The Power of a Digital Sacrifice

by Fresh Prince of Konoha

With the growing danger of the Digital World War, the barrier separating the worlds is broken. As Naruto Uzumaki leads the charge, a new generation of Warriors must rise to help quell the danger facing not only the human world, but the Digital as well.

3. Initiation

Recap

Naruto saw the guy, and almost had a heart attack. He recognized the man immediately as his hero. The Yondaime Hokage. The man who sealed the Kyuubi no Kitsune into him and made his life a living hell in one day. But the Yondaime was dead. He died on the day that Naruto was born. What the hell was he doing here?

Naruto said "Yondaime-sama? W-w-where the hell are we?"

The Yondaime said "We're in your mind, Naruto. We have much to talk about."

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Naruto looked at the Hokage and said "What do we have to talk about?"

All of a sudden, AncientGreymon came up from the darkness and said "What the hell do you think, Naruto? You defeating those three Digimon out there."

Naruto looked at AncientGreymon with a confused expression. He had no idea what this creature was, but he was of the mindset that if the Yondaime was fine turning his back to the creature, it wasn't so bad. He said "Digi-what?"

The Yondaime said "We can hold off on that later. Right now, we've gotta talk Naruto. I'm guessing you know what I had to do the night you were born?"

Naruto widened his eyes in surprise as he realized what the Yondaime was talking about. In the surprise of seeing his hero and the adrenaline from the battle, he had forgotten about the Kyuubi being sealed in him. Ever since he got the details of that night, he had put it on the backburner, hoping to deal with it later. But remembering what the Yondaime was talking about brought it all back to him. He turned to the Yondaime and punched him right in the jaw!

As Minato fell on the ground, Naruto lowered his head, tears threatening to fall. He was feeling so much rage, he couldn't even think straight. He said, in a voice lower than his regular voice, "Why?"

The Yondaime got a confused look on his face and said "Why what?"

Naruto looked at the Yondaime, tears falling out of his eyes. He yelled "Why the hell did you seal that thing in me? Why not Sasuke Uchiha? The Uchiha would've wanted the Kyuubi's power. Why not Ino Yamanaka, or Choji Akimichi, or Shikamaru Nara, or someone from one of the Konoha Shinobi Clans? They would've been seen as heroes for having that thing sealed in them."

AncientGreymon was listening to Naruto. He heard Naruto refer to him as 'that thing'. narrowed his eyes and said "Hey, I'm right here."

The Yondaime and Naruto turned to AncientGreymon. As though they were one person, they said in unison "NO ONE CARES! "

Minato turned to Naruto and said "I left in my Will for you to be seen as a hero for holding the Kyuubi. Weren't you?"

Naruto yelled "HELL NO! I was treated worse than dirt. I was overcharged for everything. I was neglected and teased and insulted for no reason. I was seen as a pariah. Why the hell did you give it to some nameless orphan boy instead of one of the Shinobi Clans?"

The Yondaime looked back to the ground. He couldn't stand to see the look of hate in Naruto's eyes directed at him. He said "I did it… because I had to. I couldn't ask someone to give their child up for that. I couldn't ask someone to make a sacrifice that I myself wasn't willing to make."

Naruto lessened his look of hate and turned it into a look of confusion. He said "'Make a sacrifice that I wasn't willing to make'? What are you trying to say?"

The Yondaime sighed. He looked Naruto straight in the eye and said "I couldn't ask someone to give their son up for that if I wasn't willing to give my own son for it. What I'm trying to say is that… I'm your father Naruto. I had to make a huge decision, one that I regret. I'm sorry that that happened to you. You were supposed to be treated as a hero, and I put my faith in the people of this village. Obviously, they didn't follow my last wish. I guess AncientGreymon gets to say 'I told you so', huh?"

AncientGreymon said "And just like I said before, I don't want to say it."

Naruto was still a little mad, but he looked his father in the eye and saw how bad he felt. He saw in the Yondaime's eyes that he was still human. He could still feel pain. He could still make mistakes. He could still feel sadness and regret. All of which were happening to him now. Seeing how bad his father felt at what happened, Naruto couldn't stay mad. He didn't have the heart.

Naruto said, in a much lower tone than before, "So, what are you doing here, dad? I thought that you were supposed to die because of the sealing. By the way, where is the Kyuubi? I would've thought you would be by his seal."

Minato let loose a breath he didn't know he was holding. He half-expected his son to say that he hated him. He said "I was supposed to die after the sealing, but something happened." With that, Minato told Naruto all about what happened during the sealing.

Naruto said "Is there any way we can stop them?"

The Biju said "Yes, there is. A long time ago, while I and the other Ancient Warriors were still in the Digital World, a group of kids came to our world. Back then, our world was being ravaged by Lucemon. Those human kids merged their souls with the soul fragments of the Ancient Warriors, and together we defeated Lucemon and his forces.

"If Naruto fuses his soul with mine, he can use my power to defend this world in my stead."

Minato listened to the Ancient Warrior's words and then said "But how can Naruto handle this all on his own?"

AncientGreymon sighed. He said "Whoever said Naruto will be alone? The other Ancient Warriors will help us. We were sent here to defend this world, and all of them would give their lives to do it. All we gotta do is find their Jinchuuriki or wherever they're sealed at. Then we get them to help us. So Naruto, will you do it?"

Naruto stammered out "H-h-how do you know that you have the right person? How do you know if I'm the right person for this?"

AncientGreymon said "Naruto, if you see someone struggling with something, what would you do?"

Naruto, without thinking, said "I'd help them."

"Why?"

Naruto, again without thinking, said "Because it's the right thing to do. If I was in his situation, I'd want someone to help me."

"If you saw some random woman about to be raped by a guy who was clearly stronger than her, what would you do?"

Naruto said "Help her."

"What if that kept happening? What would you do?"

Naruto said "Keep helping her."

The Digimon said "Why?"

Naruto, without thinking, said "Because it's the right thing to do. I don't need another reason."

"That's why you're the right person for this. You said you'll help and protect others all because it's the right thing to do. Others would demand a prize or reward. You didn't. That's why I'm sure that you can handle this power."

Naruto said "If I accept this, what'll happen to me?"

AncientGreymon said "Not much. Whenever you want, you could transform yourself into a Digimon. As an Ancient Warrior, my element was fire, so the Digimon you will eventually be able to transform yourself into will be associated with that element. Also, you'll be able to perform many of the Techniques that Digimon can do. And I still have many weapons from my friends, so whenever you can't or don't feel like transforming into a Digimon, you can use those. Also, I'm suspecting that my fellow Ancient Warriors are making this very same deal with their Jinchuuriki, so you won't be alone."

Naruto looked at the late Yondaime and said "What should I do?"

The Yondaime shrugged and said "It's your body. Do whatever you want with it. Just know that I'll be right here beside you."

Naruto let loose a big sigh and said "I'll do it. What do I need to do?"

AncientGreymon said "Nothing. I'll handle it." The Biju started to produce an insane amount of heat. So much that Minato and Naruto started falling to the ground in a heat stroke. Soon, the heat left and a white light was shining.

When the light dimmed down, AncientGreymon said "I'm merged with you now. Over the next week, your body will progressively get stronger and faster to help prepare itself to handle the power that you now have. Got any more questions?"

Naruto, remembering what happened at the end of the battle said "I gotta ask you about that crazy sword. What the hell did that thing make me do at the end? It was like I wasn't in control of my body. "

AncientGreymon said "That's because I was in control of your body. Over the years of being in the Human World, I started to get new ideas on how to fight evil Digimon. If you would kill them, they would just be reincarnated a little while later with all their memories. So instead, we would stop them from becoming evil after they were reincarnated.

"My idea was to open up a Digimon's Digicore, and mess around with their Fractal Code, which was like their DNA. A device, in this case the Omni Sword, would absorb the Digimon's Fractal Code, find out what turned that Digimon evil, then remove that thing and give the Digimon their Fractal Code back. That way, if it was something like a virus that was turning the Digimon evil, the virus would be gone and the Digimon would have a bigger chance of becoming a stand up Digimon. In my spare time here, I modified the Omni Sword to do just that. When you were standing there just watching the Digimon, I realized that that was the best chance I had to test my theory. So, I took control of your body and did it, and I have to say, it worked like a charm. Now, we can do some real damage to that bastard Drasil."

Naruto nodded and said "Okay then."

The Ancient Warrior said "Good, now go to sleep, you deserve it after what you did today."

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(6 hours later)

6 hours after the Digimon attack, Naruto woke up to glaring white lights above his head. He groaned and sat up on the bed. He saw the white walls of the room and realized he was in a hospital. He groaned again and muttered under his breath "Why the hell do they not dim the lights? It gets on my damn nerves whenever I wake up."

He heard a chuckle come from beside him. He heard a familiar voice say "I always try to bring that up with them, but they never listen."

Naruto turned to the side and smiled. He said "Did we win, Ojii-san?"

Sarutobi chuckled at Naruto's nickname for him. He said "Yes, Naruto, we did. It was all thanks to you. If you had never discovered the weakness of the red one, our entire village would be destroyed. Instead, we only have to rebuild a small piece. Also with those weird weapons of yours, you defeated the enemies. You single-handedly killed three opponents that our entire Ninja force lost against. The entire village is completely in your debt Naruto."

Naruto smiled more from the praise given to him by the Hokage. He said "Don't feel like you owe me anything, Ojii-san. Although, naming me your successor would kinda make us even."

Naruto's little side comment got a laugh out of the aged Hokage. When the laughter died down, the Hokage said "Okay, now we gotta get serious Naruto. Can you stand?"

After the Hokage finished his question, Naruto turned out of bed and stood up. The Hokage said "Great. Grab your clothes and your weapons and get dressed. We need to go to a meeting with the Konoha Council."

Naruto grabbed his stuff and ran into the bathroom. He came out completely dressed. He held the Omni Sword in his left hand and the Positron Laser was mounted on his right arm. He said "All ready."

The Hokage walked over to Naruto and put his hand on Naruto's head. He used the Shunshin no Jutsu to get them to his office in the Hokage Tower. They descended the stairs until they got to the Council Meeting Room. They entered the room to see the entire Konoha Council, Civilian and Shinobi, there waiting their arrival.

Naruto leaned over to the Hokage and muttered "Why am I here?"

One of the council members, a certain pink-haired one, said "Silence! You will speak when spoken to, demon. The reason you're here is to answer our questions."

The Sandaime narrowed his eyes at the woman, but Naruto tapped his arm and shook his head 'no'. At this point, Naruto didn't care that much whether she called him a demon. Seeing Naruto shake his head, the Sandaime decided to back off.

Naruto said "Okay then, what questions do you have?"

One of the Hokage's Advisors, Koharu Utatane, said "My question is where you found that sword?"

Naruto chuckled a little and scratched the back of his neck. He thought 'Damn, I'm in deep shit now! How do I answer that question?'

Naruto heard a voice deeper than his say "Let me take control of your body for a moment. I'll get you out of this."

Naruto's face got a weird look on it and he thought 'Dad?'

Minato said back "Yeah, now let me take over."

Naruto closed his eyes in concentration and then he opened them. There were no noticeable changes, but if anyone stared at Naruto's eyes long enough, they would see that these eyes were a deeper shade of blue than regular. Minato said "I found it in the rubble of the building I got smashed into."

One of the Hokage's Advisors, Danzo, said "How did you survive that, boy? Witnesses said they saw your charred body after the monsters breathed fire at you."

Minato sighed through his son's body. He said "You all know how the Kyuubi's sealed inside me, right?"

Everyone nodded, not surprised at all. They were told what happened with the Mizuki incident by Iruka since it dealt with a spy. He said "With the Kyuubi being sealed inside me, I forced him to push his chakra through my entire body to re-grow what I lost. It took a little bit of time and a little bit of the Kyuubi's chakra, but here I am. I have no idea how the clothes came back though."

Everyone gasped at that. Hiashi Hyuuga, the Hyuuga Clan head, said "I didn't know that the Kyuubi had a power like that."

Minato said "There's a lot about the Kyuubi that we don't know. That's why you guys got your asses kicked by him 12 years ago. I think that's why trying to kill him never worked."

One of the Civilian councils coughed and said "Moving on. Where did the second weapon come from?"

Minato shrugged and said "Your guess is as good as mine. I have no idea where."

Danzo narrowed his eye at Naruto. He said "What did you do to those monsters at the end? Witnesses say they saw you jump at the monsters and stab them."

Minato put on a confused face and said "What do you think I did? I killed them."

Danzo stood out of his seat and said "Show some respect, demon child."

Minato glared at Danzo. 12 years, and that bastard still acted like a prick. Minato said "Respect is earned, not given, you stupid cripple."

Danzo said "ANBU, arrest that boy."

Minato said "On what charge?"

Danzo said "Insulting a Council member."

The Hokage said "ANBU, stand down. Anymore questions?"

The last advisor, Homura Mitokado, stood up and said "I don't have a question, but a suggestion. That boys' weapons are the only thing that hurt those monsters. I suggest the boys' weapons be studied and mass-produced in case of another attack."

Minato smirked and said "Okay then. Danzo, catch." Minato threw the Omni Sword at Danzo, who caught it with his only arm. Immediately after catching it, he fell to the ground, his hands being crushed under the weight. Minato smirked and walked over to Danzo, slower than a snail. When he reached him, he grabbed the hilt of the Omni Sword and picked it up.

He said "The Omni Sword can only be wielded by me. Anyone else try to take it, well you just saw what happened. The same goes for my cannon. No one other than me can have these weapons."

Minato walked back up to the Hokage's position and said "Besides, don't you have something else to worry about, like, I don't know, discussing the amount of money that would be needed to repair the part of the village that got destroyed."

Another Civilian Council member narrowed her eyes and said "We were just about to discuss that now."

Minato said "If I may make a suggestion? How about you pay me to rebuild the city? You'll save a lot of money on extra workers that way. I can make well past 500 Kage Bunshin. And your work force on the rebuilding project has just added 500 more for a fraction of the cost. If what these bulletin boards say is true, you have about 1000 houses to rebuild. 500 Kage Bunshin working on a house together, the village will be rebuilt in no time."

Homura said "But Kage Bunshins easily get destroyed."

Minato smirked a little and said "I'll stay on site of the rebuilding and make more when they get destroyed. I just need someone to tell me where to put what, and the Kage Bunshin will finish it from there."

Shikaku Nara, the Nara Clan head and Shikamaru's father, said "It does sound like a good idea. Hiring 500 workers to do the job is gonna cost a lot. 500 Kage Bunshin could probably finish a regular house in a day. But 500 regular people would only work half a day at the most and would take more than twice as long to make one."

Minato said "Is there anything else you need me for?"

Chouza Akimichi, Choji's father and the Akimichi Clan Head, said "No, I don't think so."

Minato said "Okay then, I'm gone." Minato then disappeared in a puff of smoke, surprising everyone since they didn't know he could do that.

Minato used the Shunshin no Jutsu to get out of the Hokage Tower in a hurry. He and AncientGreymon made a schedule for Naruto to learn Jutsu and attacks while he was sleeping. The thing was that they needed him to work out. For years, Naruto had been stunting his growth with ramen. He was also very malnourished and that could be fatal. And in the Shinobi career path, being malnourished or tired is basically begging for death.

Minato teleported his son's body to Training Ground 7 and mentally said 'Okay Naruto, being fused with AncientGreymon has done a lot of things. But you still need to do something. AncientGreymon can now flow his chakra into you easier, making physical training easier for you to do which is a good thing. The Tyrannomon you fought earlier today are cannon fodder compared to the other Digimon that are coming for our world. You'll need to be able to compete with them on some level. And to pass those of a regular human being. You'll have to push yourself harder than you ever have before.'

Naruto said back "No problem."

Minato smiled a little and said 'Okay then. Now, I want you to practice…'

With that, Naruto got to practicing the skills that would change his life forever.

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(2 weeks later)

2 weeks after the Tyrannomon incident, Naruto woke up in his bed at home. Today was the day that they were supposed to meet at the Academy to see what team they were supposed to be on. Over these two weeks, Naruto had gone through many changes.

His strict training plan made it so that any excess fat on his body was quickly taken care of. His diet also got rid of any malnutrition. AncientGreymon had to practically pump his stomach of all the ramen in it. He was able to develop the muscles and strength and abilities that a standard Genin needed.

During the night, while his body rested and prepared for the next day, Naruto was in his mindscape, talking to his dad. His dad had been tutoring him in the type of things that he missed as a kid in the Academy.

Naruto's academic problem was that most kids went in the Academy at age 9. Naruto went in at age 7, mainly to learn the lessons on stealth for his own survival from the more drunk and stupid members of Konoha's civilization. His early instructors had sabotaged his education by not teaching him that well. The only teacher who helped him when he was in the Academy was Iruka.

When Naruto got the courage to talk to Iruka about his problems, Iruka volunteered his own time to help Naruto learn the things he missed from his early years. But by then it was too late. It was too close to exam time to cram 3 years of learning into Naruto's head. Thanks to his dad though, Naruto was able to learn some of the things from the Academy, helping him understand things.

Also, his dad helped him develop a skill needed to be a Shinobi. Even though the skill was uncommon, paradoxically it was called Common Sense. Thanks to his father helping him see and recognize some of the more obvious things, Naruto was able to understand some of the things about the world even better, like Hinata's massive crush on him.

Minato taught Naruto the Shunshin no Jutsu and the Bunshin Daibakuha. He also told Naruto the knowledge exchange between the Kage Bunshin. Using these, Naruto was able to send Kage Bunshin to read up on things like strategies, the other Hidden Villages, and famous ninja. He even stole the newest edition of the Bingo book from some wet-behind-the-ears Jounin.

Going to his closet, Naruto opened it up to see more than the single orange jumpsuit he had. Picking his clothes, he went into the bathroom to get ready for his day. Coming out, Naruto looked in a mirror to see how he looked. He was wearing a dark red shirt with black pants. He had on a small black vest with black sandals. The kanji for 'Fire' was on the back of his vest in red. He had his hitai-ate tied around his left bicep. To complete the look, he had his goggles fastened around his head. He had grown 2 inches since he started the training schedule, putting him at 5' tall.

As Naruto went out of his house, he looked outside to where the Tyrannomon attacked. In just 2 weeks, the place looked like nothing happened. Thanks to Naruto's immense stamina and the Kage Bunshin, he and the rest of Konoha's workforce were able to build everything back up very quickly. At night and during breaks he had to compensate for Konoha's workforce not working, but the money was more than worth it. It was probably more than what a regular ninja makes in a year. Also, the money he got from saving the village from the Tyrannomon was considered an A-rank mission so he got paid again.

Disappearing in a puff of smoke, Naruto used the Shunshin to teleport himself to the Academy. Reappearing by the swing on the tree, Naruto walked into the room. When he got there, he sat in the seat between Hinata and Shikamaru and waited for Iruka to come there.

Naruto's appearance shocked many people. It shocked everyone because word got around about his defeat of the Tyrannomon. Everyone was looking at Naruto, wondering how the supposed 'dead last' could've done that. Sasuke was the first to get over his shock. He got up in Naruto's face and said "Is it true?"

Naruto said "Is what true?" While on the outside, Naruto was the epitome of stoic. Inside his head, he was laughing his ass off. Over these past few days, he had guessed everyone's reactions to the battle two weeks ago. He even guessed Sasuke's reaction right.

Sasuke said "Don't give me that crap! The villages' best Jutsu didn't do any damage to those monsters, but that sword did. Where did you get it?"

Naruto retorted "I bought it at a store. It's at the corner of 'Fuck You' and 'Go to Hell'. This sword is the only one like it in existence and it's mine."

Sasuke glared at Naruto and said "Give it to me." If that sword did that to those monsters, he could only imagine what he could do to Itachi with it. He could avenge his clan and kill that bastard right now with the power of that sword. He needed to have it.

Naruto looked at Sasuke like he grew 10 extra heads and said "Ehhhhhhhh…. Na!"

Sasuke glared harder and said "Give it to me now!"

Naruto glared himself and said "Hell to the no."

Sasuke said "Give me that sword, or I'll take it by force."

Naruto smirked and said "I'd like to see you try."

Sasuke jumped over his desk at Naruto, intending to tackle him and take the sword. Naruto expected Sasuke to do something like that, so he used the Body Flicker to move 5 feet to the right, causing Sasuke to pass him and fall on the floor. Naruto ran up to Sasuke and picked him up by his head. He then threw him out of the window by Shikamaru. Luckily for Sasuke, Shikamaru was feeling a little warm and opened it, otherwise Sasuke would've gotten a head full of glass. After falling out the window, Sasuke quickly flipped and landed on his feet. Since they were on the second floor, the drop didn't hurt Sasuke that much. It just caused a small dulling pain in his legs and he felt weak in the knees a little.

Naruto went to the window and walked down the wall. When he stopped by Sasuke, Naruto got into a fighting stance and waited for Sasuke to move. Sasuke charged Naruto with a punch, which Naruto was able to dodge. Sasuke tried a left punch on Naruto, which Naruto grabbed and held onto. Sasuke tried a right kick. Naruto grabbed Sasuke's foot with his left hand. Turning around to the building, Naruto smashed Sasuke's body against it, causing Sasuke a lot of pain.

Naruto then threw Sasuke to the side, making Sasuke land in the training ring. Naruto walked toward Sasuke and said "You can't have my sword. It's mine and I won't give it to you, Sasuke. Now give up or I'll use the sword you're trying to steal to end your life."

Sasuke snorted and said "You can't kill me. It's against the law."

Naruto smirked and said "Actually Uchiha, you're wrong. You're trying to steal my sword and that's theft. Under the laws of Konoha, I have the right to kill you in self defense. If you were a minor, it would be illegal to kill you even if you tried to steal my sword. But with the Konoha hitai-ate comes emancipation, which means that I'm completely in my rights to drive my sword through your skull."

Sasuke smirk became a face of horror. He forgot that he was emancipated now. What Naruto said actually wasn't true. Killing any Konoha Shinobi was considered treason unless you were attacked with either an assassination type Jutsu or at least a B-rank Jutsu. If he killed Sasuke right now, he'd be going to a maximum security prison for the rest of his life, or he'd have his chakra sealed off forever and be forced to live as a civilian. But Sasuke didn't know that, so Naruto used Sasuke's ignorance to his advantage. Naruto said "Now, stop trying to take my sword, or I promise I will kill you."

Naruto then turned around and left the training ring. As his back was turned, Sasuke yelled out "Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!"

Before he could finish saying the name of the jutsu, Naruto created a Kage Bunshin. When the fire got close enough, Naruto and the clone used the Body Flicker to leave the place. The attack passed through thin air. As Sasuke stopped the Jutsu, he expected to see a charred corpse there. But instead, he didn't see anything.

In the trees behind the Uchiha, Naruto and his clone were waiting for the right moment to take Sasuke out. When the moment came, Naruto turned to his Clone and said "Now!"

The clone jumped out of the tree they were in and ran at Sasuke. Sasuke didn't turn around until it was too late. When Naruto's clone tackled him to the ground, Sasuke punched the clone right in the head. The clone then started glowing yellow. The clone got off Sasuke and said "You better run asshole."

Needing no other incentive, Sasuke turned around and tried to run. But before he could, the clone detonated. The blast blasted Sasuke 10 feet away. It didn't do much damage, but Sasuke's clothes were ruined. The sound of the explosion left him dizzy and he had a huge headache from where he hit the ground. Otherwise, he was fine.

(The only reason Naruto could beat Sasuke that easily was because his new skills caught Sasuke off-guard. If Sasuke knew how strong Naruto was, he would've put up a much better fight.)

As he got up, he looked around and saw that Naruto was entering the building, like nothing happened. Also, everyone in their class followed them outside and saw their fight. Glaring in anger, Sasuke picked himself up and went to his class.

Naruto's classmates were completely shocked. Naruto, the deadlast of their class, had just defeated Sasuke Uchiha, the Rookie of the Year. As a matter of fact, Naruto failed the Graduation Test three times in a row and defeated Sasuke. Naruto just ignored their stares and sat back down between Shikamaru and Hinata.

It shocked some of the kids because they didn't hear of Naruto passing the test. Others, mainly Hinata, noticed the change in his clothes. Shikamaru looked over to Naruto and said "Next time you and the Uchiha decide to fight, throw him out of some other window. I almost caught a face full of ass when you threw him."

Naruto just laughed at Shikamaru. He said "I'll be sure to remember that next time."

Suddenly, Sakura and Ino walked in, both hearing of the fight with Sasuke. They both walked over to Naruto and started yelling their lungs out for no reason. Eventually, Sakura said "What are you even doing here loser? This class is for the graduates."

Others muttered something on the same line, but Sasuke's was the loudest. Hoping to save face, he tried to throw a wisecrack at Naruto, saying "Yeah loser, were you crying too much to hear Iruka? The dropouts class is down the hall."

Naruto looked over to Sasuke and said "If the dropout class is down the hall, then what are you guys doing here in this room?" That shut everyone up. Continuing, Naruto said "I have a Konoha hitai-ate on my bicep dumbasses. That means I passed the test. Observation is a necessary ability for a Shinobi, and obviously none of you have it."

Naruto's statement got everybody to shut up. It seemed like Naruto not only came back with a new wardrobe, he came back with a new attitude. He would usually yell when Sasuke said something like that, but he was calm and collected as he knocked them all down a notch. After getting over the new Naruto, the class went back to their old business.

Looking around the room, Naruto started evaluating the rest of his class. Altogether, there were 27 kids in this room. In Naruto's eyes, of those 27 kids, only 7 of them had the true talent to be a shinobi. Those were himself, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Shino, Kiba, Choji and Hinata. Ino actually had the talent to be a fine shinobi also, but she had the wrong attitude. She treated it like it was a fantasy story and not a cutthroat lifestyle. Sakura had the same problems as Ino, but her problems were more severe. Everyone else in the class didn't show enough talent in Naruto's opinion to qualify as Shinobi. If they ever made it, they'd probably get no farther than Genin.

When Iruka walked in, the kids shut up and started listening. After a heartwarming speech that the author won't type, Iruka got to naming the teams. Going through teams 1 through 6, Iruka got to Team 7. He said "Team 7 is… Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, (at that, Sakura jumped up in victory, yelling stuff like 'True love conquers all!') and Naruto Uzumaki(Sakura slanted her head down, while Naruto stood up and yelled "DAMN YOU SARUTOBI!"). Your Jounin Instructor is Kakashi Hatake. Team 8 is Hinata Hyuuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame. Your sensei will be Kurenai Yuuhi. Team 10, is Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, and Ino Yamanaka. Your sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi. Now, you have a 2 hour break before your sensei's come to take you guys. I wish you all good luck."

As the class walked out of the room, Naruto stopped Hinata before she left. Naruto said to her "Hey Hinata, what are you doing later tonight?"

Hinata looked at Naruto with wide eyes. 'I-I-is he about to ask me out?' The fact that she thought he was just made her more scared. She said "N-n-Nothing, why?"

Naruto put his hand behind his neck. It was a reflex showing his nervousness. He'd never even had an extended conversation with this girl and now he was trying to ask her out. He said "Well, I needed some help on learning the stuff from the earlier years at the Academy. I was hoping you could tutor me?"

Hinata stuttered out her answer "L-L-like a date?"

Naruto got an embarrassed look on his face and said "Yeah, like a date. Is that okay?"

Hinata was so overjoyed that she blurted out the answer before she knew she did. "Yes!"

Naruto said "Cool. After your team meets, let's meet on the Academy roof at 6. We'll go to my house and study."

Hinata said "S-s-sure. See you then, Naruto-kun."

Naruto then started walking out of the door, saying "See ya, Hinata-chan."

Turning out of the room, Naruto didn't see Hinata's eyebrows almost shoot 10 feet in the air. Feeling lightheaded, Hinata took a seat in the seat right next to her. She then promptly passed out.

As Naruto teleported to the top of the Academy roof, he thought 'Why did you want me to do that dad?'

Minato started talking to his son, saying "Number one, she likes you. Sakura is borderline obsessive over Sasuke, so she won't ever notice you. You could at least give her a chance. Number two, you need allies in your class. And I can tell Hinata will be a good friend. Number three, even though I'm helping you, she's a lot better teacher than me. And lastly, you seriously need to get laid." Naruto could hear Minato laughing at that last statement.

Naruto said in his mind 'Aren't you my father? You shouldn't tell your 12-year old son to go have sex. That's just wrong.'

Minato said "Well, look at it this way, Naruto. You're legally emancipated now. You're old enough to kill in the name of this village, so you should be old enough to drink and get your freak on. Besides, the average life expectancy for ninja is 32. You're turning 13 soon, so your close to having half your life over already. You'd better get all your fun in now before you get killed."

Naruto took a thinking pose and then said 'Touché. But now what do I do? I called it a date, but I've never been on one.'

Minato sighed and said "Be yourself. Besides, you're just studying together. It's not that serious."

Naruto scoffed and said 'Easy for you to say. The last person you've ever been on a date with was my mom and that was almost 13 years ago.'

Minato was about to say something else, but he said "Touché."

Over the two hour break, Naruto started working on the Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. When he got back to the room, he saw that he was one of the first ones there. When everyone else got there, the sensei's started to arrive and take their students. One by one, each team was taken. It continued until Team 7 was left in the room, waiting for their own sensei.

Being bored out of his mind, Naruto decided to play a lesson on his teacher. When he heard that his teacher was Kakashi "Sharingan" Hatake, he remembered the books that his clones read at the library. Kakashi was the student of his dad, so he asked his dad things about Kakashi so he could lay the perfect prank.

Setting a trip wire in front of the door, Naruto started getting to work on his prank. Seeing what Naruto was doing, Sasuke said "What are you doing dobe? You won't be able to set that trap in time; our teacher could arrive at any moment."

Sakura said "Yeah baka, besides, our teacher is a Jounin. A trip wire that obvious will be easily spotted."

Naruto smirked. "That's why the trip wire is so obvious."

Sakura narrowed her eyes in confusion a little and said "What?"

Naruto, still smirking, said "Think about it, Sakura-chan. With this trip wire being so obvious, Kakashi won't notice the 3 extra I'm gonna set up for when he avoids this one."

Sakura narrowed her eyes more in thought, then said "That's actually not half-bad. But our teacher is still a Jounin, he'll easily see those trip wires. You're not gonna get away with this."

Naruto looked at Sakura for a moment, then laughed outright. Sakura narrowed her eyes, this time in anger, and said "What's so funny?"

Naruto, between his fits of laughter, said "Sakura, you're talking to Naruto Uzumaki here. The Prankster Prince of Konoha. I'm the same guy who messed with the Hyuuga Clan's laundry so all their clothes were pink for a week."

Sasuke interjected Naruto's statement, saying "That was you?"

Naruto said "Yeah."

Sakura said "How did you do it?"

Naruto said "The Hyuuga Clan guardsmen were stuck-up. They believed since their Byakugan could see almost 360 degrees, they didn't have anything to worry about. I hopped to the top of the building next to their Clan House and hopped on top of the guard outpost and walked right through the front door. I Henge'd into Hinata and asked where the laundry room was. When they told me, I went there while I was still transformed into Hinata.

"When I got into the laundry room, I saw Hinata in there. Before she saw me though, I jumped onto the ceiling and hung on one of the water poles. 'I had never been so happy to be so underweight.' I hung there until she left. Then I pulled out a red sock from my jacket and put it in there. I transformed to Hinata again and left. While I left though, I ran into this guy and this little girl. They both started looking at me funny. It turns out that they were Hinata's father and sister, and when I recognized Hinata's father, I ran for my life. Next day, all their clothes were pink."

Sakura's eyes widened in surprise and said "You snuck into the Hyuuga Clan House, ran into the Clan Head, and didn't get killed? The last guy who entered their house without permission was killed by the Clan Head personally."

Naruto nodded and said "Yeah, not some of my best stealth work."

Sasuke's eyes widened in mild surprise. He said "Not some of your best stealth work?"

Naruto looked at Sasuke like he'd grown an extra head and said "Duh. Just three weeks ago I was painting graffiti on the Hokage Mountain and no one noticed the graffiti or me until I was finished 3 hours later. Then I was chased around the city by almost the entire Chunnin force, and almost got away with it before Iruka-sensei caught me."

Sakura muttered "So that's why you were late that day and Iruka-sensei had to get you."

Naruto was smiling, happy to brag about his accomplishments. Sadly, bragging ran in his moms' and dads' side of the family, so he was doomed to do the same. "Anyway, I'm also the same guy who made those fake naked pictures of Tsunade and Jiraiya of the Densetsu no Sannin and sold them to all of the newspapers in the village. I'm the same guy who drenched all the dog food for the Inuzuka Clan Dogs with a liquid aphrodisiac. I'm the same guy who faked those naked pictures of Koharu Utatane and Old Man Sarutobi and sold them to the newspapers. And all of those pranks, I didn't get caught. Fooling some habitually late, porn-addicted Jounin is gonna be a piece of cake."

Finishing his bragging, Naruto went back to setting up his prank. Attaching three more trip wires to the prank, Naruto quickly used the Shunshin no Jutsu to leave the classroom. Returning a half hour later with 3 buckets full of fish, Naruto created some Kage Bunshin. Each clone grabbed a fish and started getting to work cutting off the heads and gutting them. They dumped the guts and fish heads into one bucket. They also dumped the fish blood in there.

Tying the bucket to the ceiling and attaching it to the prank, Naruto went to the wall opposite the door, and started attaching kunai there. Adding them to the prank also, Naruto went to his seat and sat down, waiting for his prank to unfold. When he sat down, Naruto was immediately asked a question by Sakura. "What was that clone Jutsu you used? The Clone Jutsu is nothing but a Genjutsu, so how were they able to gut the fish?"

Naruto said "You're right. The Clone Jutsu is a Genjutsu. I used the Shadow Clone Jutsu. They're real, but one or two hits will knock them out."

Sasuke became interested at that. One of Naruto's clones had defeated him in their battle earlier that day. He said "Is that the same clone you used today?"

Naruto smirked and said "No. The one I used on you was different. That was a Daibakuha Bunshin. Daibakuha Bunshin don't disperse when they're hit, they blow up."

Sasuke looked at Naruto, and before he was gonna say something, Naruto instead said it. "Sasuke, I'm not gonna teach you either of them. This time, it's not because of the rarity of the Jutsu, but because of the danger."

Sasuke looked at Naruto with a confused expression and said "What danger?"

Naruto sighed. "Sasuke, flare your chakra."

Sasuke smirked. This would blow the dope off of that high pedestal he put himself on. Sasuke stood up, and flared his chakra just like they learned. It was used to show your current chakra capacity. Sasuke saw Naruto's eyes narrow a bit, and smirked, thinking it was jealousy.

Naruto said "You don't have enough chakra to do the technique."

Sasuke's face turned from a smirk into a scowl in record time. He said "What?"

Naruto said "You don't have enough chakra to do the technique. First of all, each clone you make needs a certain amount of chakra to stay alive. Because not only does it needs to be solid, but it needs to look like you, both of which cost a lot of chakra. If you can meet that requirement, all your chakra is split between every clone you make. If you made one clone, your chakra is split between you and that clone, and it'll have enough chakra to stay alive. But if you made 20, they wouldn't meet the minimum amount required per clone, and you would've wasted all your chakra. Your problem, Sasuke, is that if you used the technique, you wouldn't be able to make 10 clones before you passed out from chakra exhaustion and the clones would dispel in 1 minute. If you tried to use this technique, you would easily die."

Sasuke's face became fueled with rage. Seeing Sasuke's face, Sakura asked "But you just made over 20 clones and you're not tired at all."

Naruto said "Because I mastered the technique. Only a master of the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu can create clones, and then absorb back the excess chakra they had. The clones I just made barely used any of the chakra they got, so I was able to make the chakra return to me and not be tired. I'm not refusing to be rude, I'm refusing so you can keep your life."

Sasuke said "Well then I will only make 10."

Naruto groaned and said "Sasuke, they dispel after one attack. If you're fighting someone as good at Taijutsu as you, your clones are gonna be destroyed and you would've wasted 90 percent of your chakra."

Sakura said "How are you able to make that many?"

Naruto muttered to himself "What the hell is this, 20 questions?" Speaking up, he said "Anyway, the reason I can make that many clones is because of my clans' bloodline ability."

Sakura said "You don't have a bloodline, stop lying Naruto."

Naruto said "I do. The problem is that it's not as noticeable as the Sharingan or the Byakugan. My bloodline causes my Clan to have an irregularly high amount of chakra. That chakra capacity allows us a faster healing rate than regular people. Unconsciously, some of the chakra in our body is converted into healing chakra and it heals any cuts we have."

The rest of the wait was spent in silence. Sakura bugged Sasuke for a date, while Naruto was talking to his dad and AncientGreymon mentally. 'Why did you want me to do that, dad? I wanted to rub it in Sasuke's face that I have more chakra than him.'

Minato sighed loudly and said "Son, trust me. I've been rubbing peoples' face in stuff for my whole life. I've rubbed things in peoples' face that I had no business rubbing in their face. And if it taught me one thing, it's that it doesn't get you anywhere. You won't get any gain from it. Besides, you should try to befriend him. Even though his clan is full of jackasses, they're all dead now. Maybe with your help, Sasuke can take the clan in a new direction.

"Besides, you and he are teammates now. It's best if you're friends. If not, at least be neutral to each other. Trust me, being on a team where you hate the other persons' guts will not go smoothly."

Naruto sighed and said 'If you say so.'

2 hours later, the Jounin came in. Kakashi easily saw Naruto's decoy trip wire, and stepped over it. But he made a mistake. Naruto laid up the decoy trip wire, then had 3 hidden trip wires set up at four inch intervals from the decoy. Feeling himself step on the trip wire, Kakashi thought to himself 'Oh boy.'

Hearing the whistling in the air, Kakashi saw 5 kunai being shot at him. Through years of experience, he jumped to his left, out of danger. Naruto set up another wire to the left at waist height. Jumping right into the wire, Kakashi thought 'Oh shit.'

All of a sudden, a bucket of fish heads, fish guts, and fish blood fell on Kakashi, soaking him. Kakashi could barely close his eye in enough time so the guts didn't seep into it. Shaking the gunk off his head, he looked to see Naruto laughing his ass off. Sakura was laughing a little too. Sasuke only chuckled a little bit.

Kakashi said "My first impression of you all, is that I hate you."

Naruto, who was still laughing, said "We don't care."

Kakashi said "Meet me on the Academy roof in 5 minutes." Kakashi then Body Flickered out of the room, going to the bathroom to wash that stuff out. Naruto Body Flickered out of the room also, leaving Sakura and Sasuke in there.

When they got to the roof, they saw Naruto sitting on the roof edge and Kakashi standing up. After the rest of the Genin sat by Naruto, Kakashi said "Okay guys, since we're a brand new team, it's time we got to know each other better. I'll start off. My name is Kakashi Hatake. I like a lot of things, I dislike just as many things, my best skill would be…my dream is…well I have a lot of hobbies. Now why don't you start us off pinky?"

Sakura glared at Kakashi and said "My name is Sakura Haruno. My likes are(looks at Sasuke and blushes)…my hobbies are(looks at Sasuke again and blushes)…my dreams for the future are(looks at Sasuke again and blushes harder than before)."

Kakashi said "Any dislikes?"

Sakura adopted a mean expression and said "Naruto!"

Kakashi muttered "Oh great, a fan girl."

Kakashi turned to Sasuke and said "What about you, duck-ass?"

Naruto started laughing at that. "I thought I was the only one who saw the resemblance."

Ignoring Naruto's comment, Sasuke said "My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I have a lot of likes and dislikes. My dream…is more of an ambition. It's to revive my clan…and to kill a certain someone."

Kakashi and Naruto thought 'Oh great, an avenger. This is gonna be swell.'

Kakashi turned to Naruto and said "Blondie?"

Naruto said "My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like Ramen, fighting, blowing things up, and cooking. I dislike perverts (stares at Kakashi), bastards who think they're better than everyone because of their clan (stares at Sasuke), fan girls (stares at Sakura), and people who don't have Common Sense. My dreams for the future would be to become the Hokage. That way I could use my abilities to better protect the people of this village."

Kakashi said "Okay guys, now it's time for us to take the real Genin Exam."

Sakura cut in, saying "We already took the Genin Exam Kakashi-sensei."

Kakashi said "No you haven't. That test at the Academy was to see if you were able to take the real test. Only 9 genin will pass this test, and there's 27 genin taking it. Those who fail are sent back to the Academy. Meet me at Training Ground 7 at 7 AM tomorrow. Just to tell you, my version of the test, no genin team has passed yet. And if your school reports are anything to go by, you won't either. By the way, I suggest you don't eat anything tomorrow, you'll just puke it up anyway."

Before Kakashi could Shunshin away, Naruto said "Wait!"

"What's up Naruto?"

Naruto said "If you had to put this test in a general category, like Retrieval, Survival, Assassination, Destruction, Assault, what would it be?"

Kakashi said "Survival."

Naruto grinned and said "Thank you Kakashi-sensei."

Kakashi said "No problem." And went up in a puff of smoke.

Naruto turned to his team and said "Guys, you wanna go grab something to eat, maybe get acquainted with each other better?"

Sasuke scoffed and said "No." Sakura quickly repeated what he said. Naruto shrugged and said "Okay then, see you guys tomorrow."

Naruto then went up in a puff of smoke. Arriving in his own private Training Ground, Naruto started devising a strategy to use against Kakashi. With his dads' help, and the help of their knowledge on Kakashi, they were able to guess where he was strength-wise, speed-wise, and knowledge-wise. His dad's knowledge was over a decade off, but from what his dad did know, they could make a general hypothesis.

After that, they made a strategy against Kakashi using what they knew about Sasuke and Sakura. Adding them into the equation, they not only devised a strategy to use in case the two Genin decided to cooperate, but also one in case they didn't. When Naruto asked his dad why he had to do this, his dad said two things.

"If you fail to plan my son, you plan to fail. Also, plans and backup plans are like condoms when you're going out with a slut, it's better to have one and not need it, than to need one and not have it."

After finishing their plans, Naruto left for the Academy Roof, seeing Hinata just get there. He said "Hey, Hinata-chan, you made it. So, wanna go over my house now?"

Hinata stuttered out a "Yes" but with a few less stutters than before. Naruto grabbed Hinata's hand, and teleported her to the front door of his house.

He held the doorknob and said to Hinata "Welcome, Hinata-chan, to la casa de Naruto" and opened the door to find….well the best way to describe it is a pigsty. Empty ramen cups were everywhere and ramen stains were on the table. The wall had graffiti all on it. Also, the front door was looking a little lopsided.

Naruto looked at Hinata sheepishly and said "Sorry Hinata-chan, but I didn't expect company. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" and summoned up 30 clones.

Naruto said "Okay you lazy wastes of chakra, grab a bucket full of water and a rag, and clean this place up."

The clones yelled "Hai!" and went to clean the house. Within 5 minutes, everything was completely clean. Naruto said "Okay, now welcome to Uzumaki Naruto no ie."(AN: If you can't figure it out, it means Welcome to Naruto Uzumaki's house.)

Hinata chuckled at Naruto's antics and walked into the house. Naruto ran into his room and grabbed a book. He sat in a chair by the table and invited Hinata to do the same. He said "I've been going over some of the stuff from the last few years and I don't understand a lot of it. I was hoping you could help me with it."

Hinata stammered out a "Sure." and helped Naruto with his studying. They were surprisingly able to get through an entire weeks' worth of studying in a few hours. Naruto was a sponge for learning, you just had to actually teach him. Hinata really fell into her new 'teacher' role. She repeated stuff for emphasis, made sure that Naruto took good notes, she even assigned him homework after he told her about the Shadow Clone's learning ability. She figured that while he was out doing stuff, one clone could stay in the house and do the homework to help cement the lesson in Naruto's head.

After they were done, Naruto said "It's getting late, Hinata-chan. I'll walk you home."

Walking Hinata home wasn't that bad for Naruto. He didn't get as many glares as he usually did because of the services he'd done for the village, but some still hated him. Naruto didn't pay any attention to them though. Having a father there to toughen him up and say 'I love you' started having a big effect on Naruto's personality. The biggest effect was that he started to care less about what the villagers thought. They could rot in hell for all he cared.

Reaching Hinata's house, Naruto said "Well, here's your stop Hinata-chan."

Hinata blushed, but not as big as before. She said "Thanks for w-w-walking me home, N-N-Naruto-kun."

Naruto said "No problem, Hinata-chan. I should be thanking you for helping me with my studying. You're really smart."

Hinata's blush got deeper and she said "No I'm not."

Naruto said "Yes you are. And you really need to stop doubting yourself so much. I've seen you fight Hinata-chan, you're a great fighter. You just need to stop being so shy and stop letting others walk over you."

"T-t-Thanks."

"No problem. So I guess I'll see you tomorrow then?"

"Sure!"

"Thanks again. I'll see you later."

Naruto turned around and went back to his house to finalize his strategies for Kakashi.

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(End)

Sorry guys, I meant to upload this last Friday, but I couldn't get to a computer. I'll try to update every two weeks if I can. The next chapter has the Genin Exam in it, where Naruto decides to throw a couple curveballs into Kakashi's plan of failing all of them. Afterwards, something that AncientGreymon did to Naruto will come back to affect him next chapter. What will it be, and will it help him in the next Digimon invasion, which also conveniently happens next chapter? You'll have to wait and see on the next installment of Power of a Digital Sacrifice!