The sun started to rise on a early Monday morning. The rays of light shined down on Konoha no Sato making the sky a pleasant hue of orange. A soft breeze started to form blowing the trees making leaves start to fall into the village. Dawn came making shinobi visible as they jumped on rooftops around the village. It was still early, but for Minato Namikaze it was just another day of paperwork to get done as fast as possible. Minato sat in his office chair as he put another document on top of the huge pile he already had. While it felt like any old day of being the village leader, it was far from the truth. Not even a week later was it that he found out about his 'son' Naruto and his horrendous performance in the academy. His talk with Jiraiya was still fresh in his head, it never left as it dripped with guilt and regret. He stamped another page subconsciously as his eyes shined like the morning sun; only with different emotions.

He thought the talk with his wife, Kushina would maybe push him in the direction he thought was right.

( Flashback )

"Kushina-chan I need to talk with you."

Kushina raised her eyebrows at her husband. She was laying in her bed when Minato came in with a Solemn expression. Her expression softened as she shifted her body so she was sitting straight up. "Minato-kun what's wrong? Did something happen?"

She said making Minato inwardly flinch, he kept his distance as he looked around the room avoiding eye contact. It also wasn't helping she was wearing a practically see through nightgown…

"So I had a talk with Jiraiya-sensei a few days ago. Apparently the Akatsuki are planning to move in 2 years." he said making her gasp

"So they are finally going to come after the kids?"

Minato shook his head, "I'm not sure yet, but most likely it will happen soon."

Kushina's eyes fell suddenly, the idea of her three kids getting captured hurt her greatly. "I guess we just have to up their training even further then. They need to be strong enough to control the Kyuubi. We can't always be there."

Minato felt himself frown,while it was what he wanted to hear. He couldn't get rid of how close it sounded to Jiraiya, almost verbatim. "What about Naruto?" he said quietly as it came out barely above a whisper. The room fell deathly silent as Kushina looked at her husband in shock.

"Naruto? What about him?"

Minato felt himself waver slightly, his mind flashed back to his talk with Jiraiya. He tilted his head down, he never looked to meet her eyes. He couldn't bring himself to do it

"Yeah, we haven't been training him like we've been training the others. I was thinking of starting his training right away."

Kushina gave a nod and waved her hand, she gave her husband a smile "Of course we will start his training. Soon."

Minato felt a smile come to his face, he felt his resolve start to awaken. He was happy that Kushina was taking this more seriously than Jiraiya. Minato felt somewhat relieved at her answer. It was a short answer, but It strengthened his resolve by a small amount.

"But of course we can't waste ALL our time on Naruto. We need the kids to learn how to control the Kyuubi's chakra. We don't want them to rely on it, but we need to make sure they are strong enough for anything."

Minato felt his spine stiffen and his eyes went wide.

Silence engulfed the room. Minato felt his previous smile fall slowly. His hand trailed across the deep mahogany adorned nightstand that was mere inches away from his bed. Minato glanced over at his wife, his lips felt dry, like they haven't had the luxury of water in years. Minato pressed his lips together but gave a response "How could we not focus on Naruto? He's our eldest son Kushina."

Said women gave a grimace as she studied her husband's face. She tilted her head trying to focus on the emotion that has overtaken Minato at this moment. Her eyes narrowed, Looking at him in wonder "I didn't say we aren't going to focus on him honey. It's just the other kids are a much higher priority is all. Menma is the can head, and Mito and Natsumi are already progressing faster than we did at their age, as is Menma"

Minato's hand drifted off the nightstand as it fell limp to his side. His eyes glazed over with an unknown emotion. Minato's eyes trailed the green and orange leaves as they blew from a sudden gust of wind.

"That's true, Menma was named the clan head only a few years ago."

He watched the leaves lose momentum and some began to branch out and started to fall back to the ground. He heard a small rustle behind him and suddenly felt two large mounds against his back. Two arms snaked themselves around his waist. Minato turned his head to see his wife's lips quirk up.

Her small smile slowly turned into a seductive grin "Don't worry about it Minato-kun. The kids will get even stronger under our tutelage along with the academy's. And Naruto will also start his training. He just needs to wait a little longer for the other kids to control their power." She whispered making Minato shiver from her warm breath. Minato looked down and he felt Kushina pull him back.

"Now get to bed. It's time to relieve some of that stress." She said with a grin as she quickly went between the Hokage's now open legs. Minato while he was shocked at his wife's sudden intimacy, he just couldn't get the words of Jiraiya and Kushina out of his mind. It seemed the best option was to push back training for his son Naruto a little further.

"Well I guess Naruto can wait a little longer to start his training."

He deducted as his previous resolve started to crumble away into pieces. But that won't stop him from trying to bond with his son. Even if it has been a while, he would need to start-

"AHhha" he growled out as his wife sent a smirk over to him

Now isn't a good time to think of this

( Flashback Over )

Minato grimaced as he thought about his talk. He ran a hand threw his hair and leaned his head back and stared at the ceiling above. While it wasn't exactly what he was hoping for, Minato figured that it was the best course of action to take under the sudden circumstances. The Akatsuki were planning to move and capture jinchuuriki, he has to think as a Hokage, He couldn't let his personal affairs interfere with the safety of the world while it is at stake.

He hopes that he wouldn't come to regret that decision later on.

(Time Skip - 3 years, Naruto is 13)

"Welcome class as you know today is the genin entrance exam! I would advise all of you to try your hardest and hopefully become ninja of Konoha no Sato."

A loud roar applause broke out in the classroom as cheers and laughter rang through the classroom making it shake slightly.

"WOOOOO FUCK YEAH LET'S GET THIS STARTED!"

Satoru yelled happily. His hands were cupped in front of his mouth making his scream come out louder than what it usually was

"YEAH LET'S-Ahh!"

Satoru winced back as he saw a mop of blonde hair jabbing him in the side of his stomach. The black haired boy hunched over as he fell fast first on the desk in front of him. Satoru opened his eyes to see his long time friend Naruto Namikaze looking at him. Satoru gave an awkward smile as he shifted his body and offered his friend a small wave of his hand

"Hey Naruto."

"Its our last day here. Must you make a scene?"

Satoru picked himself up as he now sat cross legged on the desk. He scratched his cheek and gave another smile "I'm just excited is all. I bet Izumi is even more excited."

Naruto have him a deadpanned expression as he motioned for the girl as she was silent reading an orange book.

"Doubtful."

Satoru gave an embarrassed smile as he was out yelled by the sound of screaming girls. They all turned their heads to the side to see the "Prince of Konoha", Menma Namikaze walk through the doors along with the "Princess of Konoha", Mito and Natsumi Namikaze. Menma was wearing a soft purple open coat with a tight all undershirt with loose fitting pants and ninja sandals. Natsumi was wearing a black sleeveless shirt with a skirt and stockings that went up to her mid thigh. Mito was wearing a black battle dress with a pair of black shirts underneath and semi tight anbu pants to put together the outfit.

The female busted into blushes as they started to point and whisper happily to another. The boys meanwhile were looking at the two twins. The look of lust was easy to see gave off a disgusting aura that now tainted the room.

It wasn't long that they took the seats that the school day finally began. Naruto pushed Satoru off the desk as he fell back into his chair at the back of the class.

Iruka quickly called role hoping all the kids were here today. Not long after they all migrated outside for the throwing and accuracy portion of the exam. Naruto gave out a long sigh as he listened to his teacher continue to talk. He explained that a passing grade was to score a 6/10. Even though most of the civilians scored a 4/10 on the kunai and shuriken test the best, being a pink haired civilian by the name of Sakura Haruno who got a 5/10. The clan heads children having being trained, scored around a 8/10 and 9/10. Izumi and Satoru were the only two not related to a particular clan to score an 9/10 on this portion.

Menma, Natsumi, and Mito all scored an easy 10/10 getting cheers from the whole class and their respective fan groups. The last two students were Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Namikaze. Sasuke walked up and perfectly scored a 10/10. Sasuke strode smugly past the people, who failed ignoring the cheers from his fan girls, and looked on smugly to the Hokage's children. He picked eyes with Naruto and gave a smug smirk. As he did for the other 3.

Naruto put his hands in his pockets as he walked over to the center wearing orders.

"Ok you need a 6/10 to pass, good luck." Iruka said and Naruto nodded and picked up his kunai, and shuriken and threw them all simultaneously.

"Well you got a 6/10 that's a passing grade." Iruka said as he gave the young boy a smile. Naruto blocked the snickers he heard from his fellow classmates as he stood next to his two friends gave him a thumbs up. He ignored the disappointed looks from his sister and the smug smirk sent his way from Menma.

After the throwing portion they all made their way back inside for the written portion.

The written test went by fast as the time limit of the test was only an hour long. With Naruto only getting a 61, 1 mark above the score needed to pass. With all the clan heads scoring over 90% and the few actually getting a 100%.

Since the written test was over Iruka and Mizuki now started the last part of the tests. The Jutsu test, this was to see if they knew the Academy 3 which consisted of the Henge no Jutsu, Kawarimi no Jutsu, and Bunshin no Jutsu. One by one people went in and out of the examination room, some with a forehead protector on, while some exited without one. Naruto saw his friends and siblings walk out happily at finally obtaining a headband.

"Naruto Namikaze"

Iruka called and Naruto got up silently as he walked down the rows of desks he heard the occasional whispers

"Hey isn't he the Hokage's son?"

"Tsk a Hokage's son a dead last. What a joke."

"Ha, dobe will probably fail."

Naruto ignored them as usual and walked into the room where Iruka was in with a line of new Konoha forehead protectors sitting on his desk. "Okay Naruto you know the drill" Iruka said and Naruto nodded and proceeded to do the academy 3 He did them slowly making sure to do the necessary hand seals.

"Well congrats Naruto." Iruka said happily as he handed Naruto a brand-new Konoha headband.

Naruto grabbed the headband. He walked outside not even bothering to the it around his forehead at this moment. As he walked out he was met with shock from many of the students. He walked back his desk and took a seat as he felt an arm wrap itself around his shoulder

"You don't seem to happy to be here."

Naruto turned his head to see Izumi only a few inches from him with a raised eyebrow. Naruto gave a shrug as he turned back to the front of the class "I'm just happy we are finally leaving this place. It's been more of a burden than a pleasure."

Izumi nodded at that as she pointed to the swinging leg of Satoru. Naruto watched as the black haired boy held up his head on his open palms looking off with a dreamy expression.

Naruto grunted

"I swear he seems like a brainwashed fangirl"

Naruto said making Izumi snicker as Satoru sent him a glare. His blue eye narrowing at Naruto "I am not a fangirl, OR a fanboy."

Izumi rolled her eyes as she retracted her arm from around Naruto and crossed them together. Naruto gave a smirk as looked up making his eyes shine off the bright blueshine one of his friends "You know you could try and talk to Hinata. She may be why but she's friendly."

Satoru broke out into a blush as he shook his head frantically. He slumped down into his chair as he covered his face "N-no I can't. I've tried and i and up just making a fool of myself." he said somberly aa Naruto smiled at his friend. Izumi gave a small chuckle as she flicked Satoru on the back if the head. He jumped up and sent a glare at his only female friend

"It would be funny to see who would faint first if you guys actually had a conversation!"

Satoru blushed again as he turned away not wanting to meet his friends happy smiles.

Naruto gave a smile and he saw the last student come out of the examination room. Naruto raised an eyebrow, as Iruka came out about 30 minutes later.

"Okay class we are doing something new this year. All of you that graduated today all be receiving your jounin sensei today instead in in a week. The Hokage and I agreed and paired all of you guys up perfectly on how your test scores ended up. There's no point in waiting a week when it's all figured out right?"

He said jokingly as he laughed to himself as he didn't receive any laughter from the children. He sweatdropped slightly and laughed a bit out of sheer awkwardness. It seems they were to excited to laugh at his joke. Iruka have a sigh as he flipped a page over

"Team 7 will be Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Sai." a loud screech broke out into the classroom as a pink haired girl jumped to her feet screeching loudly yelling about her love for the lone Uchiha survivor. Sai only gave a small smile as Sasuke grunted and looked out the window directly to his right.

"Team 8 will be Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyūga." all the clan heads kids nodded happily as Kiba fist pumped in the air with his dog Akamaru yipping happily on his master's head.

"Team 9 is still on circulation from last year. So team 10 will he Shikamaru Nara, Chōji Akimichi, Ino Yamanaka." the blonde haired girl gave a half smile as her two new teammates were to busy eating and sleeping.

"Team 11 will consist of Menma Namikaze, Mito Namikaze, and Natsumi Namikaze."

That didn't surprise anyone in the class. The Namikaze siblings smiled happily together as the class mumbled about how lucky they were to be together.

"And finally team 12 will consist of Naruto Namikaze, Satoru Kaza, and Izumi Nitashi." Satoru gave a huge smile as he threw his arm around Naruto's shoulder as his other arm was around Izumi.

Iruka looked up from his papers and gave the graduates a smile "Your jounin sensei will be here soon. I want to congratulate each and every one again for becoming genin of Konoha no Sato." he said happily getting cheers from the graduating kids. Iruka soon left the classroom leaving the children alone to await for their new sensei.

Satoru with his arm still around his two friends looked over at Naruto and gave a sideways grin "It looks like you called the team's Naruto." Naruto only shrugged as he looked over to his friend"It was obvious."

Izumi rolled her eyes and threw her hands over her head making herself more comfortable "I agree. It was an easy prediction with you graduated today."

The room fell as 4 people walked in the classroom. All had different body builds with 2 being male and the other 2 being female. The students all widened their eyes, it wasn't everyday that 4 powerful jounin (to the kids at least) gather together in a room. The first man walked forward, he was wearing a standard jounin vest. He had a cigarette hanging from his mouth and has a beard with dark black hair.

"Team 10 you-"

"TEAM 8 GET READY FOR HELL!"

A purple haired lady yelled as she pushed the taller man away and gave a sickening sweet smile over to the members of her team. "Once i'm done training you guys you are going to wish you were dead!" she said a little to happy as she grabbed the now pale kids and shunshined out of the room leaving a room full of speechless students and sighing jounin.

The bearded man have a sigh "I'm sorry for my comrade Anko. She's….different, anyway my name is Asuma Sarutobi and team 10 you're with me." he said with a somewhat smile making his genin less tense. Ino kicked the sleeping Shikamaru making him jump up and they all left the room together.

A different man came up this time, he has a weird metal plate on his head and again wore standard jounin attire

"My name is Yamato, team 11 you are with me." he said with little to no emotion making the rest if the class gasp. This man was taking the time as sensei for the Hokage's kids? The 3 Namikaze children got up from there chair and made their way to there sensei.

"Hey Yamato long time no see huh?" Natsumi said happily as the taller man smiled down at the young girl "It has only been 2 days Natsumi-sama." he said with a chuckle as the 3 kids smirked at there sensei leaving the room.

The last sensei in the room was wearing a red looking battle dress with bandages and a fishnet shirt underneath. She had mid length black hair and exotic ruby red eyes making them shine.

"My name is Kurenai Yuhi, team 12 follow me."

Satoru gave a huge smile to his sensei and he jumped up from his chair making sure to grab Naruto and Izumi's hand before running to their sensei. Naruto and Izumi looked slightly bored as Satoru gave a huge smile.

Kurenai gave the kids a smile as they the room together. Kurenai stopped momentarily and looked back at the 3 remaining students in class with pity

"Gomen but your sensei will be here in about 2 hours. He has a tendency to be ridiculously late for anything." She said making Sakura screech loudly and Sasuke to glare at her.

And Sai just….smiled

( Scene Break - Training ground 12 )

Kurenai stood in front of her three new genin and she honestly couldn't believe who she was given. She was now in charge of 2 supposedly clanless children ( to everyone else if course) and the Hokage's oldest child! She looked as the black haired boy could barely control his excitement as the lone female stood patiently awaiting orders. She averted her eyes to the Hokage's child seeing him lay tiredly on the trunk of a tree.

Kurenai sweatdropped slightly, she would have never expected the oldest son of a Kage to have such a laid back manner.

"Well why don't we get to know another. My name is Kurenai Yuhi. I like my friends genjutsu, and dango. I dislike rapists, merciless killers and people who say genjutsu is useless. And my dream is to become the world's best genjutsu user. Now Izumi what about you?" she said offering a small smile to the lone female.

Izumi gave a small smile back "My name is Izumi Nitashi, I like the cold and snow and eating popsicles. I hate child heaters, rapists and overall hot weather. My dream, my dream is to one day join anbu and become a captain." She said smoothly as Kurenai gave her a warm look. Her eyes shifted to the bouncing black haired male. She molded her head at him

"My name is Satoru Kaza!I like thunderstorms and seafood! I enjoy training and being out in the rain! I dislike everything you guys do and my dream is to becoming stronger than all the Kage!" he said with a goofy smile making Kurenai chuckle slightly. She tilted her head to Naruto and motioned for him to speak. Naruto never looked her in the eyes as he spoke "My name is Naruto...Namikaze, I enjoy training and spending time with someone special. I dislike everything you guys do as well along with abandonment. My dream...to have a family of my own."

Kurenai raised her eyes at that. That was an unexpected dream, but they all seemed responsible and were amazing for a first impression. "Okay now it's time for a test for you guys." She reached into her pouch and pulled out 2 shiny gold bells "Your goal is to take these bells from me. The only person without a bell will be sent back to the academy and will have to repeat the last year in order to graduate again." she said clipping the bells into her belt. She looked back at the kids and was about to start the test until Naruto spoke up.

"We quit"

Kurenai snapped her head towards the blonde not and her eyes went wide "W-what"

Izumi spoke up this time "We've been a team since the beginning of the academy. One mere test isn't going to stop us from becoming a team." Naruto nodded making Satoru grin happily shocking Kurenai making her speechless. While she was a recently promoted jounin. She never in all her career ever heard of a team that passed the genin exam by giving up. She soon smirked

"Well you guys pass. This was supposed to he a test of teamwork and you guys passed with flying colors." She said making them smile as Satoru being the only one vocalizing it.

"Now tomorrow we will start our team training and do missions. We will meet here at 6 a.m tomorrow morning." She said waving goodbye to her new students and vanishing in a swirl of leaves

"YEAH WE DID IT! WE'RE AN OFFICIAL TEAM!"

Satoru yelled happily making Izumi smirk "Yes thankfully. The academy was starting to become more or a chore than anything."

Naruto nodded at that. He pushed himself off the trees trunk and pushed hands in his pockets and started to walk off back into the village "I agree with that. Now I'm going to go see Kotomi. Wanna come?"

He asked making both his new teammates nod and they all walked back into the village. Finally becoming genin of Konoha no Sato.

Naruto smirked to himself slightly, he looked over at his two friends and that smile turned into a smile. It felt good to have someone in your life, people who care and would do anything for you.

These are the people he would protect with his life.

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A/N:

So what's up guys just here to talk about a few things.

Now while I wasn't very fond of this chapter, I built the stepping stone into their life as shinobi. And I hope the chapter was up to par with the other 3, and I hope you guys are enjoying the rewrite, or if this is your first time then welcome!

I haven't done an author's note in a very long time to excuse me for my awkwardness. But I really hope you guys are enjoying and I girl the chapter was up to par and fun to read as well.

Thank you all for reading!

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