don't have a dream because I will make it a reality, I'm going to restore my clan and destroy a certain someone.' Finished Sasuke in his dark tone.

Naruto thought "I wonder who he is talking about."

"Great a dark, moody avenger." Thought Kakashi with a sigh.

"Sasuke is so hot." Said the pink clad girl.

Kakashi then spoke up and told them what they were going to do tomorrow 'Tomorrow we are going to be doing a survival test because out of the twenty-seven academy graduates, only nine will become Genin and the rest will be sent back to the academy. Oh, did I forget to mention that your chances of failing are sixty-six percent and that you shouldn't eat breakfast because if you do, you'll puke.' Finished Kakashi with a deceptively cheerful looking eye smile.

All were intrigued at the odds but didn't say anything. After that Kakashi dismissed them and told them to meet at five AM sharp at training ground seven.

Naruto went back to his now dubbed personal training ground and started to practise the Wind Release: Vacuum Sword technique which involved a lot of swinging but nothing happened.

'Hey fox, why isn't this working?' asked Naruto aloud seeing as he was alone.

'Well you need to learn how to manipulate wind chakra first obviously.' Said the fox who was shocked at Naruto's stupidity.

"Exactly how was I supposed to know that." Deadpanned Naruto.

'Make one thousand clones and have them all attempt to mould wind chakra and tear a leaf in half.' Finished the fox ignoring Naruto's comment.

'You got it.' Said Naruto who made one thousand clones and spent four hours trying to split leaves until they finally succeeded.

'YAY!' Shouted Naruto happily.

Naruto then tried Wind Release: Vacuum Sword and actually produced a wave of wind.

'Alright let's see how much damage this does.' Said Naruto before he stood in front of a tree. He held the sword in a horizontal position and then lunged forward and swung his sword forward.

'Wind Release: Vacuum Sword.' Called Naruto.

A blade of wind chakra came out in the length of his sword and slashed into the tree leaving a gash ten centimetres deep.

'Wow, AWESOME!' Shouted Naruto.

'Although it didn't cut too deeply. Hmm I guess I need to focus on concentrating the chakra to increase its ability to cut.' Said Naruto out loud.

He practiced for another two hours until he was able to form either a gust of wind or a sharp blade of wind before doing the katas the fox told him. After eight hours of solid practise he mastered the technique and the katas. Since he was tired he left quickly and didn't notice a Jounin who had been watching him.

Ok the introductory chapters are almost over so rejoice because after the next chapter we finally get into the wave arc.