This is a Naruto Fan Fiction only.

I just figured that we would train together to work better together. I had no idea that she meeting my mom would have this result. I am standing watching a conversation that any other time would really upset me. Sayomi was talking to Kiba in her disguised form. That didn't upset me it was what she and Kiba were talking about.

"Kiba we both know you hate the Dope's snoring. It's liable to distract anyone and you think it's interfering with your studies. So here is a deal you will love. Switch seats with me, I am an Uchiha Elite so the Dope won't bother me in the slightest, hell I could probably nap like him and still pass."

I knew Kiba didn't like me much, but I guess I was a little sad that I wouldn't be able to chat with my buddy Akamaru as much anymore, but this was part of mom's idea to improve my teamwork with her so I had to take this seriously.

In the end Sasuke Uchiha ended up seated right next to me. The plan was simple but not without cost. I would go and learn from mom, but Sayomi would pretend to try and wake me up by shaking me. In truth she was going to be given lessons by a shadow clone of mom.

She didn't look particularly happy that she would have to catch up to me, but then again I had lessons with mom much longer than her. The cost that I was talking about came from either an attempt by Sakura to punch me or Ino trying to embarrass me with gossip she spread about me.

In truth our teamwork did get better as time went on and even with Sakura's obsessive attempt to make Sasuke hers we passed to the final exam. Once again I was given the same title as the year before. Yes, I was named the dead last of our class for two years in a row.

I just was so upset that I decided to go to the forest and walk up and down a rock wall that was at the back of the mountain were they carved the head sculptures of the Hokages. I really hated that no matter how well I did in both the practical and written test I was given a barely passing grade.

I suspected Mizuki since he was always mad after the exams, I guess he expected me to fail.

'Mom is this going to be the norm? I do my best but and up getting the worst grades in my class and basically be treated as an idiot? This thing is six years long! You mean I have to put up with till I graduate or should I say if I graduate!'

For some odd reason mom was laughing at my little outburst. 'In the end son it doesn't matter. We both know that is not the case and look at the upside. You get to spend more time with that Sayomi girl.'

I was so caught by surprise as she made that comment I nearly fell down the wall. I immediately went inside my mind to clear up the misunderstanding. "Mom read my lips, I AM NOT IN LOVE WITH HER!"

She laughed and pointed a finger at me. "Naruto I am your mother, nobody knows you better than I. As for not being in love those blushing cheeks say otherwise."

"Look son, you can lie, deceive, trick and even manipulate other people but you will never be able to with me. I'm your mother so drop the act. We both know you really like her, otherwise you would never introduce her to me. So tell me son what are you afraid of?"

I couldn't lie to her that was always true. I looked at her and couldn't help but to cry. "She needs to be strong to defend herself if her secret is discovered. The truth always comes out. The thing that scares me is what if they try to kill her because I like her? I don't think I be able to control myself if that happens."

She walked over to me and pulled me close. "Ah, my boy. There is nothing to cry about. Your my baby boy and the sad truth is death will come to her eventually. You got so little time to spend with her, and you are not spending time with her for fear of her getting hurt? You're a fox Naruto you are more cunning than that."

She kissed my head and I knew she was right. Once my body finishes growing up, aging was not a concern for me. She told me it was a side effect of growing up on her chakra as a baby. That was also the reason why I could turn into a fox. A fox is born with one tail, for the element he us born having mastery of.

My first element was fire and growing up I mastered control of eight others. Five elements that everyone knows off, and for nobody ever considers. Void, Light, Dark, and Soul are those last four elements, but I always had a feeling there was another one. I could imagine Time was also there but I could never even begin to manipulate time, so mastery of it was almost impossible.

A fox of my family gains a tail for each element we master, and thus I am a nine tails fox. She was right I can't let fear control me. I just need to be more cunning than they are.

I finished getting dressed and went to the academy to start my third year. I pretty much gave up walking on the ground since I found only hate filled glares to great me. I went through the air running and jumping from rooftop to rooftop.

I entered my classroom to find it empty. I sat down in my usual seat and decided to get an early start with the lessons from my mom. The lesson was in seals, and more specifically the use of seals in combat. I never knew that the drawings I was taught to draw in my infancy were all to prepare me for this.

Next thing I knew Sayomi was in my mind and I knew that the class had started. "So Naruto is it just my imagination or do you actually hate both of my stalkers? I don't know whether I should feel flattered, concerned or worried. I would be careful if I was you. They say the distance between love and hate is less than the a single hair."

I nearly fell down realizing what she said implied. "Don't like gossip, or those that spread it. I also don't like girls that think it's OK to date someone for their benefit only. This pretty much makes Ino and Sakura incompatible with me."

I continued learning as mom taught me so rather interesting things. Sayomi was learning from a shadow clone of mom. As we were on our break she was sitting right next to me as we sat under the shade of a large tree.

"So Naruto I guess this might sound weird, but do you think there will be a time when I don't have to hide my gender? It's just feels wrong for both of Sakura and Ino to flirt with me."

I looked at her trying to look as calm as possible. "Honestly Sayomi I imagine it will happen when you finally have a reason not to hide anymore or you put your foot down and tell the council you choose how many kids you will have and with whom. Those that don't like it they could go ahead and jump off the top of the Hokage mountain for all you care."

I looked at mom and smiled at her. "If they tried to force my daughter, well I guess I would need to inform the hokage of several vacant seats in the council. I won't let anyone take decisions about my daughter's reproductive rights. She wants to give me one or half a dozen grandkids it's her choice."

I don't think I said anything that was beyond common sense, but Sayomi was smiling at me and mom was doing something I only seen Lee do when he starts his monologue about the flames of youth.

"Yosh! That's my baby boy. I couldn't be more proud to be his mother!"

As the physical skills part of the class began Sasuke asked that he be paired with me, under the excuse that it was to spare the others having to spar with me.

We fought against each other and truly enjoyed it. Our skills during our team activities still had to have Sakura, but our training and classes with mom made us able to get some impressive results.

I of course had to bite my mouth shut every single time Sakura proclaimed that those results were all due to Sasuke's skills and if I wasn't there they would be the best in our year.

At the end of class I walked away towards a large rock on one of the training fields. I often thought that this rock had been made using an earth technique. I saw the large rock and began hitting the rock as hard as I could till my knuckles were covered in my own blood.

This was so far the only way I could get rid of my absolute desire of beating the two loud mouths into a coma. They were the embodiment of all the hate and prejudice the village had against me.

"You can come out Dog, I can tell you are there. Thanks for the rock by the way. It has proven to be a wonder stress relief tool." Dog came out from behind the nearby tree and walked towards me.

"Your very welcome Naruto. Naruto I need you to answer me honestly do you hate Sasuke? And what do you expect your genin squad to be like?" I looked at him with a dead serious expression on my face, that was reflected in his eye.

"No, I don't hate Sasuke as much as I should. I sometimes wish I was treated a tenth as nice as he is treated, but we both know that is never going to happen. As for my squad they always place the top ninja, kunoichi and dead last in a squad. So it will be Sasuke, Sakura and me if things continue as they have."

"As for what I expect life in the squad? Well at best I will be utterly ignored because Sasuke to my instructor is a worthwhile person to teach, not me for obvious reasons. In the worst case it will be a living hell, I will get to do most of the boring things and yelled at for everything I do, blamed and punished for anything that goes wrong."

I looked at the rock and then at the sky. "Sometimes I wonder if I should just runaway from this village. With mom's training I would be welcomed with open arms, well all villages except one."

Dog looked at me and just leaned against the tree. "So why don't you runaway?" I simply said that for two reasons. The first they would send ANBU to drag me back in chains, and because mom hated cowardly acts.

I walked home running up a nearby wall and then traveling through the rooftops. I did notice that some people had made clothes lines on the roof of their apartment building. I still didn't know whether they did it for their convince or to put stuff to make it harder for me to get back home.

I had to take an alternate route which placed me in a direct path through the Hyuuga Compound. I was not looking forward to crossing that part at all. Most branch family members and I got along just fine, but since I killed some of the main family members in the past they tend to attack me whenever they think they can get away with it.

For some reason Hinata was practically the only member of her family that treated me politely if not friendly. Thanks to my mother's training I made it across the compound by running on the wall.

As soon as I made it home I felt a presence behind me. "So my friend comes near my home and doesn't stop to say hello? Naruto you should know better than to think you could sneak around in the main family compound area and think that I wouldn't see you."

I turned around and tried to smile since he was a good friend of mine. "Neji honestly I had to go through that area. You see this black cat crossed my path and I had to take the long way to get home. I am really tired after the beating theme gave me in class."

"Look Neji, how about we talk a little bit how you been and have a cup of tea? After that I really need a shower and go to sleep." Neji had no objection to what I proposed.

I made two cups of tea and sat down as I handed him his. "So tell me what's new in your life?" I saw Neji take a sip from his cup.

"Not much actually. My attempts to get Tenten to notice my feelings for her have been an undeniable failure. I am pretty close to mastering the Gentle Fist style. How come Sasuke started to volunteer to be your spar partner for our class?"

I choked a little on my tea as I heard him ask that. "You know that nobody wanted to spar with me. I guess the parents of our classmates told them I was a deranged psycho after they learned what I did to those muggers. Teme is probably trying to seem noble."

Neji continued to drink his tea and finished when I finished telling that. "Well you are actually right about your suspicions. I know for a fact that Hinata's father pretty much warned her not no fight against you or sit close to you. He only said that you were too dangerous to have as a friend. I know because I was there in the family practice room when he said it."