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Chapter 3

Naruto was sleeping soundly when he felt something warm beside him move. He inhaled a bit and smelled the scent of flowers. The boy snuggled closer to the warmth, enjoying every bit of it. There was movement again and the sound of a small groan reached his ears.

He cracked open an eye, but all he could see was a blur. As his vision cleared, a mat of blue hair came into his vision. His eyes snapped open and he found himself looking at the sleeping face of Hyuuga Hinata.

His heart was going a mile a minute, his face became hot, his body becoming sweaty as it became hot all of a sudden and the poor boy didn't even know why. Carefully peeling himself off the girl who he was sleeping beside, he crawled out from he blanket to find all but a part of his orange shorts were gone.

'Crap! What the hell happened to my clothes? AND WHY THE HELL AM I IN HINATA-CHAN'S ROOM?'

Naruto heard Kyuubi's laughter from the back of his head.

"Kit, to answer your first question, you tore of your clothes while you transformed. Second, you had no control over yourself last night. While you were able to tame your bloodlust, your primal side led you here."

Naruto was about to rant/question Kyuubi when he heard faint footsteps. Thinking quickly, Naruto disguised himself as part of the floor before the door opened. It was good thing Naruto did so as it was none other than the girl's father, Hyuuga Hiashi himself, who had entered the room.

The Hyuuga patriarch looked around clearly feeling that something was off. He quickly formed a seal and whispered quietly. "Byakuugan!" Veins appeared on the sides of the man's eyes as he activated his bloodline.

After doing a quick scan of his daughter's room, he deactivated his bloodline before moving to wake his daughter to prepare her day at the academy. It was fortunate for Naruto that the Byakuugan has a relatively small blind spot, and when Hiashi stepped in Naruto was directly in his blind spot.

As soon as both Hyuuga's had left to prepare for the day, Naruto dropped the henge and rubbed his nose. Though he had avoided detection, Hiashi had stepped directly on the child's nose.

Taking this chance to escape, the blonde jumped out of his window and stealthily made his way. He was almost caught once before he made it out of the compound, after the little prank he pulled, the Hyuuga's had tightened security.

After getting out of the house, Naruto made a mad dash to his apartment. Without the weights, the gravity seals and with increased attributes, the boy was nothing mare than a yellow blur.

BREAK

Hatake Kakashi was enjoying himself while he was coming back from the market. He had bought the newest Icha Icha Paradise book, Volume V: Snowed In. He giggled pervertedly as he made his way home.

A strong wing blew by as something rushed past him. All he saw from looking from his beloved book was mock of blonde hair. 'Arashi-sensei…?' He thought as he stared at the empty street in front of him.

The one-eyed jounin shook his head. 'Nah…can't be him.' he thought before continuing on to his house and to his reading.

BREAK

Naruto made it to his apartment in record time. He gasped for air with all his might as he made it to his fridge for tall glass of water. While he was drinking he heard Kyuubi speak.

"Kit, you were quite impressive with you speed and I have no doubt in you strength. Now that you have finally gone through your first transformation, I can start to teach you."

Naruto started to cheer when he heard the fox demon say that. He had already been getting impatient with only conditioning.

"Shut up and let me finish!"

Naruto shut up but continued to cheer in his mind a little which made the kitsune grumble.

"I'll teach you how to use you shape-shifting ability. I'll also teach you a powerful sword art I came across in another realm and I'll give you something special to counter all those doujutsus. In terms of Ninjutsus and Taijutsu, you're on your own. I never needed them so I never bothered to learn any."

Naruto felt sad a bit when he heard this, but he perked up when he heard the Kyuubi speak again.

"But…I can teach you genjutsu and the art of trap making. After all…kitsunes are known for being mischievous."

Naruto nodded, he could always ask someone to teach him some ninjutsu and he could always think up his own taijutsu style, but he had to find someone to be a willing sparring partner. His thoughts were cut when Kyuubi spoke again.

"Kit, you have less than five minutes to bathe, dress and make it to the academy."

"NNAANNII!"

Naruto shifted into high gear as he made his way into the bathroom and bathe. After three minutes of bathing , Naruto rushed out and was about to change to his usual clothes when he heard Kyuubi again.

"Don't wear anything orange. That color just screams 'Kill Me!'. Wear dark clothes, preferably dark black, blue, green, red and/or brown."

Naruto thought for a moment, he didn't have much clothes and when he had transformed, he became bigger than is clothes. He looked older than he should and thus couldn't fit into most of his clothing.

Naruto then remembered something and started to rummage through his closet. 'Now where did I put the present Ji-san gave for my birthday?'

The Kyuubi vessel continued to rummage through until he found what he was looking for and pulled it out. It was a black collared shirt with mid length sleeves, a dark red vest with a raging flame design on the back, a pair of camo pants, a pair of dark blue shinobi boots and a pair of black fingerless gloves.

After taking a look at himself in the mirror, he took a glance at the clock to see he had less than three minutes to make to class. He grinned knowing he would make it in time with his speed.

Before he could take one step however, the familiar tingling sensation washed over once again and Naruto ate dirt once more. He cursed as he heard Kyuubi's laughter and ran as fast as he could to the academy, which was in the other side of Konoha.

BREAK

Naruto grumbled as he did his punishment, which was cleaning out the classroom after class. When he had arrived, Iruka had told him to stay after class and await his punishment for being late.

Of course, being Naruto he had argued, saying that he was only five minutes late.

FLASHBACK

"Iruka-sensei I was only five minutes late!" Naruto argued in front of the class. Iruka shook his head "That doesn't matter Naruto, punctuality could meant the difference between life and death of a teammate."

END OF FLASHBACK

Though Naruto admitted that his teacher was right about punctuality, it didn't mean he like his punishment. 'Stupid fox…I would've made it in time if you hadn't reactivated the gravity seals again.'

"I can't have you slacking off or getting cocky. Don't forget our deal either, in exchange for your prank that you pulled, your doing your exercises three times in a row."

Naruto cursed Kyuubi but all he got was a laugh. After finishing his punishment and being released by Iruka, Naruto made his way to another secluded part of the forest after finding out he thrashed the first one.

After doing the grueling exercise he was subjected to, Naruto couldn't move without pain coursing through his body. So he decided to take a nap, big mistake…as he ended up with Kyuubi who decided to teach him the basics of genjutsu, which was boring for Naruto but was constantly being threatened by Kyuubi when he didn't listen.

After ending Naruto's lesson in genjutsu and saying they will continue after two years, Kyuubi released him and told him to go eat, as he missed dinner and breakfast. Naruto went to Ichiraku to the Kyuubi's ire and ate several bowls of ramen.

After eating, Naruto went to the park and met Hinata as well as, oddly as sounds, Lee. Naruto introduced Hinata to Lee and the three chatted while Lee rested from training. After a few hours, Hinata was picked up and Lee left to continue training, Naruto sat alone on a swing listening to Kyuubi about creating a sword for his sword style.

"Kit, all you need to get is a standard katana without the blade. Don't ask, just do it, it will take too long to explain."

Naruto decided to keep quiet as the fox wasn't going to answer his questions. The blonde decided to look around ever weapon shop around Konoha, but the shopkeepers would charge the prices at an alarming price.

After searching around Konoha, Naruto found what he was looking for in a junkyard. In fact, he actually found what he needed and a sakabatō, which was in perfect condition.

"You're lucky kit, with the sakabatō you found you can use the sword style I will teach you freely. Now go back to the training area, we need no interruption as you will weak after creating your chakra sword."

Naruto did as he was told and went to the training area to create his new weapon.

"Kit, I want you to hold the handle of the katana and draw my power. Channel it into the handle."

Naruto nodded, he closed his eyes and started to pull out the chakra of the kyuubi. Sweat drops appeared on his forehead and gritted his teeth. He felt the rush of power once the red chakra started to swirl around him.

Then putting more concentration and effort, Naruto channeled the chakra into the sword handle. Out of the hilt where the blade should be, a geyser of chakra erupted form it.

"Kit, sheathe the blade before it gets out of control. Then put a little blood on where the sheath meets the hilt."

Naruto did what he was told with some difficulty, the sheath was vibrating like crazy. After biting his thumb and rubbing his blood on the sheath. It stopped vibrating and a cloth appeared in a X shape over the hilt, keeping it locked and secure.

Afterwards, Naruto flopped onto his back, tired from controlling the immense chakra of the Kyuubi.

BREAK

Sarutobi stiffened when he felt the Kyuubi's chakra. 'It was a small burst, no doubt only myself and probably those around 10 yards near the burst would've felt it. Is the seal breaking?'

Sarutobi thought this as he went to his crystal to overlook the young Uzumaki.

BREAK

Naruto entered his mindscape for the umpteenth (for him) time today. What surprised him however was that there was a man who greeted him when he found himself in front of Kyuubi's cage.

The man is about 5 ft 2 in, and looked to be 28 yrs old. He has flaming red hair, tied into a lose pony tail which reached the middle of his back. A cross shaped scar was on his left cheek and he wore a purple yukata, a white hakama, a white socks, sandals, and to Naruto's surprise, a sakabatō was on the man's left side.

"Hello there." he said in a happy and gentle voice. Naruto took a step back because he was surprised by this person.

'WHO THE HELL ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'

"His name is Himura Kenshin, he's…how should as I say me when disguised myself as human."

Naruto looked at Kyuubi through the bars, 'WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU WERE HUMAN!'

Kyuubi roared, effectively stopping Naruto from continuously shouting while Kenshin looked confused at the two.

"Us demons can enter other realms…other worlds. We can disguise ourselves as humans, we temporarily give up our demonic visage to blend in. In doing so, we become mortal and out subjected to the same things as humans are. We also lose our memories from our demons sides but we retain our memories from our human shells."

Naruto looked at Kyuubi then at Kenshin, who was still confused as before, before laughing. 'You mean to tell me that the great Kyuubi no Kitsune, the most powerful and bloodthirsty of the bijuu takes on the form of a gentle wanderer!'

Kyuubi just looked annoyed before whispering to Kenshin. "You take care of the gaki. Train what you know, he can take it."

After, the only sounds left were Naruto's laughter bounding of the walls. Once Naruto stopped laughing and looked at Kenshin, who smiled. "So, what are you going o teach me?" the blonde asked.

"I'll teach you my sword style, its name is Hiten Mitsurugu, how to cook, meditate and how to survive in the wilderness." the red haired swordsman said. Naruto nodde, but being his hyper self started to pester Kenshin on his sword style.

Kenshin waved a finger in a "no no" manner. "First, I want you to change this place. Instead of a tunnel, or sewer, why not a great field with a clear blue sky. That why you can find some peace while training in your minf."

The blonde sighed in disappointment but did what he was instructed to do. From this moment, Naruto had started to train with Kenshin. The blonde found out that no matter how long it was in his mindscape, his body would be well rested and would wake up at the appropriate time.

Naruto spent months practicing his sword style, conditioning his body, playing with and/or talking with Hinata. Naruto also trainied by getting a lot of high-ranking ninjas to chase after him with his gravity seals on.

For his taijutsu, Naruto decided to make his own style, an unorthodox style so that no one could predict his next moves. He started to pour through various books in the library, via henge, and through the Sandaime's book by Orioke no jutsu.

BREAK

Sarutobi couldn't believe what Naruto did just to get into his special library.

FLASHBACK

The Sandaime was doing his daily paperwork when the Yondaime's legacy burst through his door, smiling happily. "Ohayo oji-san!" he greeted enthusiastically. "Is there something you want Naruto?" Sarutobi asked as he smiled seeing the young boy.

"Can I look at a few scrolls from secret library?" he requested sweetly. The third sighed as he responded "Sorry Naruto, but I can't let anyone, not even you see it."

Naruto did a seal, a poof of smoke and huge blood loss later. Naruto was happily walking towards the Hokage's library, holding a key in his hands.

END OF FLASHBACK

Sarutobi grumbled as he wiped a bit of blood running down his nostrils. "I'll get him for that." he mumbled as he resumed his paperwork. Naruto continued to train in secret for four years.

Not only did he continue to develop physically, he developed mentally as well. Being tutored by Kyuubi and Kenshin did well for the boy. He had learned a lot from the two, not only did he soak up everything that was taught to him, he had matured from his training but he kept up his dead last position in the academy to make people underestimate him.

Timeskip : 4 years later

Naruto smiled as he made his way towards the academy. On the way he met up with his long time friend, Hyuuga Hinata. The two had a very nice relationship but as they got older, Hinata had stated to blush and stutter a bit when she was near Naruto.

Under other circumstances, Naruto would be as dense as dense could be and wouldn't be able to tell the start of a crush. However, thanks to the early lesson of the birds and the bees by Kenshin, Naruto was able to tell Hinata's crush on him.

Kenshin had been a fatherly figure to Naruto, throughout his training in the Hiten Mitsurugi style. The blonde was saddened when Kenshin had returned to Kyuubi's memory after his training was complete, but he knew that Kenshin would always be there as he is Kyuubi himself.

During those four years, Naruto had kept his friendship with Rock Lee strong, ever since Lee graduated and once they stopped being sparring partner. With Lee making Naruto eat dirt as he was more experienced than his blonde friend.

Hinata had become quite the beauty in Naruto's eyes. She had first thoughton keeping her hair short but decided to grow it. When it was long enough, she braided it into a ponytail using a bow at the end.

No one knew why but she looked older than she should and was often mistaken to be two years older, just like Naruto. When Naruto asked Kyuubi what was happening with Hinata, Kyuubi just laughed and left the poor boy confused, even if he had matured and wasn't so dense. Hinata wore black pants, instead shorts and her jacket was still the same except it slightly hugged her figure making her a site for the boys.

The two had become inseparable and Naruto was even developing a little crush himself. During the course of the four years, Naruto had divulged his secrets about the Kyuubi to Hinata and Lee. The two were shocked to find out that their friend was carrying a demon inside but didn't treat him differently, except Lee who shouted about Naruto's power of youth and started to train even harder.

However, Hinata was the only person who knew of Naruto's shape shifting ability. During a full moon, Hinata had saw naruto streak by her window and had saw him transform. Naruto was sure that Hinata would truly see him different, but he was wrong and that only made Hinata like him more.

Hinata, Naruta and Lee would al train together when time would permit but usually it was Hinata and Naruto training as Lee was always training with his sensei and off oding missions or training trips.

"Ohayo Hinata-chan." Naruto greeted warmly as he smiled at his crush. Hinata saw and blushed. "O-Ohayo Naruto-kun." she replied meekly. Naruto gave a mock frown as the two walked side by side towards the academy.

"Come on Hinata, you don't have to act like that." he said with as smile. Naruto then laced his hand with Hinata's. This caused the Hyuuga heiress to invent new shades of red as the two walked in companionable silence towards their destination.

When they finally reached their classroom, they waited patiently for Iruka. Umino Iruka was a second father to Naruto, he treated Naruto to ramen and always looked after the blonde.

Hinata and Naruto still kept their hands together under the table but were chuckling, or in Hinata's case giggling, at the antics of Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino. The two, former best friends, were fighting who sit beside Uchiha Sasuke.

A few minutes later, with Sakura winning by tripping Ino, Iruka came and announcrd the instructions for the genin exam. "Okay class, all you have to do is wait until you are called to the next room!" He exclaimed before leaving into the room next door.

Soon, one student was called, followed by another and pretty soon the class being emptied as the graduates were being ushered out their awaiting parents.

"Uzumaki Naruto!"

Naruto jumped out of his seat, being the last one to be called , Hinata had been called a while ago, he entered the next room and stood in fron of Iruka and another instructor, Mizuki.

Iruka gave Naruto a sly smile which did not sit well with the boy. "Naruto, I want you to do bunshin no jutsu."

Naruto paled when he heard that sentence, his worst stat was bushin no jutsu as he couldn't control his power to that small a degree. Not to mention he didn't know that much ninjutsu to begin with.

'Shit! Why did he have to pick that one!'

Author's Note:

This will probably be my last update for awhile but this story will continue but it will take longer to update because school is about to start in one week. I will try to keep up to speed and thank you to everyone who is supporting my work.

P.S What do you think of a Naruto, Spawn crossover? (Just asking)