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Naruto and its characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto

Thanks to Hatochan she is my beta reader

Naruto POV

Kakashi stood up and held his hand out to me. " Come on, Naruto. I will treat you to lunch anywhere you want. "

"Thanks." I said as I took his hand and pulled myself up. We started walking off the training grounds and headed towards town.

" You know Naruto, now that I know what you are capable of I will be pushing harder and I will be expecting more from you. In fact, I am very impressed with your skills and, if you want, I will be very willing to find some time for extra training for you. Are you interested?"

" Yes, I would like that a lot. Thank you Kakashi-sensei and I promise that I will not let you down." Hmmm, things are definitely going to get interesting now. I smirked to myself. I wonderd what Sasuke and Sakura thought when they saw my little spar with Kakashi-sensei. Of course, from now on I will NOT be holding back on them anymore; from here out, it is all or nothing.

As we reached Ichiraku's, I sat down next to Kakashi-sensei and ordered my fave; miso ramen and lots of it. We ate and discussed my new schedule and all that he would be expecting of me. After he paid the bill , I thanked him once again and we went our separate ways.

I left Kakashi and started to go to the Konoha library when I felt a rock hit my back.

"Demon filth! " I heard a voice sneer.

I turned slowly to see an older woman. I picked up a rock and nailed her right between the eyes with it. "Hurts, doesn't it ?" I asked as she started to bleed. "You know, I am tired of taking shit from you people! I, myself, have NEVER done anything to any of you to deserve this shit. But, you all know what? I am the ONLY PERSON THAT CAN CONTROL THE DEMON KYUUBI !! Yeah just 'lil old me."

By that time, a crowd had gathered and, of course, I was past all caring at who heard the awful truth." I have NEVER let Kyuubi wreak the havoc that he has wanted and I NEVER will. He wants to destroy ALL OF YOU for the way YOU have treated ME! Yeah, how funny is that? The demon treats me better than all of you . Pretty freaking ironic wouldn't all of you say? " With that I turnd and walked away.

As I get to the library I felt someone grab me from behind. Before I can react I hear, " My friend, I have never treated you badly ..have I ?"

I turned and faced Lee. "No, Lee. You have been nothing but the very best friend I could ever have, thank you ." I say as I gave him a fast hug. " I am just tired of wearing my mask and I am tired of their abuse. So I have taken the mask off and finally told them the damn truth. " I shrug as we walked into the library . Lee and I walked to the counter to get the books that we requested over a month ago. Lee and I talked about our training as we walked to our apartment building.

"You mean to tell me that you are finally going to show that Uchiha that you are stronger than him? " Lee started laughing. " I wish that I could be there to see it! Please tell me all the details !!"

I couldn't help but laugh at him. "Lee, I will tell you everything. I swear!!" Patting him on the back, I go into my apartment as he walked down to his.

Almost two years ago Lee's parents had died and he became an orphan. The Hokage had given him an apartment in my building; two doors away from me, to be exact. I met him a few days after he moved in. He was crying because of what some kids had said about him not having chakra and being weak. I started to talk to him and we became fast friends. We told each other everything, then last year he became Gai-sensei's student. I use to go out there during the evenings and train with Lee, and Gai-sensei would find us on the ground passed out from over exertion. Funny thing though, Gai- sensei NEVER reprimanded us for training together. Instead, he would "help me" train with taijutsu, speed and strength. Needless to say, it has paid off. Just this past year I passed the academy exam and then got Kakashi-sensei as my trainer.

Yet, every evening I still train with Lee and Gai-sensei.

I wonder what tomorrow will bring, I ought as I take a shower. Afterwards, I dressed in my pajamas and laid back on my bed to read the Art of War by Sun Tzu.