AN: This is a time-skip, I have no idea how to portray Naruto as a kid-Shirou since I barely have an idea of how he acted when he was younger. I'll just skip to before the Genin exams.

First impressions

Shirou whistled as he cooked breakfast, he still had a lot of time to spare since the exams begin at 10:00.

Being the punctual handyman he was, he already had his clothes ready and ironed on his bed. His clothes consisted of a black tight armor-like coat, the very same shirt Archer wore, a pair of black pajama pants, and black sneakers with metal toes.

He didn't really need kunai and shuriken as he could just trace them before his turn came to throw.

As he looked around his room he wondered what his room would be like if Rin and the others lived with him. He chuckled at his conclusion: utter chaos.

After eating breakfast, he decided to train a little to warm up.

After arriving in training field 9, he created some clones, it seemed that he had an easy time creating clones as they required little chakra, and are very much like projection, the downside is that they can't hit you back.

But he made a nice training regimen out of it, by having his clones attack at him he tries to avoid getting hit by their bodies even by the slightest bit, that way, he can easily attack an open point of his opponent, and both his dodging, reaction time, and speed are increased.

"I guess it's time to go."

He then went straight to the academy. Upon arriving he saw Sakura walking toward the front gate.

"Sakura!" He called. Sakura then turned around.

"Oh, Hey Naruto, what's up?"

"Oh, the usual routine and all. How about you?"

"It's fine, just a bit nervous for the exams."

Shirou had a soft spot for Sakura, probably due to the protective streak he felt for his world's Sakura.

"So, is Sasuke here yet?"

"No, I haven't seen him lately, probably due to training, why?" Shirou was about to answer when he heard a shout.

"HEYYYY HELPPPPP MEEEEEE!"

"Well, there's our answer, poor Sasuke being chased by a horde of fangirls" 'Dear Root, I doubt even berserker's 12 lives wouldn't help him if he was between them and Sasuke.'

'SIGH' "I guess I'll help him out." Shirou then cupped his hands to his mouth and shouted, "GIRLS, STOP CHASING POOR SASUKE OR HE"LL BE LATE!"

The girls stopped, "SORRY NARUTO-KUN!"

"Wait, I'm late...? I'm LATEEEEE! OUTTA MY WAYY!" Sasuke rushed by them.

'Whoa, that was speed that I only saw once, when I was being chased by Tohsaka for not waking her up on time for school, honestly, even reinforcing my legs to their limit didn't help, She still caught up to and beat me up with Torashinai, which she brought up out of nowhere.' Shirou winced at the memory.

"Eh, why are ya twitching Naruto?"

"N-N-Nothing Sakura, Nothing at all."

"Alright class settle down!" "I'm going to call out your names one by one, then come to the test room!" Instructed Iruka.

"Yes, Sensei!" chorused the class.

"Haruno Sakura!"

"Yes, Sensei."

Sakura performed the 3 academy jutsu: Kawarimi, Bunshin, and Henge while showing high level chakra control.

"Congratulations, you pass!" Iruka handed her a headband.

Sakura sighed as she remembered when she first met Naruto.

Flashback

"Oh look, its forehead-girl!" said one of the class bullies.

"HAHAHA, Her forehead's so big, I'm sure it'll make for a nice target." said the bully as he tossed a large stone on his palm.

"No, please don't!" Sakura shielded her eyes as the stone flew towards her… only to hear a clanging sound.

"You know, Guys shouldn't be picking on girls you know. It's not nice." There was Shirou, sitting on a tall rock, spinning a kunai on his right hand, his left hand outstretched. It seems he threw a shuriken from his left hand. His throw was either perfectly timed, or perfectly aimed, judging from the fact that the shuriken was embedded at the center of the stone.

"Let's get out of here!" the bullies then ran away.

"Hey, you okay?" asked Shirou.

"Y-yes, thanks for saving me…um."

"Oh, where are my manners, Emi…Uzumaki, Uzumaki Naruto." 'I almost told her my other name, gotta be careful.'

"Oh, nice to meet you Naruto, my name's Haruno Sakura."

Flashback end

"Well, he's a nice guy, but when he trains us he's a sadist." Sakura sighed.

"Well Sakura, seems like the training paid off huh?" asked Naruto

"Yeah, as much as I hate to admit it, beating people to the inch of their life with a practice sword can be called training." said Sakura

Sasuke groaned, "Oh don't remind me. I'll rather face my fan-girls rather than go through that again."

He regretted that saying that line as he was assaulted by fan-girls. He was however saved when his name was called.

"Uchiha Sasuke."

"Well, here goes."

He performed the same jutsus as Sakura, although since he didn't have as great chakra control as her, he got bonus points for performing a small fireball jutsu.

"Congratulations."

He silently nodded and went on his way.

Flashback

Sasuke was training in the forest when he heard a voice.

"Wow, impressive."

He turned around and saw Shirou sitting on a tree branch

"Hello."

"Who are you, how did you get into the Uchiha district?"

"Oh, this place was restricted? Sorry, I didn't know."

"Whatever, so who are you?"

"Uzumaki Naruto, you?"

"Uchiha Sasuke."

"Uchiha… ah yes, I heard about that, I'm sorry for your loss."

"Hm"

"Anyways there's something I'd like to ask you."

"What is it?"

"Isn't it a little strange that your brother suddenly went and killed your clan?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I've seen you and your brother walk around town a few days before the massacre and he looked pretty sane to me, not the psycho mass-murderer you think he is?"

"And what's your point? He killed my clan so I'll kill him. That's all that matters

"My point is that somebody that as skilled as he is will still need some accomplices if he wants to kill an entire clan of high-level ninja."

"So you think someone helped him?"

"Yes, and it could also be that he was framed, and a highly skilled ninja like him had some enemies that were jealous of him." "Think about it, a ninja with skill and fame? It's hard not to get jealous."

Sasuke thought about it, 'He's right, it could be possible.' "Then what do you suggest I do once I fight him?"

"Defeat him in single combat."

"What?"

"He's a skilled ninja. If you, the younger brother whom he saw no interest to kill, when he could kill an entire clan, defeated him, it would be a huge blow to his pride, and pride is the weakest point of all ninja. After that you can ask him your questions in how and why he killed your clan. If you're satisfied with his answers, either kill him on the spot or drag him to Konoha for trial.

"That's not so bad, thanks Naruto."

"No problem, hey, do you wanna go train with me and a friend of mine? It's better than training on stationary targets, it'll help keep your battle senses sharp too."

"Um… Sure, I guess."

"Great, see you at training ground 7 at 5:00 am tomorrow then."

Flashback end

'He sure helped me learn a valuable lesson, never rely on yourself alone.' Sasuke thought

"Next, Uzumaki Naruto!"

"Yes Sir!"

"Okay Naruto, do the Henge, Kawarimi, and Bunshin jutsus.

"Ok!"

He performed the Henge and Kawarimi pretty well, but he had a trick up his sleeve when the bunshin part was up.

'Trace on' He traced the components, structure and age of his current body. The examiners were surprised when a flash of light appeared and a walking live bunshin came to be.

"Touei bunshin no jutsu!" (Projection clone technique)

"W-what bunshin is that Naruto? Is that a kage bunshin? asked a perplexed Iruka.

"No, sensei, it's just a modified clone I accidentally made, by adding a little more chakra than usual, I made a solid bunshin, pretty neat huh?" Naruto answered. 'Hehe, In a sense its true, I accidentally made one by adding some prana and tracing the bunshin instead of using chakra and normal visualization.' He added mentally.

They were also surprised that when he dispelled the clone, instead of simply disappearing or poofing to smoke, it broke to pieces like a mirror.

"Well, you get bonus points for both creating a bunshin and inventing a new jutsu to add to our library, you pass, congratulations!" said Iruka.

"Alright!" 'Now I'm one step closer to getting the chance to hunt down that Grail!'

'Damn, the brat passed! Looks like I'll have to steal the scroll alone!' thought Mizuki.

AN: Did you like my interactions between the three characters? I've had enough of the three of them being at odds with each other in almost every fic I've read, so I'll be a little bit different. They also don't know about his reincarnation, that's why they call him Naruto.

Next chapter is Shirou/Naruto vs Mizuki! READ AND REVIEW!