Author's Notes: Just so you know I always have my stories mapped out in my head before I even type the first letter. This may be just chapter two, but I've already imagined everything up to chapter 10 in my head. I will write all my stories this way. This is just a little reminder that I won't abandon this story unless my readers want me to. You see, without reviews from you, the readers, I don't know if my story is good or bad. Somebody, please tell me! I need reviews! That way I'll know what to add, take out, or improve on to make my story more enjoyable for you, the readers.

It took a lot of creativity and brainstorming to come up with Naruto's bloodline limit. I wanted to give him a really cool and unique ability that wouldn't make him too powerful, too quickly. I also wanted to give him an ability that he could grow with and continue to perfect. Here's what I came up with. By the way...I'm withholding chapter 3, which has the action I promised, until I get at least 10 reviews. So pleeeeeeeeease, R&R! Don't make me beg. I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. He belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, the manga master of the universe. I am unworthy of his awesomeness.

Bonds of Youki

Chapter 2: Genin Cells: Let the Rivalries Begin!

12 Years A.K. (After Kyuubi Attack)

Two years had passed since Naruto's adoption into the Hyuuga clan. He had met and became friends with Hinata's little sister, Hanabi. She always treated Naruto like a big brother now. Naruto enjoyed the big brother role and spoiled Hanabi to death. Though Naruto liked being Hanabi's brother, he didn't want to be Hinata's, for obvious personal reasons. He had also met Neji. They were on speaking terms and could tolerate each other, but they weren't friends. Neji respected Naruto as a strong Shinobi and a fellow genius, and Naruto likewise, but that was all. What prevented a friendship from occurring was Neji's adamant hatred for the Main Branch (which Naruto was considered a part of) and Hinata, which Naruto would not tolerate. In contrast, Naruto had established a very good relationship with Hiashi. Though he never had one, he considered Hiashi like an uncle and usually called him "Uncle Hiashi".

Both he and Hinata had become very strong and were easily the strongest and smartest in there graduating class. However, they both knew that the best student would be placed with the worst student. So, if they wanted to be on a balanced team, they couldn't let their academy grades show they were geniuses. So, they purposely made their grades just higher than average. Even though they were taking the genin test, they were almost chuunin level.

Living with the Hyuuga clan for two years had increased Naruto's skill and intelligence. He was now very observant, and quick thinking. Although he was still loud, he wasn't the class clown anymore. He learned some elemental jutsu, but he was a taijutsu specialist. He created his own taijutsu style unique to him. His most dangerous weapon was his speed. Definitely inheriting the genes of his father, when Naruto fought all you could see was a yellow blur. For this reason he was called "Kid Flash" by Hiashi. His speed was equal with Rock Lee's. Naruto was average height, just as tall as everyone else in his class (probably due to having a more well-balanced diet in the Hyuuga Clan than he would have had otherwise). He wore a form-fitting, white, long-sleeve jacket with red flames all around the bottom of it (Like the Fourth's coat) with a red swirl on the back. He always wore his jacket zipped up to his neck with a turtle-neck collar. For bottoms he wore simple, baggy black shorts and wore his ninja band on his forehead.

Naruto had a very unique ability and taijutsu style. Naruto was a master of sealing techniques (Fuuinjutsu) and could use his chakra to control almost all seals. But the most unique part of this bloodline limit, was that he could put seals on his own body, giving him temporary power-ups and special abilities. Since Naruto discovered his ability, he and Hinata no longer used the mini training weights. Instead, they used Naruto's Sealing Style: Gravity Sealing Jutsu, which placed a genjutsu over all the body's muscles, inducing a feeling of dramatically increased gravitational pull. It was far more effective that weights because it affected every muscle. When they first started using the seal, they couldn't even stand up.

Hinata also had a unique style. Hiashi allowed her to create her own style seeing as the traditional Jyuuken movements weren't suited for her body. He also taught her the Eight Trigrams techniques. Hinata made her striking movements more quick and flowing to suit her flexible body and created her own Jyuuken stances called Dancing Moon Gentle Fist. Hinata's Byakugan also had a mutation which allowed her to see life forces and all the inner parts of the human body in perfect detail. This ability complemented her mastery of needles. Hinata wore a form-fitting, dark blue, hooded version of the jacket Naruto wore with silver flames and the Hyuuga clan symbol on the back, with matching dark blue, form fitting mid-thigh length shorts. She always wore her jacket zipped up to the collar bone with the hood down. Her dark blue hair has now grown past her shoulders, and she wears her ninja band around her neck.

Naruto and Hinata had passed the genin exam two days earlier. Mizuki had tried to trick Naruto in to stealing the scroll of forbidden jutsu by telling him he would automatically become chuunin upon learning one of the jutsu. However, from his training with Hiashi, Naruto wasn't fooled and knew he was lying. So, Naruto went along with it, but tipped of the Hokage after he stole the scroll and learned Shadow Clone Jutsu. By the time ANBU got there, Naruto had already learned he was the vessel for the Kyuubi and beaten Mizuki half to death.

Flashback...

"Naruto-kun, are you alright?" Hinata said while jumping down to where Naruto was with the scroll; she had come with the ANBU.

"I'm fine, Hina-chan." Naruto responded with a sad look.

"What's wrong Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked. While checking Naruto over with her keen eyes, she noticed his depression.

"I found out why everyone hates me. The Fourth couldn't kill the Kyuubi and had to seal him inside of me at the cost of his own life to defeat it. Most of the adults in the village know." Naruto said with disdain.

Hinata hugged Naruto. "I'm so sorry Naruto-kun." She whimpered.

"You don't hate me Hina-chan?" Naruto asked.

"I could never hate you Naruto-kun, you know that." Hinata responded looking him in the eyes. "No matter what's inside of you, your still the same Naruto that I admirer so much." Hinata said, earning a blush from Naruto.

"Thanks, Hina-chan" Naruto said.

"Besides," She started with a small smile "I think foxes are cute." Naruto gave Hinata a big fox-like grin.

End Flashback

Presently, Naruto and Hinata had just arrived at the academy for the genin cell announcement. Hinata giggled watching Naruto and Sasuke have a glaring contest. While sitting on the other side of Naruto, Hinata briefly scanned Sasuke with her Byakugan.

"Hmm... So he has higher average skill now, but has great potential, probably the Sharingan. He has a lot of hatred in his heart, which is probably a result of the Uchiha massacre. He seeks revenge on the person responsible." Hinata thought.

While Hinata scanned Sasuke, she couldn't shake the feeling she was being watched. This was true as the entire classroom was currently being watched by Sarutobi and a few jounin through a crystal ball.

"Hmm... A rivalry. Those two should be on the same team. They could push each other to become stronger." A certain lazy one-eyed jounin said.

"Yes, your right Kakashi." Sarutobi said.

Just as Sasuke and Naruto were bringing their staring contest to new levels, their vision was blocked by two of Sasuke's most famous fan girls, Sakura and Ino, who were shoving each other.

"Here come the fan girls." Kakashi said lazily.

"Move forehead-girl, I'm sitting next to Sasuke!" Ino shouted.

"As if PIG, Sasuke likes me way better than you, so I'm sitting next to him!" Sakura retorted.

"Sasuke shouldn't be paired up with either of those two, after all, we wouldn't want him to go insane." Kakashi said. Sarutobi allowed Kakashi to have a say in Sasuke's teammates because, being the only sharingan user besides Itachi, he would definitely be training Sasuke.

"I agree. But considering the numbers, I'm placing one kunoichi per team which only leaves one other option."

After seeing Ino and Sakura, almost every female academy student in the class started shouting familiar things and shoving each other. Their noise was quieted by a soft but firm voice. "You're all an embarrassment." Hinata said firmly in her soft voice. "What?" Ino asked. "You're all an embarrassment to the kunoichi of Konoha!" Hinata said louder. "Who asked you?" Sakura said angrily as all the other girls turned to face Hinata. "Yeah!" they chorused in unison. "You're not behaving like kunoichi. Instead you're acting like a bunch of Barbie dolls." Hinata jabbed. All the girls were angry and shocked that this quiet kunoichi had the nerve to make fun of them.

Back in the "observation room", Kurenai had to cover her mouth to hide a snicker. "Ouch." was all Asuma said. "It looks like our young heiress has gotten bolder over the years." Kakashi said. "It seems she has." Sarutobi agreed.

Back in the classroom, Ino, Sakura, and the rest of the girls were furious. "Who do you think you are, you little-" Ino took an offensive step towards Hinata when Naruto's voice cut her off. "She's the Hyuuga heiress, and if I were you, I wouldn't take another step 'cause Hinata could kick all of your butts at the same time with her hands tied behind her back. " Naruto said while eyeing Ino with annoyance.

"First of all, if any of you had a brain," he started, looking at Sakura "which in your case is to big," he continued looking back at all the girls "you'd realize that Sasuke isn't interested in any of you. More than that," Naruto continued "if all you're after is Sasuke's attention, what are you even doing here? Do those head bands you're wearing even mean anything to you? Or are they just a fashion statement?" Naruto asked with disgust, eyeing Ino and Sakura incredulously. Ino and Sakura's mouths opened trying to retort, but nothing came out.

"It seems Hiashi brought him up well." Kakashi stated. "Indeed." Sarutobi replied, taking a puff from his pipe. "For Sasuke's sake, his teammates should be Naruto and Hinata." Kakashi concluded. Sarutobi nodded in agreement.

"Sakura has excellent chakra control and is a genjutsu type. She could learn a lot from me and her chakra sensing skills coupled with the Aburame's and Inuzuka's tracking abilities would make a great tracking team." Kurenai stated. "That's true." Sarutobi said. "So I guess that leaves me with the next generation of InoShikaCho." Asuma said. "As they say, 'if it isn't broken, don't fix it'." Sarutobi responded to his son. "You can go and announce the teams now, Iruka."

"Yes, Hokage-sama." Iruka replied.

Back in the classroom, Ino and Sakura were brought out of their speechless state by Iruka's voice. "Everyone, please take a seat as I announce this year's genin cells." he said.

Ino and Sakura both prayed to be on Sasuke's team, while Hinata prayed to be with Naruto. Noticing Hinata's anxiousness, he calmed her. "It's okay Hina-chan; I know we'll be on the same team." He reassured her. "For Team Seven: Hinata Hyuuga, Naruto Uzamaki, and Sasuke Uchiha." Hinata beamed, Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other, while Ino and Sakura glared daggers into Hinata. "How come she gets to be on Sasuke's team? She doesn't even like him!" Ino and Sakura both thought at the same time.

"For Team Eight: Kiba Inuzuka, Sakura Haruno, and Shino Aburame." "Great, dog-boy and bug-boy. Could this get any worse?" Sakura thought.

Ino seethed. "Wait! That means I'm left with..."

"Lastly, For Team Ten: Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Chouji Akamichi."

"Well at least Sakura's not with my Sasuke." Ino thought. Shikamaru sighed. "What a drag."

"Team 7, you can go wait for your sensei in room 3B." Iruka said.

One hour later in room 3B...

"Geez, where the heck is this guy? We've been here for an hour already." Naruto complained. "He might be busy Naruto-kun; he is a jounin after all." Just as Hinata said this, a masked ninja with spiky silver hair and a head band covering his left eye stuck his head into the room. "Anyone here?" he said in a carefree tone.

"Yeah, we're here. But we shouldn't be considering how late you are." Naruto said annoyingly. Then Hinata scanned him. "He's a jounin alright. He's got the Sharingan in his left eye." She mentally noted.

"Sorry, guess I got lost on the road of life." Kakashi said nonchalantly. The three genin sweat dropped anime-style. "Hey, you're the copy ninja Kakashi. You were a student of the Fourth Hokage." Naruto said. "I'm honored that a genin has heard of me. Yes, I was a student of the Fourth." Kakashi replied. This caught Sasuke's attention. "Well you just wait and see 'cause I'm going to surpass the Fourth one day!" Naruto stated proudly.

Flashback...

In the Hyuuga Compound...

"Hey Naruto, what are you doing here? This is a special dojo in which only Hyuuga clan members are allowed." Neji Hyuuga asked Naruto with a huff. "I've been living here for two years now, Neji, what do you think I am?" Naruto shot back. "Hn. Like I'd buy that. Lord Hiashi would never let a non-Hyuuga ever step foot in this room, let alone train here." Neji retorted. Naruto growled. He had just woken up this morning and Neji was already getting under his skin.

"Show some respect Neji." Neji turned to see Hiashi standing behind him. "You're speaking to the son of the Fourth Hokage." Neji's mouth went agape.

"Yeah-" Naruto cut himself off. Then the shock set in. "SAY WHAAAT!!"

"I'm sorry Naruto, but I couldn't tell you until you became a ninja. His last name was Namikaze, but he never used it because of your clan's reputation. You are the last of your clan. I'll explain more during dinner. Remember, this must remain a secret." Hiashi said. "Don't you have training Neji?" Neji nodded and left dumbfounded. Hiashi then left Naruto to his thoughts.

Naruto blinked a few times, then it registered. "I'm the son of the strongest Hokage! I do look a lot like him but I didn't think we were related. That means my father sealed Kyuubi inside of me! Now it makes sense." Naruto thought. "I'm going to be the greatest Hokage!"

End Flashback

"I think I'm starting to like you guys. Meet me on the roof of this building and we'll start the introductions." Kakashi said then vanished in a cloud of smoke and leaves.

On the roof...

"Alright, now we can begin the introductions. State your name, likes, dislikes dreams, hobbies, goals, etc. I'll start. My name is Kakashi Hatake. I'm a jounin. I like reading, I dislike anyone who disrespects the Fourth, my hobby is reading and I don't have any dreams or goals at the moment. You can go next Naruto."

"My name is Naruto Uzamaki, I like training with Hina-chan, and ramen, my hobby is collecting different types of ramen, I dislike people who hurt Hina-chan, who dislike ramen and disrespect my village. My dream is to become Hokage!" Kakashi smiled. "You can go next princess." Hinata blushed.

"My name is Hinata Hyuuga. I'm the heiress of the Hyuuga clan. I like training with Naruto-kun and my little sister, I dislike people who hurt Naruto-kun, and my dream is to become the strongest of my clan and help Naruto-kun become Hokage."

"Hmmm... Interesting." Kakashi thought, and then looked to Sasuke.

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I don't have any likes, I dislike weaklings, and my goal is to resurrect my clan and kill a certain someone." Kakashi frowned at this.

"Well, I guess that raps everything up. Meet me at training ground 7 tomorrow at 7:00 in the morning for a survival training exercise. Oh, and I suggest you don't eat breakfast. Farewell." Kakashi said then vanished in a cloud of smoke.

Author's Notes: All the action is up next, so please stay tuned...R&R!!

Next Time: Chapter 3: The Bell Test and a C-Ranked Mission!

Peace ya'll, I'm out.