Chapter Three: Arc One: Living the Ninja Life

Four long, painful years have passed since he was adopted into the Tatsumaki Clan. His skills have improved by leaps and bounds. He went from 'Dobe' to second rank in the class. Everyone was shocked when Iruka announced the stats after Taijutsu sparring one day.

Kiko kept her word when she said she would break all of his bones to make him better in Jujutsu and Judo. In fact, the only bone not broken was his spine. Every bone was at least broken twice, and it actually made his bodes harder. His Taijutsu was close to hers, due to light Kage Bunshin (1) training. Kiko also forced him multiple times to meditate, and do chakra conservative exercises, to make it easier for him to do jutsu. When they did Taijutsu training, at least five clones worked on various projects. The main thing the clones did were learn Kenjutsu from Shūchū, who was a great swordsman by the way.

She didn't give him his own sword, because they made their own swords by hand, and made them from the heart, and he was a long way from being even close to good enough to be able to make his own.

Naruto was at the highest level of a a Jujutsu user. He learned everything Kiko could teach him, and she moved him on to Judo. He actually developed a technique for his Jujutsu. It was named Kūki Yashi (2). However, he hadn't learned any jutsu, other than the basic jutsu and the Kage Bunshin. He decided to take each lesson one at a time, so he could perfect all of them to the best of his abilities.

Naruto's Genjutsu techniques got larger. He knew a lot of Genjutsu, and created 5 new Genjutsu techniques. There was a Shinobi in the Tatsumaki Clan that knew a bit about the art, and he helped Naruto develop and test some Genjutsu on him, which helped. He found an ability of his dojutsu, one that allowed him to create a perfect illusion, that no one could break, even if they knew they were in it. They were totally dependent on Naruto to release it. And the best thing about it, was that it barely cost him any chakra, and he could trap any amount of people in it. He didn't have a name for it however.

One week, Naruto decided to have a Kage Bunshin Battle Royale. It was his way of training his Taijutsu, and he decided to train his mind and body with the basic Academy jutsu. He accidentally mixed two of the jutsu together, which were the Kawarmi (3) and the Bunshin Jutsu (4). When he was about to hit the Kage Bunshin Naruto with the clone, the original Naruto found himself switching places with the Bunshin. Naruto was shocked and awed. He actually created a jutsu by accident. He decided to dub the jutsu the Kawarmi Bunshin no Jutsu. (5) After all the clones were destroyed by each other, all of their memories from their points of view rushed to Naruto.

He knew how to close the gaps in his Jujutsu stance, which was his legs spread apart, with one palm out forward, and the other behind him (like Neji when he's about to use the Hakke Rokujūyon Shō (6) ).

Today was graduation, and he couldn't be happier. Those four long years flew by, and though he was accepted by the majority of Konoha now, he still kept to himself and his clan and friends. He still didn't trust Konoha. He knew they could turn on him any moment, but he wouldn't give them the chance to persecute him though.

Right now, he was passing by the dango stand, and he heard a lot of noise. He heard a woman arguing with a man, and it sounded like the woman was highly pissed. He peeked his head in the stand, and saw three men around a woman sneering, and the woman was in a taijutsu stance that he didn't recognize, which was saying something. Kiko beat every Taijutsu form into his head, literally. She actually beat him using every form of Taijutsu. Even though she was insanely hot, he still kind of resented her for the long hours of staying in the clan infirmary.

Naruto blinked, and when he opened his eyes, he saw one of the men struck in the throat, hard. He flew back a foot, and she punched him in the stomach, making him fly out of the stand. The second and third tried to gang up on her, and she smirked. One tried to grab her, but she was too flexible, and weaved through his grapples, and punched him in the groin and while he was in shock, she threw a dango stick at the side of his neck, paralyzing him in his place, and she axe-kicked him sending him flying into a helpless heap by the first man. The third one possibly had the worst luck. The trench-coat wearing woman actually had a snake come her sleeve, and bite the man in the groin! Naruto actually grabbed his own crotch in protection from the hot, exotic, and insane woman.

Deep within Naruto, in a dark dingy gate, a 100 foot fox was shaking it's head. 'The kit is hooked to insane women...he he he...maybe they'll be insane in bed...he he he...' it thought.

Naruto, for some reason had a perverted though trickle into his head about the woman. He actually got a nose bleed, and he tried to wipe it away before the woman saw, but he failed. She saw him, and smirked knowingly. 'Stop! I don't want that man's fate...' he thought.

The man actually cried, but who wouldn't? The woman eventually got tired of his tears, and elbowed the man out of the shop.

She rounded on Naruto, whose eyes got wide. "You want some Foxy? I'm sure I can do the same to you if you want..." she told him, making Naruto pray to God that she didn't hurt him.

Naruto, still in fear, said, "No! Fuck that!" Then he thought about it for a second. "Wait. Want want some of what exactly?" he said with a perverted smile on his face.

The woman punched him in the eye, sending him flying to a wall. He passed out with a perverted smile on his face.

Naruto woke up in the Academy, with that same goofy smile on his face. He was tied to his chair, with snakes? He tried to move around, and hen he did, the snake slithered off of him, and spat out a scroll, and Naruto read it. It read:

Foxy, I'm surprised how much of a perv you are, and you better thank Kami for you being so cute and me being in a good mood, or I would have tied you up, and castrated you with a rusty spoon!

-Mitarashi Anko, sexy Snake Mistress of Konoha.

Naruto blushed at her calling him cute, and almost died inside when she told him she would castrate him with a spoon!

Kiba and Sasuke smirked at him. Naruto looked his body over, to make sure everything was where it should, and he sighed in depression. He had kiss marks over his body, and cuts all over...He didn't sigh because he was sad, just because Kiba and Sasuke saw, and would never let him live this moment down. Beat up by a girl! A hot one, but still a girl!

Naruto turned to them, and muttered, "Don't say a thing..." before reaching into one of his many pockets, and pulling out a book titled, "1000 Genjutsu Horrors of the Elemental Nations" which was written by a Konoha kunoichi. Right now, he was on the 32nd Genjutsu horror, which was created by two ninja in Konoha. The passage read:

~#32 - Sunset Horror - created by Konoha's own Maito Gai and Rock Lee. It wasn't classified as a Kinjutsu until the ones affected by the horrid Genjutsu slightly went insane. Started as a harmless man hug, and evolved into an unbreakable Genjutsu...No way to counter it, just pray that you are never subjected to it...~

Naruto picked up the habit of reading a book in public regardless of the consequences from his old ANBU guard Inu. He saw him reading the fabled "Icha Icha: Down and Dirty: Vol One" during an assignment that required him to watch Naruto on his birthday one year. Naruto asked the man what the book was, and why he read it, and Inu just giggled, and tossed the book to him, and told him that if one finds a good book, he just has to finish it, no matter what. There is no evidence that that faithful day was the day that turned Naruto into the pervert that he is today. However, Naruto learned not to always read the smut in public, you have to pick the right time, so he ended up reading various books on his favorite subjects, such as Genjutsu. Everyone around him gets pissed at the bad habit, but they can't break it. It was too ingrained in his brain to have him kick the habit.

As Iruka walked in the classroom, he had a frown on is face, as he looked to Naruto. He didn't hate him, he just hated the habit he picked up from the Inu ANBU. He himself was in ANBU, as the Dolphin ANBU, and he knew very well about where he picked the habit up. 'Damn that Kakashi!' he thought.

He looked the class over, and saw that he had their attention, which was a first. He chalked it up to the fact that Naruto was nose deep in that book. He could have sworn that the Inu ANBU and Naruto were related.

"Class, today is a very special day...Today, you all will be tested on whether or not you become Shinobi. To graduate, you will have to do the 'main three' and get good marks in Taijutsu and Ninjutsu." he told them, and looked over the classroom. The main ones he scoped out for a reaction were Naruto, Sasuke, Shino, Sakura, Hinata, and Kiba. Naruto never even looked away from his book, but you could see a happy glint in his eye. Sasuke didn't even give off a facial expression, the stoic boy he was. Shino was the same as Sasuke, but you could tell he was ready, as he pushed up his black sunglasses. Sakura just looked at Sasuke as if she were in a dream. Hinata blushed and looked down, the reason? She looked at Naruto, and he happened to look away from his book, and winked at Hinata. Kiba looked at his two rivals, Naruto and Sasuke to gauge their reactions. He got the ones he knew he was going to get, so he just sat back and looked cool.

Overall, Iruka got the reactions he knew he was bound to receive. "Now me and Mizuki will call you each in the room and test you individually, then after the solo tests are done, we will all head outside to test Ninjutsu and Taijutsu. First up is Aburame Shino!" he shouted.

Naruto just in the middle of the classroom, waiting for his turn to finally go. He put the book back in his pocket, because he knew his turn was next. "Uzumaki Naruto!" was shouted in the room, and he walked calmly inside the room. He saw Iruka and Mizuki sitting down in chairs, behind a table, looking up from a notepad.

Mizuki scowled at the site of the boy, but didn't dare say anything to him, he could just hope that the boy failed somehow. "Ok Uzumaki, we need you to do the three jutsu to pass the first test. First is Henge (7)." he told Naruto, and Naruto simply transformed into the Third Hokage, and getting looks of approval of the two teachers.

Iruka praised, "Nice job Naruto, but now is the Kawarmi no Jutsu."

Naruto nodded, and switched places with Iruka. "Well, that was easy Iruka-sensei. I'm going to be a Shinobi in no time!"

Mizuki was growling on the inside. The boy was going to graduate! All his hopes rested on the Bunshin technique! He got his emotions in check, and announced the final jutsu. "Lastly is the Bunshin no Jutsu, so if you will."

Naruto smirked, and didn't use any handsigns, and produced ten clones of himself, making Mizuki want to kill the brat! Now he had to steal the scroll himself. "Congratulations Uzumaki, you passed the first test, now go tell the others to get outside for the second half of the test." he commanded the boy with a strained voice.

Naruto opened the door with a smile on his face. There was no way he could hit or harm Mizuki yet, but he could make him pissed off to no end. "Iruka and Mizuki-sensei said to go outside to prepare for the second part of the test." he informed them, and they listened.

As everyone was outside, Iruka and Mizuki walked outside with their notepads. Mizuki spoke up. "Alright, first we're going to have Ninjutsu, so one by one, you will perform any jutsu you wish. Uzumaki Naruto, you're up first! Show us your jutsu."

The class watched intently, as they wanted to see this. Iruka shot Mizuki a nasty glare, as he knew what Mizuki was up to. He was pushing Naruto, and said boy knew it too.

Naruto gathered a small amount of chakra, and muttered, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu…" and a clone started coming from Naruto's body, making both Iruka and Mizuki wonder why it was doing that. Regular Kage Bunshin never did that. They just poofed into existence.

Naruto's shadow clone went back inside his body, grossing the girls out, even Hinata was slightly put off. Sasuke smirked. That was the power of his rival, and Kiba as well.

Naruto grinned. "Was that good enough Mizuki-sensei?" he asked with a cheeky grin, very uncharacteristically.

Iruka had to use all of his ANBU training not to burst into laughter at his colleague. "Good job Naruto. Next is…Uchiha Sasuke."

Sasuke walked past Naruto, and muttered, "Good job loser, you are getting closer to the bottom of my shoes…"

Naruto thought about trapping him in a Illusion, but decided he wasn't worth the small amount of chakra needed, so he shot back, "I try, at least for Mikoto-sama…..I mean, I hope that hot piece of woman was watching me…." He laughed at Sasuke's patented 'Death Glare™'.

Sasuke wanted to kill him after that remark, but decided to exact his just revenge later. He decided to show Naruto up, and shouted, "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu (8)." A huge fireball came out of his mouth, and shot into the sky. He looked into Naruto's eye, and Naruto understood the message: "Beat that!"

After the last one showed their Ninjutsu, they moved onto Taijutsu. The instructors decided to have spars, and if they showed that they were adept at it, then they passed.

First up was Sakura Vs. Hinata.

They both walked in front of each other, and nodded. "Begin!" Mizuki shouted, and they both jumped back, and got into their Taijutsu stances.

Sakura sneered at Hinata. "Just give up Hinata, there's no way you can beat me! Sasuke-kun will finally notice me, and there's no way I'm letting you ruin that!" she shouted.

Hinata was stuck. 'If I give up, would Naruto-kun be proud? No! I can't give up! Not now!' she said, her eyes glowing with resolve.

Sakura lunged at her, and Hinata side-stepped, and used a palm strike to disable her right arm. Then she settled into a loose stance. She taunted her opponent, by beckoning her to come again with her hands.

Sakura growled, and ran again, but this time she grazed Hinata's arm, but she elbowed Sakura hard, and she tumbled to the ground.

Iruka helped her up, and acknowledged Hinata as the winner.

Hinata blushed at the praise, and looked in Naruto's direction. To her surprise, Naruto was staring directly at her, and she couldn't even look away. Suddenly Naruto grinned, and looked back in his book, as if nothing happened at all. 'Oh my God, Naruto-kun looked at me!' she thought.

Mizuki called out Kiba and Shino next. "Begin!"

Kiba and Shino looked each other over, and they were deciding a way to win quickly. Kiba finally ran out of patience, and called his nin-kin. "Akamaru, let's get this over with!" he shouted, and they both rushed Shino, but they soon fell after a couple of steps.

Kiba looked down, and saw that he was fucked. He saw at least a couple hundred bugs at his feet, working their way up. He also felt his chakra leaving him by the second.

When he looked at Shino, he saw a slight smirk on his face. "Give up Kiba-san, lest you want to be in the hospital for chakra exhaustion…" he informed.

Kiba pouted for looking so weak n his rival's eyes, but nodded. "I give."

Ino faced Choji, and lost, because she was looking at Sasuke the entire time.

Shikamaru didn't want to fight Ami, so he just gave up.

Mizuki smirked at the last spars of the second and final test. He may not be able to fail the boy, but he would be humiliated in front of everybody. "Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto please come up to spar." he announced.

The two self-proclaimed 'Super Rivals' came up, and shook each others hands in a show of respect. "Begin!" Mizuki shouted, with barely hidden glee.

Naruto and Sasuke jumped back, and threw kunai and shuriken at each other, to get an opening.

"Uchiha, give up, I'd hate to embarrass you in front of your fans…" Naruto taunted.

Sasuke growled. "SHut up idiot! How bout this? No ninjutsu, just Taijutsu?" he proposed.

Naruto didn't care, hell, he was actually happy. The only jutsu he could do was the Kage Bunshin. "Yeah Yeah, now let's get to it! I wanna get my hitai-ate and go home to Kiko-chan…"

And they dropped into their taijutsu stances. Everyone present wasn't surprised at Sasuke's Interceptor Fist, as it was his clan's famed stance, but when they saw Naruto's Jujutsu stance, they gasped. It was the stance of the Hakke Rokujūyon Shō!

Naruto beckoned Sasuke to attack, and Sasuke complied. "uzumaki, you will rue the moment you let me attack! After all the-" he stopped, as he was launched in the air, and struck in the right arm with a chakra induced palm strike.

Naruto grinned. "Rue? Teme, you have been watching too many movies! You will bow down to the power known as Jujutsu!" he cackled.

Naruto stood in the stance he dropped into, and waited for his opponent to get up. Sasuke tried to move his right arm, but couldn't. "What did you do to my arm? Tell me!" he commanded.

The blond smirked. "A chakra induced palm strike to your tendon in your arm is what I did. Don't worry, you'll be able to use it again, but later though, now on guard!" he yelled.

The spectators were in awe. Iruka, whom just returned, had his jaw wide open. They knew Naruto's Clan was into Taijutsu, but to be able to do that? Amazing!

Sasuke didn't move, so Naruto rushed him, but kept his guard up. "If you won't move, then you lost! Kūki Yashi! Naruto stuck his palm out, and hit him in the left side of his chest, and knocked the wind out of him, and sent him flying.

Naruto walked to his instructors, and pulled out his book. "I win, and may I have my hitai-ate?" he asked, as Iruka pulled out a headband, and handed it to Naruto.

Naruto sat against a tree, happy that he graduated.

Iruka got out of his shock. "To everyone here, you passed the Exam. Me and Mizuki are proud to call you shinobi! You see, the true exam was the three jutsu that you did in the room, and the Ninjutsu and Taijutsu that you performed were to see what teams to assign you to. The Hokage needed to know your strengths and weaknesses to give you all a good enough team, and not hold any of you back." he explained.

Iruka, still pissed off, finished the speech. "Now, just because you passed the exam, doesn't mean you are elite ninja. You will have to work hard, and preserve through many trials, but for now, you are Genin. Report here at 11 in the morning for team assignments. Me and Iruka are extremely proud of you all, and you are dismissed!" he exclaimed, and the both of them left in a cloud of smoke.

The students went to their parents outside of the academy, and Naruto saw Sasuke pass him, pissed off, and he saw his mother waiting for the brooder. Naruto sighed with a nosebleed at the sight of the wonderful, hot Uchiha. He also saw Kiko walk up to him, and he wiped the nosebleed away, not wanting to go through extra 'Taijutsu training'.

"Hey Kiko-chan, ready to leave?" he asked.

She smiled, and snatched the book, putting a frown on the boy's face. "Yup, now I am, but tell me what happened today Naruto-kun…"

Naruto grinned, and pulled out another book. "God! Let me tell you what I did to the teme….." he started.

Chapter End

Jutsu Corner

(1) Kage Bunshin - Shadow Clone

(2) Kūki Yashi - Air Palm - A basic technique of Naruto's Jujutsu. Pushes chakra towards center of palm, and hits limb of opponent, hitting their tendons, rendering the limb useless.

(3) Kawarmi - Body Switch Technique

(4) Bunshin Jutsu - Clone Jutsu

(5) Kawarmi Bunshin no Jutsu - User creates regular bunshin, and they attack, however once they get in a hit, the real user switches places with the bunshin

(6) Hakke Rokujūyon Shō - Eight Trigrams 64 Palms

(7) Henge - Transformation

(8) Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu - Great Fireball Technique