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Naruto woke up and began his day as any other; little did he know that today he would be taking another step closer to his goal. He Showered dressed and prepared an instant ramen cup for breakfast. After breakfast he sat in his lounge and made two clones. Naruto briefed his clones, "Clone 1, I would like you to clean the place and clone 2 is going to study chapter 1 of the Academy Ninja manual." Clone two immediately begun to protest

"Why do I get the crap job, Can't clone 1 do the studying and I clean?" Naruto simply answered with a well placed kick to the groin dispelling the clone. He created another one and gave him the same job. "Once your jobs are done you can dismiss yourselves." Naruto called over his shoulder as he left for academy.

At the academy

Naruto got to academy in a timely manner and while no one was looking made a clone and had it Henge (Transform) into a pencil; this was so he could effectively gain double the class time. Iruka Arrived and begun his lesson on correct stances when charging Chakra.

After the lesson Iruka called Naruto over. "Hey Naruto, I'm glad to see you were paying attention during class. About our discussion last night, I found you a job at the library." Naruto visibly paled at the thought of working in a library. Thoughts, of dark cellars filled with musty tomes and old crones that bared their rotting teeth as they shushed any who dared to move, raised unbidden worrying poor Naruto.

"Iruka-sensei, are you sure that will be a good job?" Naruto was skeptical, what would he do at the library and even more importantly would he even earn any money. Iruka just smiled and led the boy to his new place of work.

Konoha Library

The two stood outside of a massive building it was three floors tall and extremely big. Outside there was a large garden and signposting indicating that the Training grounds for Ninjutsu and Genjutsu learnt at the library, were behind the library by the back entrance. The front of the library was very inviting and suddenly Naruto's thoughts seemed a little stupid. Naruto was astounded; he didn't know that this huge building was the Library of Konoha. "It's huge Iruka-sensei, how many books are there? Why do they have their own training grounds, Where are the Dungeons? Are there scary old ladies who will shush me?" Iruka smiled at the boy's antics, he was glad that at least one of the youth was actually going to use their library. "We will find out soon enough. Let's go find out what your new job will entail."

Inside Iruka took them up to the main desk were Iruka spoke some words and the man at the desk ran off to fetch someone. Iruka turned to Naruto, "Please be extremely polite to the man who is coming, he is the head librarian and he is not only your boss but a very, very smart man who can teach you lots."

The main desk operator returned shortly followed by an old man who wore a suit complete with a bowtie. He was short about Naruto's height and wore square rimmed bottle glasses. The man was very old, his face was riddled with wrinkles and he had a rather square head with a side path. As the man approached a memory of etiquette from Naruto's clone that was studying in the morning arose and Naruto bowed and greeted his superior.

The old man was taken aback by the boy's politeness, "ah, I see manners haven't completely left the youth. A single flame still burns with etiquette. I guess you are the child who requested a job. I need someone young and spry to help me with my duties. You seem able enough. I think you'll do fine here, Iruka you may leave the boy in my care, I'll show him the ropes." Iruka bowed to the old man and turned to Naruto,

"You be good and do everything you are told to." Turning back to the old man Iruka bowed again "thank you very much sensei, despite his early manners Naruto can be quite naughty so don't be afraid to beat him. I entrust Naruto to your care." With that said Iruka left with a grin on his face. He remembered how eccentric the old man was and how much this job had helped him in his youth, the Sandaime never ceased to amaze Iruka.

"Excuse me for asking but were you Iruka's sensei?" the old man laughed at the boy's curious nature how it reminded him of the young Iruka. "Iruka was once a problem child at the academy, the Teachers got tired of his bad behavior and so to teach him a lesson they sent him here to work. I got the boy on the straight and narrow as you can now see and instilled in him a passion for knowledge which I hope to instill in you."

Naruto was astounded, Iruka the teacher. The ultimate killjoy when it came to misbehaving was once a problem child, it couldn't be true. "I promise to try my best to learn all you can teach me, what will my job be here sensei?"

Now it was the Old man's turn to be astounded, this child was ready to work and seemed interested. "Well you will follow me as I give you a tour of this wonderful establishment and then we will discuss your duties."

The two of them walked around the entire library, the old man would tell Naruto about each area, what knowledge it contained. Naruto soon learned that a shinobi library was not what he had expected it to be. Naruto had imagined it to be a large room with rows and rows of bookshelves filled to the brim with musty tomes. However he was pleasantly surprised. The library was a large building that comprised three floors and whatever basements existed. The first floor was open to the entire public and contained all the civilian books, dealing with Fiction, philosophy and Civilian histories as well as many other topics. It was well cared for by a small work force, employed by the Civilian Government, that cleaned and maintained the first floor.

However it was the second floor that really caught Naruto's attention. The second floor was the beginning of the Shinobi section and contained many of the shinobi texts and books that were not for civilians. It looked to need a little cleaning and maintenance as apparently the civilian workforce was not allowed to work on the second and third floor. Only Shinobi were allowed in the area, however academy students and in very special cases civilians could apply for a permit to also gain entrance. It was divided into sections for History, Political science, Military science, Strategy, mission logs that were open for ninja to see and of course large sections for all the Shinobi disciplines including but not being limited to: Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu, Kenjutsu(swordsmanship) and Fuuinjutsu(Sealing) . They had a large area in the middle that was open all the way to the roof and was lit by a giant sunroof. The area was for reading and relaxing as many ninja felt too uncomfortable if they sat in reading cubicles for too long. It was a sort of indoor field that had a man made pond surrounded by a few Boulders as well as an area that was grassland. It was very peaceful and would also make a nice place to sit and read.

The third floor was a restricted area that held the documents that your average Gennin shouldn't see and then of course there was the basement area that held the top secret documents. Naruto wasn't allowed to enter these areas but the old man gave him an idea of what was behind the doors.

Once the tour was finished Naruto was led to the man's office. "Take a seat young man, you will report to me every afternoon after your academy time and Saturday mornings. I will tell you if anything special needs to be done but if not you will repack the books that have been returned and should also help anyone who asks for help. You must also help keep the place tidy though that is not your job per say. Are you okay with this?"

Naruto uncharacteristically stopped and thought about it, "Hai, sensei. I will work my hardest. Thank you very much for the opportunity." He looked extremely determined and the Head librarian knew that Naruto was serious.

"I think I'd like to get to know you a bit more young man, why don't you tell me why you would like a part time job and what your dreams for the future are?" The old man looked at Naruto, watching as the boy organized his thoughts and taking in all that the boy said including that which wasn't vocalized.

"Well sensei, I would like a part time job to help pay for all the things I need to achieve a balance between my stamina and spiritual energy. I would like the job to earn money and also to learn and experience things so I can be a well rounded Shinobi. My Dream for the Future is to become a Respected and loved Ninja. I want to become the Hokage." Naruto said passionately.

The old man frowned at the last bit, "Son, you know that there is a lot more to being Hokage. The Hokage is admittedly a ninja who is strong and respected but he is strong so that he may protect those he cares about and a Hokage cares about his entire village. They are respected because they protect and help their village. To become a Hokage one must have the will of fire."

Naruto was taken aback by the old man's sharp rebuke "I'm sorry sensei, I did not know, forgive me." The old man smiled, at least the boy realized that he was uninformed but that would not continue.

"It is alright but know this, not knowing is not an excuse because you have the ability to learn. So I would like you to read this book. It is called 'Konoha's will of Fire' it was written by the Sandaime and it gives a very good view on being Hokage but it is also a great Historical account of all the Hokages. I would like you to read the book, but do not speed read it, rather read it and contemplate it. When you have finished we will talk again about it. I will want you to have formed your own opinions and thoughts. However I think that is enough for today and so I will see you tomorrow for your first day. See you then." Naruto stood up clutching the book to his chest and Bowed to the Head librarian, "Thank you again sensei, I will do my best." With that said Naruto left and went home

Naruto's House

Back home Naruto placed the book on his bed side table and prepared himself a supper. As he ate he thought about the Mans words. The Hokages were strong because they protected the village and they were respected because they protected everyone. Realizing this Naruto only wanted to strive for Balance more.

Naruto finished eating and got into bed where he began to read 'Konoha's will of Fire'

Okay guys I was going to make this chapter a bit longer but I decided it would be best to cut it here so I could update in time.

This chapter was to set up the platform upon which Naruto will increase his spiritual energy.

If anything about the library is fammiliar i might have used ideas from Fics i have read before and so am sorry if i stole anything and if there is proof i will gladly give credit.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter and hope you will review and give me your thoughts.

The teams have been finalized as has most of the first chunk of overarching story.

Once again R&R

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