Chapter 3. Rise of the fox in the land of the leaf

Last time with Naruto.

"That's it I am NOT about to have my vessels growth stunted by this junk so don't even think about it. Also don't expect to bring any of those instant cup ramen along with us or I swear when you go to sleep I will take over your body and have you burn them all with a Katon (fire style) Jutsu". The Kyuubi said with the authority in his voice to back up his threat.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I WILL GET YOU FOR THIS YOU DAMNED FOX MARK MY WORDS I WILL FIND SOME WAY TO MAKE YOU PAY". Naruto yelled inside his mind at the fox.

And with a laugh the fox receded from his mind leaving a sad, pouting Naruto in his wake. And so after paying for ONLY 1 bowl Naruto left to start his training

Bounding across the rooftops of Konoha, a sad and relatively hungry Naruto is heading towards the hokage tower thinking.

"Damn the fox, damn the fox, damn the fox, damn the fox, damn the fox, I swear one day I will get him back for this. No one and I mean NO ONE keeps Uzumaki Naruto from his ramen and lives to tell the tale. Now I just need to find a certain way to get back at that bloody fur ball. Oh revenge will come you damn fox mark my words it will come".

"Ha give it up kit anything you try I get access to what you are currently thinking about so there is no way you can get the drop on me because of the link or can your little human brain not comprehend that fact. And second of all get over the DAMN RAMEN you are giving me a headache the size of that damn Tanuki, Shukaku. Which reminds me I intend to give you some lessons on the other eight we may end up having you fight one of them and I want you to have an idea about them. And before you even ask just because I am the strongest of the nine doesn't mean that you are invincible especially against another jinchuuriki so we are going to have you start learning to use my power to its fullest".

Signing deeply Naruto decides that he will just have to make a new folder in his mind designated for revenge, right next to the "don't open till puberty folder" that he made when he decided to take a look inside the old mans orange book and holds back on his need to kill the fox, for now. I mean he didn't want to become some kind of person who dedicated his entire life revolved around the killing of a certain person who had wronged him, because that is just to cliché. Sides how would he possibly keep track of all the people who wronged him in the village because at least half of them had, hmm maybe the fox has a good memory?

"Alright fox I have decided that I wont kill you for that, yet, though quick question have you managed to come up with another way to disguise my new form. Because I don't know about you but I would like to be able to walk down a street without wondering if I tripping or something along those lines would dispel it. If there is any goal in life I have besides being hokage then it has to be to stay away from those bloody fan girls".

And then it struck Naruto just how he could get back at the damn fox, but he already decided that It could wait until after visiting the old man besides if he could do what he was thinking of doing then revenge would be sweet.

"Oi, kyuubi since we are going to be spending a tone of time just at your cage is their anyway I could add stuff to the place to make it at least habitable instead of just a sewer? He asked.

" You know that's actually not a bad Idea give me a little while to look into that and just how to do it, Kami only knows how much I want to get out of this damn sewer". Kyuubi pauses to think for a moment before continuing." Yes I think you can change your mindscape but we can deal with that later on tonight after we deal with the old man. Who knows maybe if you do a good job redecorating the place I might have a gift for you that will definitely come in handy later on. That is ONLY if you do a good job". The fox said.

Whatever you damn fur ball, no matter what you will end up giving it to me one day just because you have to. Now shut up and keep quiet cause we are already at the tower… man this new body is fast".

"Oh what's that I here, gratitude for my hard work at rebuilding your crappy, half dead, scrawny human body? Who could see the day that this actually happened. And second maybe if you didn't eat all that damn ramen all the time instead of something healthy I wouldn't of had such a hard time rebuilding your body, you better damn well take care of it better now". He snapped back.

"jeez Kyuubi I never knew the king of demons could be such a hormonal bitch at times. I guess you just don't live up to your reputation of being the most fearsome of demons to ever walk the earth, rumors are so untrue at times I guess". Naruto replied sarcastically.

"Think about whom you just said that to brat. Remember who has a certain control over what you dream so if you ever want another dream without me burning down ramen stands in front of you, then you had better apologize nicely. Who knows I may be nice enough then to let you have a repeat of last nights dream. He said giggling slightly

Pausing slightly" damn you ero-kitsune". He said

Laughing at his vessels dismay he continued "ya, ya, ya whatever you say kit just tell me when to drop the henge when we are talking to the old man. Oh and I'm going to give you a warning the training I am going to put you threw will be hard. Were going to start the real training tomorrow night but for tonight I want you to get used to your heightened senses and your tails. Know this kid I won't start teaching you much to do with chakra, only enough for a gen-jutsu to hide your fox features from prying eyes at least until you get to your second year of the academy. We will though be working on some tai-jutsu that you can use both with your tails and without them. Anyway were at the tower so go talk to the old man so we can get going". The kyuubi said with impatience.

At this point Naruto notices the window is open to the Hokage's office. So he decides to go in the old fashion ninja way through the window to scare the old man. Only to be disappointed by having Sarutobi close the window right in the boys face causing him to lose his momentum and start falling. At this point Sarutobi opens the window again and looks sheepishly at Naruto who at that moment was getting a very thorough lesson on swear words to say from the Kyuubi when the ones he had heard the villagers use had run dry. Unfortunately for most of the surrounding ninja and civilian population the boys language was very colorful causing even Mitarashi Anko to blanch when she walked by, only to stop and start taking notes when she realized how good insults they were.

So after 10 more minutes of Naruto huffing up the stairs of the tower cursing as he went, He eventually arrived at the Hokage office to find a quite shocked old man at the boy's language.

"Holy hell I didn't even know what some of those meant" was all Sarutobi could think.

"Hey old man". Naruto said snapping Sarutobi out of his thoughts.

"Well hello Naruto, I'm guessing you're here for the rest of the equipment that you asked for"

"Ya I am but I'm also here for something else that I figure you should know about" he said. "Please don't hate me for showing you this old man. You're the only one I can trust". He thought

"Well I'm sure after everything I've seen and heard in the last few days that nothing could possibly surprise me. So why don't you tell me so I can help you with what your talking about". Sarutobi replied

Sighing to himself "Alright you asked for it old man".

"Oi fox you can drop the henge now were ready for it". He yelled in his mind.

Suddenly a smoke cloud appeared enveloping Naruto obscuring Sarutobi's sight. But what he saw next would have left him in a coma few days ago but after the talks and surprises of yesterday he only jumped back with a startled oath of how the boy should have warned him better. Because here in front of him was Uzumaki Naruto, the boy he new for 7 years now with a big change. His whisker marks were more defined now making him look more beastlike. His ears were now on the top of his head looking more pointed and fox like with a bit of red fur covering them. His eyes had changed they were still the Cerulean colored eyes of the boy he new but the black pupil had become slitted once again more fox like. His hands now had claws with some red fur running along the back of his hand. But the most notable change he saw was only after the smoke completely subsided, the boy now had nine fox tails that each in length made it only past the boys head in length each of them were a blood red with a white-gold tip.

"Well that's definitely…different. So this is why he looked a little off balance he still hasn't gotten used to the tails, That's why he was walking differently. Well it was that or a few of the girls saw him with his tails and caught him……damn you Jiraya getting me to read your books cause that one chapter was a twisted one". Sarutobi thought to himself, still a bit shocked and disgusted at the last thought

"Naruto you have some explaining to do, and I thought I was the only one with secrets"

Sighing to him self Naruto begins to explain." Well you see when I finally met the fox he realized how weak my body was even for someone my age. So to make up for the lack of nourishment and muscles in my body he tossed a ton of his own youki into my body effectively brought my body incredible state. Unfortunately when the youki entered my system at that rate it started to change my genetics to more along the lines of a fox and the results are what you see here. My senses of hearing , sight, and smell have all increased, though I must say right now it's a pain in the ass when you look up into the sun by accident, when you go by someone who is already loud it pretty much just makes my ears bleed, and don't get me started about what happens when you go by the hospital it just reeks of death". He said finishing his rant.

"Well I'll be the first to admit this is unexpected. Although theirs no point to complaining about it since there is nothing we can do about it so might as well make the best of it, which seems to be helping you train". Sarutobi replied with a smile. Naruto replied to him simply by stepping forward and hugging the old man even if he only reached to his stomach.

"I hoped he would understand, thanks for pulling through for me old man, thank you so much". Naruto thought

"Your not going to go all sappy on me are you kit?"

"Shut up fox".

"What did you think I would abandon you and hate you because of this. Come now Naruto you're like a grandson to me, if I had a chance to change anything it would simply be to help protect you better". Sarutobi said while Naruto pulled back.

" Oh please for Kami's sake just stop. The fluff is killing me". Kyuubi said sarcastically

" SHUT THE HELL UP KYUUBI-TEME (nine-tailed bastard)"! Naruto yelled in his mind finally getting the fox's presence to recede. He then started thinking that he needs a new fur coat and he knows just where to get one.

"Thanks old man it really means a lot to me". He said with a smile. "now down to business what do you have for me before I go, you know the important stuff like an alibi for when the villagers start getting upset that they cant have their usual 'demon hunt', or the mobs start looking for me thinking I'm going to release the giant fur ball". He said seriously

Sarutobi just starts stroking his chin thinking to himself about how they could pull this off without rousing any suspicion. Especially from the council and Danzou, if that man found out this place would become hell in an instant. Suddenly he started to grin .

" I've got it. We could say that I have sent you to Jiraya to have your seal strengthened, course I will have to send a message to him to warn him incase anyone on the council decides to check up on you. So for the year that you are going to be training near the village the council will be thinking you're with my old student. It's perfect plus being in relatively good contact with him again means I can ask some questions about his spy network". Sarutobi said seriously.

"Alright I think that will work but just incase I'll ask old fluffy if he sees any problems in it."

"Oi fox I know you were listening in, so what you think about the idea?". Naruto asked in his mind.

"Well I have no problems with it though I do intend to have you do a lot of running around here so I may need to tweak our little training regiment. But other then that I've got no problems with it. Oh and if you ever call me fluffy again I will make sure you will never get to eat ramen again, remember that kit." Kyuubi said with authority.

Naruto starts to relay what the fox said. "Well the fox doesn't seem to have any problems with it though apparently I am going to be doing a lot of running around Konoha. The best option I can think of is to have certain ANBU who watch the walls know about me to an extent. Make sure they are the ones that can be trusted, I lost count over the last 7 years how many of your babysitters either left or helped the villagers find me to keep the demon in his place." He said seriously.

" You might have forgotten but I haven't. it was rat 4 times, owl 7 times, horse twice, boar 6 times, monkey about 9 times, tiger was only once, cat was just a bitch who joined in at times when no one would notice, and wolf was always about an hour to 3 hours late though he at least always tried to get you out of danger. Must I continue?" The fox said in a matter of fact way.

"Well I think I could just have Yamato watch over you. But I'm going to need the time for the runs to give to him, you will know him by his bear mask and before you even ask, he can be trusted with both mine and your life. Maybe he might even be willing to teach you some things during your runs if you ask. He has a quite serious personality but I'm sure you two would get along". Sarutobi replied.

"Ah so that was his name. Perhaps you can finally thank him for driving off anyone who intended to hurt you when he was on duty". Kyuubi said.

"Ya he'll be fine, apparently Kyuubi remembers him and knows that he is trustworthy. Now any chance you managed to pick up the sets of weights, Kyuubi is still being a pain in the ass about them". He then starts laughing to himself. "Who would have thought that Kyuubi the strongest of the nine would nag someone it's just too funny".

Sarutobi starts to laugh alongside Naruto while inside his head Kyuubi is just growling at the boy thinking of ways to get him back. He knows he needs more threats instead of just getting rid of his ramen.

Finally gaining control over their laughing enough to talk again they continue. "Ok old man back to business, do you have what I need"?

"Yes I do their in the bag over on the couch also I managed to get you access to one of the forges in the village you have permission to go in, in about 6 months. Also the training dummies at training ground 4 at the moment but you can just go and grab them when you need them".

"Thanks old man. I think that's all I'm going to need for now though I will drop in on you at least once a month".

Naruto first walks over to the couch and grabs the bag with the weights in them. Then Naruto moves in towards Sarutobi once again to give him a quick hug before moving to the window and opening it up. As Naruto is about to jump out the window he turns his head and smiles at Sarutobi before saying. "Good bye Old man remember you better not go and die on me before I can take your title from you, and you better remember to sign me up for the academy. I mean it don't you damn well forget". And with that Naruto jumps and leaves Sarutobi to the nightmare of paper work once again.

"Well I have to say that went well, don't you think Kyuubi"?

"Yes that old man is quite something I figured someone his age would have had a heart attack after seeing us like this but he took it quite well. Now let's head over to training ground 4 to grab those tai-jutsu dummies so we can get back to our new home. Then we can really start the fun". The Kyuubi said evilly.

At this Naruto gulped. "I have a bad feeling about this. Well how hard could the fox possibly work me I mean I'm only 7 so it couldn't be that bad. Hey didn't he say that I would have to steal some scrolls from the Konoha library? Guess I'll just ask him when we get to the training ground".

Eventually Naruto made it to training ground 4 where he sat down and went to the Kyuubi's cell area.

" Hey fox, I'm just wondering didn't you say I would have to steal a few scrolls from the library? Not that I'm complaining about your plans or anything but just kind of curious".

" Yes kit I had said that and we still are going to break in. But now we have some better cover if we wait a few days to break in and get what we need then because everyone will believe you are out of town which makes our job easier". The fox explained. "So now that things are clear again why don't you MOVE YOUR ASS SO WE CAN GO!"

"OK, OK sheesh no need to yell damn it".

With that Naruto walked over and with his new found strength easily lifted up the training dummy and started walking off towards the Hokage mountain.

10 minutes later inside the Hokage Mountain.

"Ok were here fox now what kind of crack pot ideas do you have for me." He asked

"Oh so you want Crack pot ideas kit. Ok first of all you are going to put those weights on at oh……. 6 pounds on your chest and 4 pounds on all your limb pieces underneath your regular clothing. Just some regular clothing for running none of your fancy clothes. After you do that then you are going to run one full lap around the entire wall of Konoha without any breaks or slowing down and if you stop then I give you pain is that clear kit".

At this point Naruto is just twitching after hearing all that with only one thought going through his mind.

"Sadistic bastard".

"Oh kit I'm hurt just so hurt." He said trying to sound sad. Needless to say he failed miserably at that.

"Well what are you still standing around for kit MOVE!"

And with that Naruto started to strip off the vest and his black pants and shirt replacing them with his old clothes. He then starts clipping on the Weights around his chest, arms, and legs which promptly caused him to fall over and fall on his but. After his little fall he starts trying to get up while mumbling about sadistic fox's and their damn workout plans. Eventually he makes in onto his feet and starts trying to move around, it takes him awhile but he gets used to the weights enough to move around comfortably. He then promptly with the Kyuubi's prodding starts running out of the eye and starts his new daily workout.

2 hours later

Naruto eventually makes it back to the caves after a grueling run around Konoha which unfortunately caused him to run into a few villagers who promptly gave chase. Needless to say Naruto was not having a good day so far.

"Ok that was officially insane fox you aren't about to make me do this again are you?" Naruto asked his tormentor.

"Why of course you are Kit in fact you are going to be doing that at least one lap a day during the night and after that we will have you start work on some tai-jutsu training. Oh and lets not forget that every now and then I am going to have you increase your weights I mean your only at an extra 22 pounds I know that some people go wearing at least 2 tons ALL day even when they sleep. And before you even start whining I didn't have any intention of having you sleep with those weights on…yet". The Kyuubi said evilly.

"Sadistic Bastard". Naruto thought.

"Now kit lets get started on your tai-jutsu training we are going to have a lot of work on that. Hmm let's see how about 2 hours minimum of it every day ok, good. Oh and just to tell you were breaking into the library in a week that should be enough time for the story to get around were going inside to get some basic and advanced scrolls on chakra control, you are not to start reading them until you get to the academy though ok"……. "Well what are you still standing around for get moving".

And so this continued for almost 6 months with Naruto Simply building up his speed, stamina as well as his efforts to create his own tai-jutsu style. But soon it came the day when the Hokage dropped by Naruto's new home to tell him he could now go and do the work he had in the forge which he still hasn't told the old man about. So the next day Naruto went to the local smiths and explained what he wanted to do. The plan for the sword ha wanted was insane, how a 7 and a half year old kid came up with a design for a weapon like that was quite intriguing to say the least. And so for the next 2 weeks Naruto dropped by the smiths to help with work on the sword knowing that him being their all the time would simply have him in the way. But still what he did was no less important then the smiths because everyday when he came during the forging he would be constantly pushing his chakra into the blade. This of course led to why it took so long for the blade to be finished because for the 3 blades they tried making couldn't take the mix of the boy's chakra as well as his tenants.

But eventually it was done, the blade its self was easily 90cm long. Carved into the blade was the image of a nine tailed fox running along the blade leaving flames in its wake. The hilt was extraordinary to say the least, the cross guard had what looked like nine flowing tails radiating out from in a spiral, the wrapping was a black with a blood red running down it as well in white were the kanji's for Kyuubi, and at the base of it was none other then the head of the demon its self. The sheath was black as midnight with twin stripes of blood red running down the middle of it, with the Kanji's for chaos in white running down the wood. Kyuubi also said that since it had been infused with both his and his vessels power during forging it should have some innate abilities that he could bring out later on. And so for the final time Naruto left carrying his new blade 'Kyuubi' towards his hidden refuge and home to continue with his training.

October 10th once again

It had now been a full year since Naruto started his training under the fox and his attitude showed it. He was no longer the overly happy bundle of energy that everyone knew, for one when the villagers now tried to attack him on his 8th birthday he fought back and won against the mob. This unfortunately for the mob left a smug Naruto waiting for Yamato to show up again as he always does with the Hokage and one Morino Ibiki. Needless to say the rest of the mobs nights were not pleasant especially on the days when the old man says he has no restraints. The other change was that he was no longer incredibly loud and annoying he wasn't dark and moody like an Uchiha but he was simply not as open, though he still grinned like an idiot at times, but a little darker.

And on this day he learned that he would be starting at the academy which slightly annoyed him when he found out when he would have to wake up to keep with the fox's regime. At that point he was pissed because he also found he was starting the next day which wouldn't have normally been a bad thing if the fox hadn't decided to up the training again leaving a tired Naruto to walk through the academy doors……..2 hours late.

"YOU'RE LATE"! was the first thing he heard when he entered the room from multiple people, mainly a loud pink haired girl, the blonde who sat next to the loud pink haired girl, a boy with triangle tattoos under his eyes with a dog on his head, and finally a Chunin in the center of the room with a vertical scar across his nose. This was definitely not going to be a good day.

"Well I'm assuming that you are Uzumaki Naruto, correct"?

Naruto just nods at the fuming Chunin while ignoring everyone else.

"Well come down here first apologies for being late then tell us about yourself. Your likes, dislikes, hobbies and goals for the future". The Chunin said

"Fine" Naruto said while walking down the steps towards the front of the class.

"I'm sorry for being late it wont happen again". At this point Naruto is thanking the Kyuubi for teaching him to lie convincingly.

"Well my name is Uzumaki Naruto. My likes are training, ramen when I can get some learning new things. My dislikes are stuck up snobs, people who judge others for something out of their control, prodigies, and a certain sadistic friend of mine. Goals for the future would have to be to get the villages respect". He said with conviction.

The chunin spoke up again. "Well Naruto I am Umino Iruka your teacher, now you can take your seat next to Nara Shikamaru. That is only if you don't have anything else to say"? He asked.

"I got nothing now who's Shikamaru"? Naruto asked.

"SHIKAMARU WAKE YOUR LAZY ASS UP"! Iruka yelled hoping to get him to wake up and call out. Instead he only got a hand to lazily come up and then a few seconds later come down with a thump as he went back to sleep. Which led only to Iruka sighing.

" I think me and that kid are going to get along just fine". Naruto thought while walking up the stairs and sitting next to said lazy student.

Unknown to him a certain white eyed girl from his past was watching his out of the corner of her eye. "He's back. I knew he would come back hopefully I can ask him about that night. Uh-oh he's looking at me don't faint Hinata, don't faint". Some how the young Hyuuga managed not to faint but instead blushed up a storm that matched Naruto's red in his hair.

" Hmm strange girl though why do I have the feeling I know her from some where?... ah what ever I'll find out eventually I guess". Then Naruto promptly fell asleep right next to a second sleeping student.

This unfortunately created a very unhappy Iruka because he now has 2 lazy asses in his class though he at least knows one of them is smart. Naruto on the other hand is an enigma.

NARUTO, SHIKAMARU WAKE UP!" Iruka yelled… again.

Groggily they both raise their heads and look at Iruka.

Shikamaru only said "what" while Naruto was just being Naruto.

"Well sensei you were just staring off into space their and weren't teaching us anything so me and lazy ass over here". He said while pointing at Shikamaru. "Decided to start inspecting the backs of our eyelids. Naruto said seriously.

After that there was silence for a few seconds it didn't even sound like anyone was breathing. Then the whispers started.

"Oh, My God he did not just say that, did he". The boy with the dog on his head said to the moody dark haired kid.

"He's a dead man a Sakura, too bad he's kinda cute still nothing on Sasuke though". Said the blond girl to the pinky.

" Hmm, dope". Said the moody kid.

While the brown haired boy in trench coat stayed quiet.

This also left a very worried Hyuuga for her crushes safety.

The silence was then broken by Iruka. "Ha, ha, ha so we have a wise ass as well as a lazy one lets see how that mouth of yours is going to get you out of detention Naruto. And Shikamaru if you fall asleep one more time your".

He was then interrupted by a loud thump of a head hitting the desk with moments later snoring being heard.

Everyone around just sweat drops thinking. "Their goes Shikamaru again".

"Yep me and him are going to get along perfectly" is all Naruto is thinking.

Iruka simply sighs to himself. "Naruto when Shikamaru eventually wakes up can you tell him he is to join you for detention after class. Now that we have gotten that out of the way lets return to the basics of chakra for our new student".

Everyone Groaned at this and some how managed a small amount of killer intent at the red and blond haired boy who was the root of their trouble.

"Troublesome". Said a voice to Naruto's left. "Now what did you do to piss them off, cause I haven't seen them like this since I got us to review Konoha history".

Naruto turned to voice and saw a now awake Shikamaru. " Meh nothing much , I just got us reviewing chakra basics. Though it seems I only have the moody kid in the front, the boy with the dog on his head sitting next to the Hyuuga girl who keeps looking at me and blushing, and the loud blond girl near the moody kid".

"Great you annoyed the pretty boy one of his fan girls and Kiba what a headache you're going to have come lunch. Speaking of lunch you want to hang out with me, Hinata and Choji"? Shikamaru asked.

"Who are they?" Naruto replied.

"Well Choji is the guy right behind you eating the chips and Hinata is the Hyuuga you mentioned who you think keeps looking at you".

"Alright I'll think about it".

"Hey kit I want you to accept his offer. You need to get to know some people, Kami only knows what having only me and that old man around you has done. That and your right I'm getting that same sense of deja vu from the girl, any ideas just where from though"? Kyuubi asked inside his head.

" absolutely no clue at all though if you remember her it probably narrows things down to the last year since you came out, though why the hell does she keep looking at me and going all red in the face. On another note shouldn't I be paying a bit more attention to the class? I got no complaints about sitting here and yapping away at you but still". Naruto asked.

" Nah I can hear it all so it doesn't really matter I'll just go over it with you later on tonight. After we get the basics down we'll start on some of the advanced scrolls for chakra manipulation. Eventually I'll get around to teaching you some nin-jutsu so don't even ask me kit. Oh and just to tell you, your as dense as a rock you know that so I am not about to tell you why".

"Your know fun you know that right". Naruto pouted.

"Yep". The fox replied cheerfully.

Naruto at this point face vaulted head first into his desk making almost everyone around him question his sanity. Only to have Shikamaru look at him questioningly then shrug.

"Troublesome".

Luckily for Naruto the bell for lunch had just rang letting everyone leave. So he decides to follow Shikamaru up to the roof to meet with his friends.

When they got upstairs Naruto was finally able to get a good look at the 3 of them. Shikamaru was lazy plain and simple. To the point it seemed where staying awake as just too troublesome, though from what he had heard of the Nara he was a genius when he actually put his mind to a task. He's probably a damn good shogi player as well.

Choji is in all niceness a large boy. Though from what he had seen he isn't very confident, probably because he had been teased about his size. Also he seems very close like the best of friends with Shikamaru almost loyalty to a fault.

Now Hinata was the exact opposite of what he had been told all Hyuuga are like. He could easily see by her slumped shoulders and how she keeps looking at the ground that her confidence has been almost ground into the dust. Now though Naruto noticed something odd about her instead of looking him in the eyes when she did look up she looked elsewhere. Until her eyes drifted to behind him he would never have noticed. Then it hit him, it looked like she could see his tails.

"Oh crap KYUUBI GET HERE NOW"! He roared in his mind.

"What……oh I think I see what's going on".

"Bloody hell kyuubi I think she can see my tails, check the gen-jutsu quickly".

" I don't get it damn it, it's in place hell I'm even boosting its power how are you sure she can see your tails".

"Because she's looking right at them there are only two people who have seen my tails and one of them I'm not even sure of though…oh crap". He said sounding troubled.

"What, have you figured it out….. Oh I get it…..oh crap is right. For once kit I hope were wrong".

" Hopefully though I'm almost sure of it she's just looking but not like she can see them she just thinks their there. Yep it's her alright the girl from last year when you woke up I'm sure of it now this could be a problem, ". He said troubled then pleaded." Please don't remember me, please don't remember me".

Suddenly Naruto snapped back to the outside realizing that Shikamaru had been waving his hand in front of his face and calling his name.

"Jeez man we've been poking and calling you for the last 5 minutes. What happened to ya, you just sort of zoned out on us"? Shikamaru asked.

Naruto simply shrugged.

"Man how was I supposed to know you would be so troublesome". Shikamaru said with a sigh. He just laid down and beside Choji and started watching the clouds go by.

Then Choji finally spoke. "So you ok Naruto I mean if you don't want to hang out with us its ok". He said sadly.

Then Naruto just puts his hand on his shoulder reassuringly and smiled. "Now what ever gave you the idea I wanted to leave, I just spaced out that's all". He then started grinning sheepishly. " Though I'm not exactly the best friend material you could find so ya if you guys will have me I'll stick around".

Then Hinata gets up her courage enough to talk. " Umm hello Naruto-kun it's nice to finally meet you".( ok just to tell you I am not going to bother typing in all of Hinata's stuttering its just to troublesome, quote Shikamaru.

Sighing to himself inwardly towards the fox. " Yep it's her all right and worse yet she recognizes us hopefully she wont mention what she saw. I really need to find her some time later on her own to talk to her about that or at least find out if she isn't the one to gossip".

"Hey Hinata you met him before or something"? Choji called out.

"No I haven't talked to him before but I have seen him, it's pretty hard to forget how much of a fox he looks like". She said the last bit even quieter then the rest of it though Naruto caught it.

"Crap yep kit she knows though it looks like she's not going to tell anyone about it, still go talk to her after words". Kyuubi whispered to him.

Naruto whispered in a lone voice so only she could here it. "Thank you. Can we talk later"? That is before he broke into being loud again. "So what do you guys normally do up here for fun. He looked at Shikamaru. "Besides watch the clouds go by and sleep". He asked archly.

30 minutes later

CRASH

Just then the door to the stairs banged open letting 3 of the upper classmen to the roof.

"Aww look at the little kids trying to become shinobi". The first one said mockingly.

"Ya I mean look at them especially the fat ass over their, and who has ever heard of a shy Hyuuga". The second one joined in.

"Ha, her apparently she's some sort of failure among the clan from what I've heard about her". The first one said.

"Nani, her own family considers her a failure that's just sick. So that's why her confidence is shot. Well theirs no way they're going to talk to her like that and get away". ThoughtNaruto

"Now scram brats or we'll beat the living hell out of ya". The third one said trying to intimidate them.

SMACK

Naruto just looks over to see Hinata get back handed by the first thug. Then something inside him snapped.

"I don't believe it, these punks have no honor. And they called me evil, some of you mortals are worse then me". Kyuubi said sounding appalled.

"That's it you want a fight you bastards, well you got one! Why the hell are you guys going after them anyway.". Naruto yelled.

"Oh and look over here it's the freak, the monster, the demon-child. I don't see why my mom ever warned me about you kid I could kick the crap out of you any day". The third one said while pointing at Naruto.

"I don't believe it he's only known us for a little over a half an hour and he's already willing to stand up for us". Shikamaru thought, astonished.

"Naruto-kun please be careful". Thought a Scared Hinata.

"Why is he sticking out for us"? Choji thought.

"Screw you bastards, nobody hurts my friends while I still stand". Naruto said in defiance.

"He thinks were his friends"! Hinata, Shikamaru, and Choji thought at the same time.

He, well I guess we'll just have to fix that little problem ay boys". The third one said to the other two.

"Hey Kit the restraints are off go wild and teach these punks a lesson, just don't kill them , oh and use basic tai-jutsu". The Kyuubi said seriously.

"So much for no restrains". He replied sarcastically

The first two start running at Naruto. The first throws a strait punch aiming for his head which Naruto ducks only to have the second one send a round house kick low knowing he would duck. He waited for impact thinking he would be out for the count only to have Naruto move forward wrapping his left arm around the kick pulling it in towards him and throwing his own Punch right into the boys gut. Using the momentum he gained he spun the thug using his leg right into the first attacker knocking them both back.

"What the hell, theirs no way a first year should be this good. He hits like a fucking sledge hammer". The second thug said while wiping the blood off his mouth.

"Whatever we'll kill him for that…". The first started saying only to be cut off by Hinata hitting the thug right in the back knocking him forward.

"Oh, so the little failure wants to play to then. Well just wait your turn then we'll get to you and all your friends". He said while the third thug decided to kick her from behind making her lose her balance near the ledge about to fall.

Naruto barely makes it to her in time to catch her from falling to what was sure to be her death.

"Thank you Naruto-kun, I just couldn't watch you fight them on your own.". Hinata said while trying to calm down.

"Now he probably thinks I'm weak as well". She thought sadly.

" Hay I should be thanking you Hinata for stepping in there". He said while putting her down back near a wall. Suddenly looking up glaring at the 3 thugs and saying seriously. "But this is my fight, don't worry I can handle them". Then he smiled at her which melted all prior thoughts.

"Well, well boys would you look at lover boy and his girlfriend over there, what do you say we teach them both some manners". The second one snickered.

"That's it I'm completely disgusted at these three, they almost killed her there. Kit whether you want it or not I'm going to give you some of my power, not that you need it but just enough to teach these arrogant fuckers a lesson in honor". The Kyuubi said, venom dripping from his words.

Suddenly looking at them wasn't the same pair of blue eyes they saw earlier. In there place were a pair of dark fiery red eyes with black slits for pupils. These eyes held a terrifying rage locked right on them.

"Bastards". Naruto said his voice sounding now much deeper, more animalistic. "You want a fight well bring it on".

This time instead of waiting for them to come at him he went strait at them, far faster then before. He started with a right hook that was blocked by the third only to have him do what most would consider an impossible feat, he continued his movement with his feet coming up right under the block kicking the thug right in the chin. Naruto then hit the ground in a crouch not stopping at all simply sent his leg out with a sweep towards the first thug. It caught the first thug right in the left kneecap breaking it by hitting it with the leg weights he had on his leg. The thug cried out in pain only to have Naruto swing back around to his right sending an elbow into the thug's Right ribs cracking 2 of them. This left only the second thug who by now was plenty scarred. He turned to run only to have Naruto his arm, he pulled on it turning the thug around to knee him in the stomach following up with a palm heel strike to his nose breaking it instantly.

Naruto then starts walking back towards his shocked friends with his eyes and voice back to normal. "Hey guys you ok now"!

Shikamaru was the first one to snap out of his trance. "Ya we're all okay, Hinata's got a bruise on her where she got kicked but she seems fine now".

" Naruto that was amazing how did you beat those guys so easily"? Choji asked.

"Well it wasn't easy really if Hinata hadn't jumped in when she did I would have been facing all three of them at the same time where I would have lost. But instead they underestimated me at first, and second when I attacked them they weren't expecting it so I was able to disable them before they could really react". He then looked right at Hinata and smiled. " I got to thank you Hin you saved my but back there just do me this one favor next time".

"What is it Naruto –Kun"? She asked

"Next time don't believe a word they, your family, or anyone else says about you, your strong I know that and you should too. You just need a bit more Confidence in yourself that's all, and we can help you". He said to her while smiling.

She smiled back "Thank you".

RING, RING, RING

"Ah man their goes the bell we better get back to class guys" Choji said.

"How troublesome" Shikamaru said while yawning/

"Oh boy we get to go back to listen to Iruka-sensei use a sleep jutsu on the class". Naruto said sarcastically.

Hinata giggled at this." Well lets get going, we don't want Iruka to tag more time onto you two's detentions". She replied pointing at Shikamaru and Naruto with a bit more confidence in her voice.

Shikamaru simply froze when he heard that. "Oh man, my mom's going to kill me for sleeping in class". Sighing. "It's sad really she has my dad whipped".

Several miles away at the Hokage tower

Sarutobi smiled while he looked at his viewing orb. "I have to say Naruto your deffinetly growing in to a very strong and honorable man and shinobi. Now I wonder what other tricks do you have hidden up that sleeve of yours". He said while stroking his chin.

Authors note

Alright people I know its been awhile since my last update but I had a case of writers block on how to do his time before he got to the academy and met some friends.

Now what did you guys think of my first fight scene any criticism is good since I need to get better at it.

First poll is closed, the teams are as followed

Team 7: Uchiha Sasuske, Haruno Sakura, and Inuzuka Kiba with Hatake Kakashi

Team 8: Yamanaka Ino, Aburame Shino, Akamichi Choji with Hayate Gekko

Team 10: Nara Shikamaru, Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuuga Hinata with Sarutobi Asuma

Now onto other things I need to know about

What kind of abilities should be given to Naruto's sword I want it to be strong but not overly strong

Next I'm thinking of having Naruto create a bloodline due to having the kyuubi inside of him basically I'm needing names preferably translated to english and jap, aswell as what it does. Once again I don't want over power like it will kill anything

Should Zabuza and Haku survive the fights and return to the leaf, one of them dies and returns so on and so forth you know the drill for that kind of question right.

And finally I wanted to tell you I am sticking quite close to the cannon untill the sasuke retrieval bit that's where the story is mine all togther

Final question, how far and how fast do we want Naruto and Hinata's relationship to go.

Until Next time fellow readers.