So here is chapter 3. Sorry it took a little while, just moved to a new place so the story got put on the back burner for a few weeks. I hope you enjoy it and as always please read and review!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto!

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Chapter 3

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"No…no…no…no!" Writhing in pain of memory, Naruto was tossing and turning in his sleep.

"Kit…kit…KIT!" Kurama screamed in his head. Naruto was shocked awake in a heap of sweat.

"Ahhh! W-w-what happened?" He said out loud.

"You were having another nightmare." Kurama said in his said.

"Thanks Kurama." Naruto said, slowing his breathing down and trying to think of happier thoughts.

"Why don't we head to the Academy a little earlier today. It might take longer to get there since we don't know the way from our current location."

"Yeah that is a good idea." Naruto said, got up and got dressed in his usual attire.

Naruto slowly made his way to the Ninja Academy, leaving a little earlier than normal since he was coming in from a new direction and didn't want to be late. But he had to admit that he really liked his new flat. The room though not much, was a lot better than what he had originally in his old flat. It had everything that he needed and the location was great. Inside the fridge alone, he found that there were premade meals for the entire week for every occasion from breakfast to dinner and snacks in between. The only thing that made Naruto a little sad on the inside was the lack of Ramen and he missed it very much. Maybe I will go there after class today? It wouldn't hurt to eat more. I mean yes the bento lunch box looks great but I am a growing boy who needs to eat more. He thought to himself looking at his little body as he was making his way to the school. Yeah I am so going to Ramen Ichiraku. Oh I can just smell the deliciousness now. Man I so wish I could skip school, I mean technically it has been years since I even had ramen. Hmmm…no Naruto, you are trying to be better now, doing things differently. I can't skip school already. Hmmm…what if I send in a Kage Bushin (Shadow clone)...no that won't work. My chakra coils maybe that of a Kage but my control still sucks ass. And plus if they were to find out that I could do a Kage Bushin at the age of five, there would be so many questions that I wouldn't even know where to begin to answer. Ok..ok…I'll go to school now and then eat ramen after and with the money that I have…Ohhhhhhh….yeahhhhhh…I could eat like ten…no…fifteen…no twenty bowls.

While he was aimlessly walking thinking nothing but ramen he didn't notice another person. He entered the room only bump into said person which caused his to fall and land right on top of the person. When Naruto looked down, he came face to face with Hinata. This was the first time that he interacted with her since he came back. He was avoiding this for a while because looking at her only brought back memories of their nights together, her confession, her love for him, his love for her and then finally her death. When he looked into her eyes, all of his emotions were coming full throttle to him, too many at once. He wanted to kiss her, hug her, tell her how much he loved her. He wanted to cry in joy at having her alive in his life again. This is not my Hinata-hime. But she will be soon and this time, I am going to do it right. I want to spend as much time as I can with you. Naruto chuckled a bit on the inside thinking at how he would get her to fall in love with him again.

"Oh God Kit, get a room. I thought that I would get to live without this for a while. Remember she is only five right now and incredibly shy."

"Oh shut it. You know that you enjoyed it you pervert. And yes I find her shyness incredibly enduring. She was the one person that believed in me from the very beginning. Now it will be my turn to believe in her. I am technically her soon-to-be-husband and that is one thing that I will not lose out on this time around."

"I know, I'm sorry but just remember that we are changing things now so it could end up differently. I mean just look at how the other girls in the class are taking a liking to you. I bet before you know it you will get a small fan club going and there will be Naruto fan girls trying to get all over you."

Naruto just rolled his eyes at this comment. "I could care less about that."

"You say that now Kit, wait until those little brat female humans turn into women again. What was it…Sakura this Sakura that...blah blah blah...blah"

"Hinata always had my true heart, she is my first true love and last love. I would die for her a million times over if it meant that she would live in the end."

"We'll just see about that; you never know what the future holds since we are wanting to change it." Kurama said mostly to himself.

Meanwhile while Naruto was lost in thoughts talking to Kurama, Hinata was completely red in the face with embarrassment. This was the same boy who saved her from the mean bullies and now he was laying on top of her. From that day forward she had always admired him from afar but this was too close for her shy-self, "Ummmm...N-Naruto-kun."

That seemed to take Naruto out of his thoughts, "Oh I am so sorry Hinata-chan." He got off of her and helped her up.

"Ummmm…Th-that is o-ok." She was just thankful that no one was in the room yet since they were the first two to arrive.

"Are you sure?"

"Y-y-yes."

"Well, how about we have lunch together."

Hinata's translucent purple eyes opened a bit in shock at the proposal, "O-o-ok." She stammered out blushing a little.

"Great! I have a feeling we will be the best of friends!" He gave her a thumbs up and went to take his seat to which she did the same.

"Hahaha. I see what you are doing Kit. Very smooth." Kurama said in his head, to which Naruto just gave him a bashful smile letting out a nervous laugh.

"What I am in love you big fur ball! Did you see the blush?! I am half way there! All I have to do now is get her to fall in love with me, marry her and make her mine once again." Naruto laughed.

"Aw I see, want to make an honest woman this time around?!" Kurama just laughed at him.

"Hey, we were in middle of a war. It Isn't like we could just ask Madara to give us a day off for a wedding or like that. We got lucky with the few moments that we did have and I'll cherish those moments for the rest of my life." Kurama just rolled his eyes but laughed all the same.

Soon more students walked in and were taking their seats in the classroom. Finally, the bell rung and Mizuki and Iruka both walked in together walking about something from their morning meal.

The day went on as normal for Naruto or as well as normal it could be. Most of the day Naruto had his mind on other matters, questioning where Obito was and if Madara was still alive currently or already dead.

"Naruto…Naruto…NARUTO!"

Shaking out of his stupor, "What?" He said, looking up at Iruka-sensei.

"I asked what your thoughts were on the problem on the board." He said a little irritated at the young boy.

Naruto looked at the chalkboard and read the problem, "It won't work." He stated simply.

"And why do you say that?"

"Because you didn't account for the guard change. It says that that the guards change every ten minutes and if you want to rescue the princess, you should leave a decoy of some type."

"And how do you that? Leave one of your teammates there?" A girl called out causing the class to snicker at Naruto.

Naruto rolled his eyes at the girl, "No, those who don't finish the mission are scum but those you leave their comrades behind are worse than scum." He said with determination, silencing the entire class at his statement.

After a pregnant pause, "Then what do you propose Naruto?" Iruka said.

"I read once that you could make solid clones like they do in Iwa. If you made one of those and then transform the clone into the princess so that it could buy more time for the escape."

The class became very quiet after his explanation. Both Iruka and Mizuki were quite dumbfounded by the child's thought process, to just once again proving his intellect to them. But for Naruto this was not the first rescue mission that he took part in for his nineteen-year-old mind so it was very easy to answer the question with the experience to back up his claim. "Yes thank you Naruto. Now does anyone else have some thoughts on what Naruto just said."

Naruto started tune out the class again going into his own mind on everything that he needs to accomplish in the next coming years.

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The morning passed on by for the Hokage, staring at the paperwork before him on his desk, he let out a heavy sigh. His mind for the past few days weighing down on him on thoughts of Naruto. This little boy who knew not of the world around him, knew quite a bit for someone of his age. I wonder how he is doing in class today. His thoughts took up out of his own torpor and pulled out a glass ball to which he could see the village activity around him. He concentrated his thoughts on Naruto only to see him half asleep at his desk while his teachers were going about some theories and problems. He let out a sigh. He does not seem to find class stimulating. I wonder where his thoughts are taking him?

He almost let go of the connection to Naruto, when he saw Iruka calling out his name. For the next few minutes he watched in wonder as the child spoke. My God, that is a quote straight from Kakashi and Obito! How, just how could a five-year-old boy have knowledge on solid clones? Thoughts of all different sorts came bursting like a flood into Hiruzen's mind. The most prominent thought though was that Naruto would need proper training in the coming years. He has so much potential, it is almost disturbing at a first glance. I know who would be best to train little Naruto but of course he up and left after hearing the news five years ago and hasn't been back yet. But the next option is just as good, the only question is, is he willing to take on Naruto as an apprentice at least part time.

The Hokage rubbed his temples and taking out his pipe, mulling over his coming choices and decisions that had to be made and be made very soon. He let go of his connection to the boy and stared back at his mound of paperwork that seemed to be ever growing these past few years.

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Lunch broke out for the children and Naruto took his bento box that had been pre-made for him and dated of when to eat it out to the benches outside. "Hinata-chan!" Naruto called out as he saw her walk outside. Hinata joined him as he told to from earlier in the morning, blushing a little at being so close to the boy who saved her last year from the boys in the woods.

"Hello…N-Naruto-kun." She said shyly.

"What do you have for lunch?" He asked. She took out her own bento box and showed him her meal. "Looks great!"

"Arigato." She said. She peered into his lunch. "Did your m-mom m-m-make that?" She inquired.

Naruto looked down for a second, sadness coming across his eyes for a split second, but as soon as it came it left, and he laughed. "No, you see I am so special that the Hokage got me someone to make all my meals so that way I can become strong to become the next Hokage and protect everyone I told dear."

Hinata was shocked by the statement but smiled, "That is v-very ad-admirable." She said quietly.

Naruto just smiled at her. He looked up and saw Sasuke was walking over to them, "Sasuke!" Naruto called out.

Sasuke smiled a bit and took a seat on the other side of the bench facing Naruto and Hinata. "Who are you?" He directed his question to the girl.

"Oh sorry, Sasuke, the is Hinata-chan, Hinata-chan this is Sasuke."

Hinata bowed her head a little, "Hello Sasuke-kun." She said.

"Hello." Sasuke said. "You aren't one of those fan girls are you?" He asked quite bluntly.

Hinata turned bright red at the question and started to stutter out a response but Naruto jumped in instead, "No teme. She is my friend and now yours! Right Hinata-chan."

"Hai." She said embarrassed but thankful for the interjection of Naruto.

"Good. I really hate fan girls. All they care about is looking good and not training to get stronger."

"Well you don't have to worry about that because we are all going to work hard to get super strong!" Naruto said renowned enthusiasm.

"Whatever. You want to train with me after school?" Sasuke asked Naruto.

"You know it! Hinata want to join us?"

"Umm…I-I will have to ask m-my Tou-san. But i-if he says y-y-yes I will." She stuttered out

"Great!" Naruto said and starting eating his lunch.

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The scrip night set the mood for the Hokage who stared out below the village from the Hokage Tower, smoking on his pipe. The Hokage turned around back to the ANBU ninja that was kneeled behind him. "Hokage-sama you called for me?"

"Hai, tell me of what you know of Naruto-kun."

"Hokage-sama?" Dog asked a little confused as to why the Hokage wanted to know his knowledge on the child.

"Have you seen the reports?"

"No Hokage-sama I have not." Dog responded.

"I want you to read the reports and observe him for a while then and get back to me on your thoughts. I have an idea of what to do with him." The Hokage said.

"Hai." With that the ANBU left.

The Hokage let out a smoke from the pipe, hoping that if Dog read the reports, he would come to the same conclusion as he did. But whatever decision was to be made with the boy, the Hokage knew one thing, that life would become very interesting for the child.

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Author's note

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So there was the chapter! I hope you liked it! Please read and review! The next chapter should be coming out within the next 2 weeks!