I just wanted to say thanks to all that reveiwed especially ArmorOfGeddon for pointing out my mistake. I forgot to tell you, but last chapter was the prolouge. I'm still new at this.
Oh by the way in this story Hinata's sister Hanabi is only one year younger then Naruto and Hinata.
--Six Years after the Kyuubi attack--
"Naruto-kun it's time to wake up. Don't think just because it's your birthday means you can sleep in," said the beautiful red head to her son. A younger looking version of Minato got out of bed took a long yawn and took off his sleeping cap and went to go take a shower. After his warm shower he got into a white T-shirt and some jean pants (He hasn't started ninja training yet).
Naruto walked down the stairs and saw his mom and dad smiling at him. Minato said, "Happy birthday little guy." Naruto was confused by the weird smile on his dad's face and he asked, "Tou-san, what's with that funny looking smile on you're face?" Minato responded, "Well I don't know maybe because it's your birthday, or because the start of next year you're starting in the ninja academy, or maybe because as of today I'll be starting your training with me."
Naruto got out of his tired form and started yelling in pure excitment, "WHAT. NO WAY, THIS IS SO AWSOME!" The Yondiame, who was used to it by now, said in return, "Yeah I know. Although, you'll need some ninja gear and some new cloths for it. Well I geuss that is what your birthday is for." Naruto screamed, "NINJA GEAR, SO COOL! YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST PARENTS EVER!" Kushina, who was not, rubbed her ears said, "Well Naruto-kun it's time to open your presents." Naruto ran into the room that had his presents in it.
Before Naruto could start ripping open his presents his dad appeared in the room to stop him and make him wait a little while longer. When Kushina walked into the room she said with a yawn, "We had this planned so you would open them in order. You'll start with this one." She picked up a box and gave it to Naruto. When Naruto felt it in his hands he could tell that whatever it was it was in a box. His father asked him, "So what do you think it is?" Naruto thought for a couple of seconds and answered, "My ninja cloths because of the general size, the fact that the box it is in is somewhat flimsy, and when I slightly tip it to one side it doesn't make much noise."
Minato smirked thinking , 'His skills being able to determine that are pretty good, although that was the simplist of all of them. Let's see how high his analizing abillites are.' When Naruto opened it he saw his ninja clothes. He smliled and when to go put them on. When he came out he was wearing a long sleeve black shirt with orange flames at the base and the sleeves and red swirls on his shoulders and black pants.
"How do I look," said the young kid with the new look. Kushina smiled and said, "You look good Naruto-kun." He smiled and his dad gave him another present. Naruto said, "I think this is a stack of explosive notes because when you feel these sides you feel many different flimsy sheets." He opened it and there was a big stack of explosive notes.
This went on for a while. Naruto geusssed quite a few right and many wrong. When it was all done except one Naruto looked very different from when he started. He had his new cloths on, a kunai pouch attatched to his leg, another pouch on the back of his belt, two scrolls hanging of his belt, chakra weights on his wrists and ankles, a necklace, ninja shoes, and some medial equipment. He got some non-ninja gifts too such as a new Shogi board, ramen coupons, and a rubber ball.
Before Naruto could open his final present his parents had tell him something to tell him. Minato said, "We have something to tell you Naruto-kun. This is some of the best ninja gear in here we want you to have it so you can be safer. There is one other ninja gift we gave you when you were born. It is the…"
Naruto finished, "Kyuubi. I-I know I have met him in my dreams. I was scared at first, I thought I was a monster. I almost feel like a hero. That might sound very weird, but I was the one to save this village." The older blonde-haired ninja smirked and thought, 'Wow, he really is my son. I'm proud of you Naruto. You are the hero of the village and everyone should think the same way.'
When he opened it there was a big wooden box with the swirl on it. He undid the latches and opened the box. There was a orange mask with the Konoha symbol on it two gloves with the swirl that he is so fond of and three cases that had five pills in them. One case had five emerald looking pills in it. The second was five flamming red pills in it. The last had five yellow pills in it.
Naruto was confused by the gifts and he looked at his parents. Kushina said, "I'll explain it Minato-kun. Naruto-kun those are great things. Those gloves will help you in training for a certain jutsu when your older. The green pills are able to heal up nearly any wound. The red one will increase your strength and stamina for long periods of time. The yellow will restore nearly all your chakra. The mask is to help with chakra control." Naruto was amazed at what his parents just gave him. Minato broke the silence and said, "Okay Naruto-kun put on the mask and the gloves and put away your pills and come meet me outside for the start of your ninja training."
After Naruto was ready he went back and found his dad. "Naruto-kun I'm going to teach you a bit about taijutsu, the art of physical combat." He started showing naruto punches, kicks, jumps, and weapon throwing. He said as doing some jumps, "The key is to let it flow. Well at least for my style of senkouken (flash fist)." Naruto started to try to do it. He wasn't good at all, but he had a lot of potential.
"Don't forget to take another shower Naruto. We're going to go to Ichiraku Ramen with Hiashi, his family, Kakshi, Rin, and Obito," said Kushina. After Naruto took his shower they left. They arrived at the ramen bar and spotted three ninja. "Hey Kakashi-kun, Hiashi-san, Hinata-chan," said Naruto.
Hiashi had a smile and said, "Hello, Naruto-kun. Only you would choose a place you go every day for your birthday dinner. Hinata-chan, Hanabi-chan say hello to Naruto-kun." Hinata looked at Naruto and blushed as she said, "H-hello Naruto-kun. Happy birthday." Hanabi did the same thing. "Hello, Naruto-kun," said Kakshi while smiling under his mask. "Man why does he only say hi to you three," asked Obito. "Because he knows that Hiashi and myself are better ninja then you and Hinata is his friend. I mean really though I was a Jonin when I was twelve and you're a chunin at twenty," said Kakashi in a joking way.
"You know I'm surprised neither of you are late getting here," said Kushina. "I said the same thing," said Rin. Obito laughed and said, "And what miss my favorite little shinobi's birthday?" "He's not a shinobi yet, but he will be," said his father. They all had a nice dinner and went home, Naruto with a couple of more bucks then when he got there.
--Months Later--
Naruto was one night worth of sleep away from his first day of school. He was very nervous about if the other kids will like him or not. He knew he would probable do pretty good in the actual school part. He already knew a lot of his dad's fighting style, a few ninjutsu attacks, and a couple of genjutsu. He uses all of his chakra weights at fifteen pounds. He was in the middle of thoughts as he slowly drifted into sleep.
He woke up at around six like he did every morning since he started training with his dad. Went into the fridge and got a bottle of water. He left a note for his mom saying that he was going to go for a run around the town and he'd be at the school early. He was running around the village when he saw someone kicking at a wood stump.
He walked up to him and got a good look at him and saw that he had bowl cut hair and thick eyebrows. He walked up to this guy and said, "Hi I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I didn't think anyone else would be exercising at this time." The boy replied, "Greetings Naruto Uzumaki. I am Rock Lee. I had the same thoughts. Although I always train at this time." "Yeah so do I it's just normally at my house. So, are you going to the academy?" "Yes, this is my second year there. It is hard for me because I am not able to do ninjutsu or genjutsu and my taijutsu is below average. Which is why I'm working on it," replied Rock Lee in a sad tone.
Naruto responded, "You don't need ninjutsu or genjutsu. I can see your strong, work off of that. I know that you'll be a great ninja. Just look at your determination. You're so determined to be a great ninja you're willing to come out here this early to work on your taijutsu." Rock Lee seemed to brighten up and say, " Uzumaki Naruto, you are right I will be a splendid ninja. I swear upon it with my very being." Naruto said, "Well I want to jog for a while before my first day in the ninja academy. See you." "Oh it is your first day in the academy good luck and goodbye Naruto-kun," said Rock Lee.
Naruto jogged for about an hour thirty minutes before getting to the academy thirty minutes early. For fifteen minutes he started doing push-ups until other kids started to show up. There was one happy looking kid with raven hair, black eyes, and the Uchiha mark on his back (yes it is Sasukue, but before Itachi killed off his clan). One after another they started coming. Many girls were around the Uchiha kid and Naruto at the same time. Most noticeably a girl with pink hair and a red dress on who only stayed by the Uchiha boy, a girl with red hair and a red dress with the kanji for heat on it, and a girl with blonde hair tied-up in a ponytail a purple shirt and purple skirt on with bandages covering up her stomach and thighs. Hinata tended to stay really close to Naruto who didn't think much of it.
Then two guys came together. One had a lazy posture and black pineapple hair. The other was kind of fat and brow hair. The next guy that came had a thick sweatshirt a little puppy and face paint on. A guy with dark glasses and a trench coat that covers half of his face came after. The one after was a calm and collective looking guy with a cat on his shoulder and the kanji for cat on his shirt. The last kid that came was a kid with brown hair and earthen toned cloths on with the kanji for plant on it.
Then a man with a green jacket and a scar across his nose appeared in a puff of smoke. He said, "Okay class settle down I'm your teacher Iruka Umino. Find a seat now." After everybody got into their seats Iruka started attendance. "Shino Aburame," "Here," said the boy with the dark sunglasses in an emotionless way. "Choji Akimichi," "Munch, munch, here, munch," said the somewhat fat one. "Chinatsuhime Fujiatsusa," "Here," said the red head that was hanging around the Uchiha. "Sakura Haruno," "Here," said the pink haired one that is still eyeing the Uchiha. "Hyuuga Hinata," "P-present," said the Hyuuga heiress. "Kiba Inuzuka," "Yeah, yeah I'm here," said the one with the dog. "Takehiko Koubaouken," "I'm here," said the eager guy in the earthen toned cloths. "Shikamaru Nara," "How troublesome, I'm here," said the lazy guy sitting next to Choji and Naruto. "Nekoyoshi Nyaki," "I'm here," said the guy with the cat calmly. "Sasukue Uchiha," "Here," said the Uchiha boy. "Naruto Uzumaki," "I'm here," said Naruto. "Ino Yamanaka," "Here," said the girl in purple as she couldn't decide who was better Naruto or Sasuke.
"Okay then everybody is here then let's get started. We'll start with some Chakra information. Does anyone know what chakra is?" Sakura's hand bolted up. Iruka saw this and said, "Okay, Sakura, what is your answer?" Sakura said, "Chakra is the energy that keeps us alive and lets us use ninjutsu and genjutsu." Iruka smiled and said, "Good answer. Now does anyone in here happen to know how to channel chakra?" Nobody raised their hand. "Guess I'll do it," said Naruto.
"Great. It would be even better if you showed us a jutsu, if you know any," said Iruka. "Uhhhhh. Oh I know the perfect one," said Naruto. He did the appropriate hand seals and said, "Fuiton: Kaze Kirite no Jutsu (Wind Style: Wind Cutter Jutsu)." He spun around with his arm straight in front of him and when he got the cutting position he went faster releasing a blade of visible wind that disappeared when it made contact with the window.
"Hahaha, you're jutsu is terrible," laughed Kiba. Naruto smirked and said, "Take another look in a couple of seconds." Kiba looked over again and saw the entire window shatter. "WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT," screamed Kiba. Shino replied in his emotionless tone, "It's called a delayed effect jutsu. It doesn't take effect right away. The attack itself is delayed until after it has hit. Attacks like that can be quite useful strategically." Iruka was somewhat shocked from the knowledge of his students. 'Naruto you're nothing like the creature that dwells inside of you,' thought Iruka as he watched his nice, cheery student.
"Okay Naruto go back to your desk now," said Iruka. When Naruto got back to his desk he remembered that he forgot to introduce himself to the people around him. "Hi, I'm Naruto Uzumaki," said the blonde boy. "What about you two," Naruto said pointing at Shikamaru and Choji. "Munch, munch I'm Choji Akimichi. This is my good friend Shikamaru Nara," said Choji while pointing Shikamaru. The guy in front of him turned around and said, "Takehiko Koubaouken, nice to meet you Naruto Uzumaki." Then from directly behind him someone said emotionlessly, "It's nice to meet you Naruto Uzumaki. My name is Shino Aburame." Naruto was shocked by this and turned around and said, "You scared me there Shino-kun. I was surprised to say the least."
Recess came rather quickly and Naruto decided to stay inside with Saskue, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Shino, and Hinata. Naruto pulled out his Shogi board and said, "Does anyone want to play?" Shikamaru replied, "Yeah, I'll play. I like Shogi." They started playing. In the match they found the other was just as good. They played until it ended in a tie. "You're good," said Naruto. "Same to you," said Shikamaru. Then they started talking about several things.
--Two Weeks Later--
Naruto was progressing through his ninja classes and making friends as he went along. He became acquaintances with Kiba and Saskue, good friends with Ino, Shino, Takehiko, and Rock Lee, and extremely close friends with Shikamaru, Hinata, and Choji. He was enjoying the academy life so far. "Today is a sparring day," began Iruka. "I will be assigning you into groups of three at the training grounds. Try not to hurt your opponent to badly."
They all went down to the training ground with Iruka. When they got to the first four training grounds Iruka stopped them and said, "Okay time for the sparring teams. One the first training ground is Shikamaru, Saskue, and Chinatsuhime. On the second is Naruto, Sakura, and Takehiko. The third is Hinata, Choji, and Nekoyoshi. On the last one is Ino, Shino, and Kiba."
They separated into their groups and started sparring. He told Takehiko could go first with Sakura if he wanted. He nodded his head. As Takehiko was fighting Sakura he noticed that he didn't use a single jutsu and that Sakura was using a whole bunch of flashy genjutsus to impress Saskue. In the end Takehiko won without a single scratch on his body. Then Naruto went up to fight Takehiko. Naruto said, "How about we only use taijutsu in this fight?"
"You read my mind," he responded. They both assumed their positions. Naruto let Takehiko get close to him and deflected the roundhouse kick coming his way. He followed up by trying to thrust his palm at him. Takehiko grabbed the wrist of his foe and threw him. Naruto merely flipped and landed on the side of the tree and walked down. Naruto ran at his foe and threw a punch near his face. Takehiko just ducked, but as soon as he did that Naruto smiled and did a powerful leg sweep, positioned himself under his strong foe and threw him upward so perfectly a master would be green with envy.
Naruto offered his hand to Takehiko, who smiled before taking it. Naruto grimaced and thought, 'Well now I have the fan girl to teach a lesson to.' Sakura came up not taking this seriously, but instead looking at Saskue. As she was swooning over Saskue Naruto used another leg sweep and sent her flying towards the trees. It wasn't anything serious, but it still got the pink-haired kunoichi pissed.
"HEY, I WASN'T READY," she huffed as she got back up. "Sorry, but there is no not ready in the world of a ninja," he said to her. "Naruto Uzumaki, you just made an enemy you do not want to have," she said. Naruto was calm and unfazed by her. They started their spar and she took it more seriously then before. She tried several genjutsu, but Naruto easily got out of them. She got madder and madder as the fight when on and she decided to use one of her best genjutsu. She did the appropriate hand seals and said in a light whisper, "Ninpou: Heki Kaku no Jutsu (Ninja Arts: False Victory Jutsu)."
Naruto entered a daze in which she saw him smirking. She laughed and held a kunai up to his neck. She continued to smile as she said, "HAHAHA! That was almost too easy. The winner is…" "Me," Naruto interrupted. Then Sakura's world came crashing around her, literally. She reentered the real world with Naruto holding a kunai to her neck.
"I'm surprised, genjutsu is suppose to be your best subject, but you are horrible at detecting it. I merely used your own genjutsu against you. It's called Ninpou: Gyakuten no Jutsu (Ninja Arts: Reversal Jutsu)." She tried to hit him, but Naruto used an instant knockout strike. Takehiko was wondering if that was a little much and Naruto told him it was nothing to worry about all that will happen is that she'll have a headache when she wakes up.
--An Hour Later--
Sakura woke up and was extremely mad. There were veins popping out of her forehead and she was getting red with anger. Iruka stepped back a couple of feet as she screamed, "NARUTO!!"
--On Naruto's Way Home--
Naruto was walking down the street as he felt an intense killing intent aimed at him. 'Crap, Sakura must have woken up,' thought a very scared Naruto. He started running to his safe haven, Ichiraku. He drooled as he walked into the place that served the best ramen ever. 'What should I get? Maybe seven bowls of beef. No. Eight bowls of miso,' thought the hungry boy forgetting about Sakura.
He left the location with a smile on his face. It was one of the few times that he ever thanked the Kyuubi for giving him such a high metabolism. He didn't have to get back home soon, so he decided to go to the park for a while. He started heading to a tree by the river, but noticed two people were there. He sighed and decided to go to some other place to hangout. One of the two saw him and started to talk to the other one, whom nodded and called over to Naruto, "Hey Naruto-kun, do you want to hangout with me and my brother?"
Naruto looked over and realized it was Sasuke. He shrugged then nodded as he walked over there. He looked at the older one and figured he was about eleven. He then said, "Hello, my name is Uzumaki Naruto. Pleased to meet you…" "Uchiha Itachi," the preteen answered. Naruto's mouth hung low. He has heard of the legendary kid. The ninja was a genius among geniuses. Naruto heard that they expected Itachi to make ANBU captain by age thirteen. "I-it is a ple-pleasure to m-m-meet you Itachi-sama," was Naruto's shaky reply. Itachi smiled and patted him on the head.
"Sasuke told me that you were a good student, but do you know how to fight for real?" Itachi asked. Naruto was able to say, "I know how to fight to an extent, but I couldn't beat anybody over genin… if that." He saw Itachi mutter something in the young Uchiha's ear. Sasuke looked at his brother who just nodded.
Sasuke did a jump kick towards Naruto who easily dodged it. Naruto was confused, but already in a defensive stance. Sasuke spun around and tried to hit Naruto with a punch, but the blond caught the punch and sent the black-eyed kid off balance. He pushed Sasuke on the ground and asked, "What was that for."
"I wanted to gauge your strength. It would seem that it was in vain, seeing how as you beat my brother without trying. It would seem that you are humble… or a master at hiding information. I think it is the later because you can't hide anything from these eyes," said Itachi who had already activated his Sharingan.
Naruto was frightened. Someone was bound to figure out that he was sandbagging, but he hoped it would be after he became a genin. The blue-eyed boy said, in an unbelievable way, "Hahaha, I don't know what your talking about. I just got lucky with that hit and I'm not good. In fact I was boasting saying I could take down a genin. Ha, that would be the day when an academy student could beat a genin.
Itachi looked at him intensely before deactivating his Sharingan close his eyes and smile. Naruto eased up at this and decided that he would need to start holding back more if he was going to pull off his sandbagging. Naruto thought, 'That's it I need to do as badly as possible, but not be dead last.' Itachi was thinking, 'This is defiantly Minato's kid. Holding back so much. Not wanting anyone to know how strong he is. Maybe I should have tried that. Oh well with Naruto around the events to come will be… interesting. I enjoy a good challenge.'
Author's Note:
I'm not entirely happy about this chapter and it may be edited later. Anyways, I want you readers to help me by telling you want to see.
Do you want me to skip to the point when Naruto is twelve?
Do you want Hinata in the harem? I am putting Hanabi in there, but Hinata could put in some sisterly rivalry
I am giving Naruto the ability to summon two animals one is going to be toads, but the other can be wolves, turtles, or tigers. I thought about foxes, but found this a cliché. Oh and keep in mind he doesn't learn how to summon until he becomes a genin.