I have returned with chapter two. Please enjoy. It took me while to figure out how organize this so help is always accepted.

At the hokage tower Hiruzen Sarutobi, The Third Hokage, was sitting at his desk, rubbing his temple as he finished the last batch of paperwork... or so he thought. After he placed the recently signed piece of paper onto the pile the door to his office opened to reveal his secretary holding another pile of paper needing to be signed. He sighed in defeat as he laid back in his chair before standing up to look out at the village behind him.

'I'm getting too old for this' he thought as he looked at the villagers bellow going on with their business. He could imagine himself right now enjoying his retirement instead of being cooped up in this office again for another couple of years. He sighed again, he realized he had been doing that a lot ever since he took up the title of hokage again. With the nine-tails incident that happened a couple of years ago, his successor had gave his life for the village leaving him with the man's newborn child. Said child hasn't been seen for awhile even his Anbu couldn't find him and hiruzen was getting worried.'What would you do at a time like this Minato'

The boy had gone missing about a month ago and the only reason he hadn't sent search parties outside the village was because of the reports he got from the villagers that seemed to have seen him around the village. He called off his Anbu believing the boy was fine and just wanted to be left alone, but he couldn't leave him alone for long with the council getting restless for something to be done for the boy.

The civilian council didn't want him to be walking through the village because of their own cowardice, so they sided with his old friend Danzo, who leaded his own little ROOT organization. They wanted Danzo to take the boy for 'Training', but Sarutobi knew Danzo only wanted to turn Naruto into a mindless weapon.

He was pulled out of his train of thought when one of his Anbu appeared in his office. Even though he was wearing a mask Sarutobi could tell who he was."Report"

"Hokage-sama they have begun their planning, it doesn't seem like they'll change their minds." said the Anbu ninja with a bit of sadness.

Sarutobi let out a long sigh before answering. "I see, I'll have to go over this with the village elders keep up your observations until further notice." The Anbu bowed his head before responding "Very well, Hokage-sama." With that he disappeared out of sight leaving a few leaves where he was recently standing.

The aged hokage was afraid of what he might need to do. When the nine-tails attacked the village, reports came in reporting that the fox's eyes distinctively looked like a sharingan. Ever since that time the Uchiha clan has been put under a magnifying glass and pushed to the far end of the village in isolation. It was getting obvious that they weren't taking it well and the village was getting suspicious.

The Anbu who recently left was one of two spies he had keeping tabs on the clan, but he wasn't any ordinary spy, no he was an anbu captain and an Uchiha clan member. The boy was young too, only thirteen, but very talented; his name was Itachi Uchiha. It was him and another Uchiha, who went by the name shisui, who came to him with the information of a possible clan betrayal.

For the time being he only gave them assignments to keep a close eye on their own people. Soon after that they confirmed that the Uchiha were going to plan a coup d'état. It was then their mission to take part in the clan meetings and report anything important.

With the report itachi just gave him, he knew he would have to discuss his next move with the village elders who so happen to be Danzo and his old teammates.

Sarutobi began to rub his head again knowing of the impending headache he would receive in such a meeting. He just hoped he wouldn't have to do anything too rash against the Uchiha because he was really getting tired of all the bloodshed. Being apart of three major world wars could do that to a man.

'I'm really not getting any younger. I'll soon die from the stress more than anything else' he thought tiredly.

On the other side of the village in a training ground in a hidden location we find naruto (7 years old) hard at work.

"996... 997... 998... 999... 1000!" After he completed his 1000 one-handed push-ups naruto began his meditation.

'Hey kurama-sensei will I be heading back home soon its been a month now and the academy is one day away'

'Yes, so it seems. You're training has come along nicely in only one years time. You'll be way past any level of skill that's required in that academy. So you better not stay long, so I can continue your training.' spoke kurama from the inside of naruto's head. 'You know I'm a little surprised your training went so well I was expecting you to act like an idiot and make this hard on me.'

'Aw come on sensei, you gotta give me some credit. When it comes to get stronger I never play around'

'Hm maybe your right, NOW NO MORE CHIT CHAT GET BACK TO WORK!' the sudden shout got naruto out of his meditation and left him a little startled. He quickly got up and formed a shadow clone to spar with. Over the past year his taijutsu was nearly flawless and his ninjutsu was devastating, But with the help of kurama he realized he would never be able to use genjutsu, not even to save his life.

He was a little put down by it, but got over it and only focused on his strengths. His chakra reserves easily surpassed any jonin in the village and the heavy weights he carried on his limbs helped tone his body, improving his speed ten-fold with his physical strength. Kurama told him that at this point he should even be able to take on a chunin on equal grounds, but that has been left to be seen.

Naruto dispelled his clone believing it was a good time for a brake. He sat against a tree in the shade, wiping the sweat of his forehead. He began to think about the academy and wondered if he would make any friends, probably not since he was planning to graduate early what would be the point of having friends when you wouldn't be seeing them for long. All he could look forward to now was going home and sleeping in his bed rather than the ground or in a tree.'And its not like anybody would want to be my friend'

Clearing his mind, naruto stood up and preparing the next phase in his training; chakra control. Though his chakra control wasn't bad he still saw room for improvement. Not wanting to slack-off on anything else he created a group of clones and ordered them to head toward to konoha's library and study scrolls for his knowledge. He found this method of learning quick and precise since he received all of his clone's memories and experience once he dispelled them. It was the main reason for his speedy advancements in power.

"ALL RIGHT LETS GET TO WORK!" he shouted to the group of clones he ordered to stay an assist in his training. They saluted to him like soldiers to a general. " SURE THING BOSS! "

*2 days later*

In another part of the village, laid one of the village's most prestigious clans, the Hyuga clan. Their home was basically a huge compound that home two halves of their clan; the main family and the branch family. The branch family has been serving the main family since they joined the village ranks. The main family even created a seal to keep the branch family loyal and to protect their precious bloodline limit; the Byakugan. They called it the caged bird seal. Every branch member received this seal as a child.

At this very moment a main house member was sparring with a branch member in the main house's family dojo. Its was a battle between a girl who looked like she would fall over if you so much as glanced at her and a boy who kept a straight face, but if you looked closely at his eyes you would see hate and resentment.

The girl was currently on her knees breathing heavily, while the boy stood over her triumphantly. A intimidating man who was watching over the sparring match gave a disapproving look to the girl on the floor. "Enough! Neji you may leave let me speak with my daughter privately."

"Hai! Hiashi-sama" the boy named neji bowed before leaving the dojo with a satisfied smirk that went unnoticed by Hiashi. When the door closed Hiashi went to address his daughter."Hinata stand! It is unbecoming of a clan heiress to grovel on the ground like a weakling and to lose to a branch member no less, you truly are a disappointment."

Those words alone made hinata want to crawl into a hole and never come out. Ever since she began training with her father she has been nothing but a disappointment in his eyes. She could never please him and never win his praise only his disapproval.

She shakily got to her feet and looked up to her father only to see his stern face stare back at her almost emotionless. Hinata found herself not able to hold his gaze and looked at the ground. This only worked to agitate Hiashi even more. Before she knew Hiashi had struck her in anger. "Why are you always acting so weak?! At this rate your younger sister will have to be assigned as our new heiress."

"I-I a-am s-sorry F-father" she squeaked out before she was silenced by his shouts.

"Enough! I got to your room and wait for Ko to come retrieve you. I don't want you in the compound for the rest of the day!"

With that being said he left the dojo and headed to his study leaving hinata dejected. She headed to her room and got changed. After some time waiting she received a call from her door."Hinata-sama I have come to retrieve you." From the sound of the voice she could tell it was her bodyguard Ko. She quickly got to her feet and headed out the door. Ko led her through the village by hand. They were heading toward the park. Hinata was getting nervous since she was never good with talking to others especially kids her age.

After Ko left her so she could go along and play she found herself roaming the park. Every time she came to the park she would always see kids playing and running around, but she could never find the nerve to join them. At the moment she was looking for someone she had seen in the park every time she came here. He was a boy who was always alone she noticed him always standing alone and staring at the other kids playing. He's the one person who she wanted to talk to the most, but she hadn't seen him around for awhile and she was getting worried.

In her musing Hinata didn't watch where she was going and accidently bumped into someone. She fell over and now stared at three boys who towered over her. "Hey you should watch where you're going" said one of the boys who seemed to be the leader of the group.

"Hey look at her eyes dude she's a hyuga."

"So your one of those arrogant hyugas who think your better than everyone else like that douche Neji."

"N-no I'm n-not"

"Well I don't care if your a hyuga or not you better apologize to me" said the older kid completely ignoring hinata's claim.

They began to drag hinata into the forest and threw here onto her knees and began to taunt her. "Now apologize before I change my mind"

"I-I'm s-sorry"

"What was that I couldn't hear you speak up"

"I'm s-sorry"

"Bah! What a useless hyuga maybe we should teach her lesson" suggested on of the boys receiving agreement from his companions. Hinata could feel her eyes water eyes they began to stomp on her and laugh.'Someone help me'

"HEY! What do you think your doing?!"

*5 minutes earlier*

"Man, I can't wait to get home and fill my belly with good old ramen." shouted naruto as he began heading home fantasizing about his favorite meal. His fantasizing was interrupted by kurama's stern voice.'Naruto I don't want you eating to much of that stuff, I want you to grow properly'

"I already know that kurama-sensei you already said that it was part of my training to eat healthy, so let me have this ok."

'Fine, but if you start eating that stuff like before, you won't get any training from me. I refuse to train a midget."

"Hmph, Whatever."

On his way through the forest naruto's focus was disturbed by a slight sound in up ahead. He sped up his pace toward the noise only to find three boy beating on a defenseless girl. Enraged naruto shouted out at them. "HEY! What do you think your doing?!"

The boys seemed startled by the shout and turned around to face naruto. At first they had a look of fear in their faces but once their eyes landed on naruto it turned to annoyance and then amusement. "Hey guys look its the demon brat"

'Their calling me a brat?'

"What's a loser like you doing here. why don't you crawl back under the rock you came from?" They began to surround him with smug faces. Naruto was just standing their patiently wait for the moment to act. The boy who seemed to be their leader put his hand on naruto's shoulder. "Hey what's your problem cat got your tongue?"

In that instant naruto grabbed his arm and flipped him onto his back before the other boys could react tripped them both by aiming for their feet. When they stood up they rushed him all at once, but naruto found no trouble with disposing them as fast as he did the first time. With a quick maneuver he knocked one of them out with a chop to the head dropping him unconscious. Once he was down the other two picked him up and ran away like the cowards they were.'huh, not even a warm-up.'

Once they were gone naruto turned to the girl he had saved who was now staring at him in aw. Naruto instantly noticed her eyes. 'A hyuga?'

"Um are you ok?"

She seemed to be pushed out of her stupor by his concern and her face instantly turned a dark shade of red.'Is she sick or something?'

Hinata couldn't believe what just occurred in the past few seconds. One instant she's being beaten down by a bunch a bullies and then she's being saved by the same boy she was searching for. He looked a little different, but she knew that blond hair, those cute whiskers, and those beautiful cerulean blue eyes.

"Um are you ok"

At that moment she realized she had been staring at her savior and probably making a fool out of herself. "Y-yes I'm a-alright, t-thank you."

He smiled at her making her cheeks heat up. Her shyness began to take affect and she found herself not being able to look at him in the face.

"Uh are you sure, you're looking a little red there"

Hinata was pretty sure she resembled a tomato at the moment. She was so embarrassed that she almost didn't nonticed the hand he was offering to help her stand. She looked at it for a moment before accepting it. His hand was so warm and big compared to her but most of all it felt comforting. She found herself not wanting to let go. Sadly she had to or else he'd think she was some type of weirdo. "T-thank you"

"No problem I just hope your Ok."

The sincerity of his words kept her hot in the face, she just couldn't find what to say to her hero. And even if if she did have something to say she wouldn't have the chance to tell him since her bodyguard, ko, came running along to take her home. "Hinata-sama, what are you doing out here?" He was concerned at first but when he caught sight of the boy he hastily took her by the hand and began to drag her away. "Come Hinata-sama you mustn't associate yourself with that boy."

"B-but... he saved me."

"Hinata-sama he is dangerous we must go now." Before she could protest any longer, Hinata was already being dragged out of the forest leaving naruto alone. She looked over her shoulder to see him staring back at her. Gathering all the confidence she could, Hinata waved good-bye.

Well that was surprising, naruto wasn't surprised that the adult was keeping the girl away from him, but he was surprised when the girl all of a sudden waved at him. 'That's something I don't see everyday.'

"Well no point in thinking about it I should head home."

With a quick sprint he found himself already in the front of his doorstep. Entering his apartment he fond just like he left it, with a little bit of dust of course. At the moment all he could think of was tomorrow, he would be heading into the academy and finally be able to start his ninja career.

After the last spec of dust was gone the sun had already gone down Getting his night clothes naruto headed toward his bed. Laying down he reflected on his day, letting his thoughts lead him into his sleep. He thought back onto the girl he saved earlier and how she acted.'Hm I wonder if I'll see her again someday?"

With that in mind sleep took ahold of him and the last hours of the day went by without a sound.

Finished it for today. Couldn't think very clearly hope it turned out ok.

I'll be working on the next chapter.

LATER!