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Guys, just so you all know, this fanfiction will not be a harem. I personally dislike harems when it comes to fanfictions, and I think it just messes up the story and the love life of that story.

Normal talk

Normal thinking.

Kyuubi/Summon talking, Kyuubi/Summon thinking, Kyuubi/Summon thinking in a flashback

Thinking in a flashback.

Note – I will start doing flashbacks of what happened in the previous chapter. It will just be the important details of what happened.

Chapter 3

The New Naruto

-Previously on Chapter 2-

"Yes, you get to go back. In this month and a half, you did great in the training. You could easily beat that Uchiha to a pulp if you ever needed too." Kurama stated in a matter-of-fact tone. Naruto grinned and started jumping around doing his happy dance.

"Hokage-Sama," the monkey masked ANBU said as he appeared in front of the leader, "Uzumaki Naruto has woken up from his coma, and with some...unusual features."

"What the hell!" Naruto looked at himself in horror. His hands reached up to his head and stroked the fox ears that was on his heads.

"The hell..." Naruto mumbled. His nails seem to have sharpened, looking like a fox's nails.

"Perhaps I put a little bit too much chakra when I woke you," Kurama answered,

-Beginning of Chapter 3-

It has been exactly one week ever since he woke up from his coma, but it wasn't exactly what he imagined it would be like. He imagined himself going back to the Academy, and having a blast showing the Uchiha kid he wasn't the best anymore. He imagined himself eating ramen everyday during every meal like he always does, but no. The poor young blonde has been stuck in this damn hospital that practically no one likes, especially him. It was so boring! All he ever did was count the ceiling tiles that was on the roof, and did it over and over again.

"Exactly 64 tiles on this damn ceiling," Naruto thought to himself, "Kurama-Sensei, I want to train!" Naruto cried to his tenant.

"Look brat, I would love to train and see your ass be blown up every 10 seconds by yourself, but I can't without putting you into another coma. In order for you to train efficiently with me, I have to make sure you do it while your in a coma, or else it might damage your body." Kyuubi answered to his student.

"Then put me in another coma!" Naruto yelled at his teacher.

"Hell no. If you get put into another coma without some sort of source, it will be to suspicious."

"What do you mean?"

"If I just suddenly put you in a coma, the Hokage will wonder how you slipped into it, considering the thought there is no cause of your coma dumbass. Plus you already attempted to sneak out of this hospital 16 times in the past week, so you can't get into any more trouble." Kyuubi informed with a grumble.

Naruto was about to answer until his door opened up, cutting of his thoughts with the his sensei.

"Hello Naruto." the Hokage greeted when he entered in the room.

"Hey old man." Naruto greeted back.

"I would just like to inform you that you are to be released tomorrow in the morning, and resume the Academy in the afternoon. You woke up just in time for the graduation exam." Sarutobi informed.

"Hell yeah! Time to kick ass!" Naruto yelled out happily as he jumped up from his bed.

"Now, now Naruto calm yourself." Hiruzen said.

"Why! It's time to show Sasuke who's boss!" Naruto yelped.

"I'm happy that you're excited that you're going back to the Academy, but we still need to fix those ears of yours and that red eye of yours. And that's exactly why I'm here." the Third informed.

"So how are we going to hide these and the eyes?" Naruto wondered as he pointed to his ears and his right eye.

"Simple. I was looking through the Hokage's library and I found a jutsu that can change your eye color, and make your hair longer." Hiruzen replied as he pulled out a scroll from his pocket.

"But the ears are merged with my hair. If my hair grows, the ears will just grow with it." Naruto mumbled, disappointed.

"Let's just see if it work." Hiruzen insisted. Sarutobi kneeled down to Naruto's height, closed his eyes, and set his hand on Naruto's head. Naruto shrugged and let the Hokage do whatever he is doing.

Sarutobi mumbled a jutsu that Naruto couldn't make out, and started to feel his hair grow out. Sarutobi opened up his eyes and looked at Naruto with awe.

"Looks just like his father." Hiruzen mused. Naruto stepped in front of the mirror that was in the room, and looked at himself. He had jaw-length bangs from both sides of his face, resembling the fourth Hokage.

"Hey, my hair kind of looks like the Fourth Hokage's hair on the monument." Naruto said as he pointed at the Hokage monument from his window.

"You have no idea." both Hiruzen and the Kyuubi mused.

"But you can still see my ears." Naruto pointed out as he pointed to the tips of his ears.

"It camouflages into your pointy hair. I can hardly tell the difference," Hiruzen said, "Now time for those eyes."

"Wait." Naruto said, stopping Hiruzen's track.

"What is it?" Sarutobi asked.

"I was wondering," Naruto said with a pause, "Can I have both of my eyes red? You know, just to have some sort of resemblance with my sensei."

Hiruzen tensed up as he remembered the conversation he and Naruto had one week ago.

-Flashback-

"This is going to be one hell of a conversation." Naruto mused.

"What do you wanna know?" Naruto asked the Hokage.

"Why don't you first tell me what happened ever since you slipped into that coma." the Hokage suggested.

"Should I tell him that the coma was all your doing, not the ninjas?" Naruto asked his teacher.

"Go ahead." Kurama answered.

"First off," Naruto began, "The ninjas didn't slip me into the coma, the Kyuubi did."

"I see that you know about what is inside of you," the Hokage said, "Do you know exactly how he put you into that state of yours?"

"Nope, he never told me. And I honestly don't wanna know," Naruto resumed, "So, on the first day of the coma, I met him. We talked for a bit and he said he would train me, considering the thought that if I die, he dies along with me. Ever since the second day my coma, I've been training my ass off. Me and Kyuubi planned it from day one.

"You mean I planned it, not you." Kyuubi grumbled.

"Whatever." Naruto mumbled to himself. "As I was saying, Kyuubi planned that we train for a month and a half, and then have two weeks for me to attend the Academy, just in time for the graduation exam."

"And how did he wake you up?" Sarutobi asked.

"He sent a wave of chakra, sending me out of the coma." Naruto answered.

"That explains the wave of evil chakra I felt earlier." Sarutobi mused to himself, "Well that's all I need to know Naruto. Thank you. You should get some rest." Sarutobi said.

"No problem old man." Naruto replied.

-End of Flashback-

"So can I?" Naruto asked, snapping Sarutobi away from his thoughts.

"Are you sure about this Naruto?" Sarutobi said, "The civilians will look at your red eyes and think that you're turning into the Kyuubi, which will cause you being abused even more by them."

"No, it's fine old man! I can take care of myself now!" Naruto pleaded.

"Are you sure? The ninja council would want you exiled or even executed because they will also think that you're turning into fox." Sarutobi said, trying to convince Naruto to not make his eyes red.

"Old man, I'm sure." Naruto said confidently.

"If you say so." Sarutobi said, giving up. He couldn't convince Naruto that this was a bad idea. Sarutobi kneeled down to Naruto and said,

"Close your eyes." Naruto did as what he was told and waited. Sarutobi one finger on Naruto's left eye, and mumbled a jutsu. Naruto felt a pulse that emitted throughout his eyes. When Naruto felt Sarutobi's fingers off his eyelids, Naruto walked over to the mirror and looked at himself.

"Wow." Naruto said. Both of his eyes were slitted red, just like the Kyuubi's. His hair was longer, resembling the Yondaime's hair style.

"I look pretty cool!" Naruto yelled out happily.

"Speaking of looks, ask the old man if he can take you out shopping for some new clothes." Kyuubi told Naruto.

"What? No! That's to selfish! I can't ask the old man, who's like a grandfather to me, to pay for some clothes that I need." Naruto told the Kyuubi.

"Not what I meant brat," Kyuubi roared, "I meant, take the old man with you to go shopping. Knowing the villagers, you will probably get kicked out of every store unless you're with the old guy."

"You got a point. I'll ask." Naruto replied.

Noticing the blank look Naruto gave, Sarutobi asked, "What's wrong Naruto?"

"It's nothing. Can I ask you a favor?" Narut asked.

"Sure, anything you need Naruto. What do you need?" Sarutobi replied.

"Well since I'm going to the Academy now, and have a high chance of graduating, I'm going to need a change of clothing, instead of that orange jumpsuit I always wear," Naruto began, "I was wondering if you could come with me to go shopping tomorrow before I head out to the Academy."

Knowing the situation Naruto was in with the villagers, the Third Hokage smiled and said, "Sure Naruto. I'm glad that you're taking your ninja career seriously. I'll even pay for you."

"N-no. I have the money!" Naruto replied.

"It's fine Naruto. As long as it's something reasonable, I'm glad to spend the money for you." Sarutobi said as he waved off Naruto's plead.

"Um, thank you so much old man!" Naruto said with a bow.

"You're welcome Naruto," the Hokage said, "I'll pick you up tomorrow so we can go."

"Alright!"

-Next Day Later-

"Finally!" Naruto yelled out to Konoha as he walked out of the hell hole people call a hospital. Sarutobi smiled as he walked beside the young blonde.

"Now, now Naruto calm down." Sarutobi said.

"Where do we go now old man?" Naruto asked the Hokage, ignoring Sarutobi's plea to calm him down.

"Let's go to the Konoha Plaza. There's a bunch of stores there that we can browse through." Sarutobi suggested. Naruto nodded as he jumped up and down all the way there.

Ten minutes later, the duo arrived at the Konoha Plaza. The Plaza was octagon in shape and was filled with tons of people. From babies, to children, to adults, and to the shinobis. It was a popular place among the civilians that lived in Konoha.

"Why don't we go over to that Naruto?" Sarutobi suggested as he pointed to a store, "It's a popular place shinobi to buy their clothing, weapons, and pretty much anything they need."

Naruto looked at the store the Hokage was pointing to and read the name,

"Shinobi Palace," Naruto muttered, "Sure why not."

Naruto walked over to the store, with his legs shaking. Every store he entered, he would either be kicked out, or be literally get kicked out. Even if the store did allow him in, the owner would tell the cashier to overprice him. A pack of kunais that originally cost 500 ryo, would cost 1500 ryo for him.

Seeing Naruto's hesitation going to the store, he set his hand on Naruto's shoulder. Naruto flinched.

"Naruto, it's going to be fine. I'm here with you." Sarutobi assured Naruto, trying to calm him down.

Going through the training with the Kyuubi, he was normally not afraid of some civilians that can't hurt him anymore, but his childhood sucked and left a mental scar within him. Naruto looked up to the Hokage and nodded his head.

Sarutobi guided Naruto, and entered the store. Once the duo entered, the manager of the store welcomed them.

"Hello Hokage-Sama, hello-" the manager said, but stopped with a glare. Naruto's shoulders stiffened when he felt the glare when he wasn't even looking at the man.

"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to leave." the manager said, with a fake smile.

"And why is that?" the Hokage wondered, already knowing the reason why.

"It will scare more customers away. He's already showing more of his true appearance" the manager replied, referring to the young boy's new pair of eyes.

"Well if you don't serve this young boy, then I might be forced to shut down your store for good, and probably have you killed due to the fact that you almost broke one of the most sacred laws in this village." Sarutobi informed him with a small amount of killing intent.

"G-go right on ahead." the manager stuttered, obviously frightened by the killing intent.

"Go on Naruto. Get anything that you need, and I will buy." Sarutobi said as he released Naruto.

"Thanks old man!" Naruto yelled. Naruto was already looking around the store with his eyes while the Hokage and the manager were talking. Naruto immediately jumped to the clothes that caught his eye and gave it to the Hokage.

The Hokage eyed the clothes that the boy gave him. It was a red short sleeve shirt with a swirl on the back of it. There was one Konoha leaf on each sleeve. The outfit also consisted of a plain black long sleeve shirt that was to be worn under the red short sleeve. Naruto also picked out some black shorts that had several pockets of weaponry and scrolls. The young boy also had one glove that hid his claws. It was a regular glove that had steel on the back of the hand and at the tips of the fingers, sewn in-between the material. That way, he wouldn't accidentally claw anything by grabbing onto it. The metal part on the finger tips even swung back if he needed his claws. He also bought some bandages that went along with his left arm (A/N: The one that Sasuke wore during his match with Gaara). Finally, Naruto picked out a short sleeve cloak that was black and had dark orange flames running along the bottom (A/N: think of the cloak Naruto wears in Sage Mode, but with different colors).

"A cloak just like his father," Sarutobi mused, "Good choice Naruto, but you should also buy some packs of kunais, shurikens, and some other like scrolls."

"Alright old man!" Naruto agreed as he ran off to the weapon section in the store. Seconds passed and Naruto returned with 2 new packs of kunai and shuriken which had 15 of that weapon in the pack.

"This will be all." the Hokage told the cashier as he handed the clothes and weapons to her.

"That will be 4,500 ryo." she replied.

"Wow Naruto, you surely know how to choose your clothing." the Hokage told the young boy standing next to him.

"Heh, sorry old man." Naruto apologized.

"It's fine. It's a very nice chose that will help you in your ninja career." Sarutobi told him as both of them walked out of the store.

"I should get going. I got to go to the Academy in an hour." Naruto said as he took the bags of the Hokage's hands.

"Yes you should Naruto. I will see you later." the Hokage replied.

"Thank you so much old man," Naruto said with a bow, "I will repay you some day."

"No need to do that Naruto. I insisted." Sarutobi said.

"See ya!" Naruto yelled as he jumped to the nearest rooftop.

"Just like his mother. Always so energetic." Sarutobi mused as he walked off back to his office.

-With Naruto-

"I'm freaking 15 minutes late!," Naruto mused, "how can I can show everyone how I strong I became?

"The class just started. Don't worry about it. Plus don't you think it will be a little bit weird that a boy who was dead last a month and a half ago, suddenly became strong enough to beat the rookie of the year in that amount of the time. And he was in a coma for that long." Kyuubi told the blonde.

"It's gonna be fine! They will just think that I was hiding my true strength!" Naruto informed his sensei.

"Whatever you say kid." the fox replied, falling back asleep.

Naruto jumped down in front of the academy doors and entered. He walked to the front of the classrooms door and kicked the door down.

"I'm back everybody and it's time to kick some ass!" Naruto yelled.

~End

Next chapter will be showing Naruto's growth in the past month and a half. So no more boring introductions!

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