"Believe it." - Normal talk
"Believe it "- DemonTalking
"Believe it "- Thought
"Believe it " - Demon Thought
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu" -Techniques/skills
() Authors voice / usual use for brackets That I Can not Be Bothered to describe
Now Without Further ado, I hope you enjoy this first chapter. May I write more, Depending on the insight That You May all give me. Please give me constructive Criticism, AND NOT flames.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. All I own is Some of the OC's that May Appear in this fic. The Naruto series Belongs to Masashi Kishimoto But if it did belong to me. Sasuke Would Have Been Into more girls and Itachi Would Have Been a lot more badass.
Naruto is not a demigod or a super invincible and powerful. In the long run be better than the Yondaime but will not start to defeat S-Rank shinobi immediately. Will gain power quickly but not divine intervention or anything like that. Naruto train and train and train almost 24 / 7 before starting to kick ass for the fic to make any sense
"The Art of War," asked Sarutobi seeing Naruto reading a novel.
"It's a book of strategy Jiji," informed Naruto, as he looked up and saw Jiji. "Sun Tzu was a general of what was formerly known as China a long time ago and his work is considered the best existing playbook to becoming a great leader. The topics are so broad they can be applied to almost anything yet the details discussed are applicable to every scenario you can think of. Sun Tzu covers all as he describes the proper course of action to take in all scopes from the entirety of the war to the relations with the individual soldier. Everything from maneuvering troops, to the proper use of various classes of spies is covered in the book. Also it provides methods for beating your opponent by focusing on Taoistic beliefs of peace. In other words it teaches you how to beat your opponent without even having to fight them."
"In another book I found out that Sun Tzu strategy inspired great figures such as Napoleon, who was an emperor of the western lands in ancient times, Machiavelli, who was a writer and philosopher from a place called Italy and Mao Tse Tung who was a Chinese general who became the ruler of that place."
"I never thought I'd see the day I'd be learning about history from you. Thanks for the book anyway, I'll read it later to see if it's as good as you say."
"Yes it is although it's quite repetitive" replied Naruto. "Here's one of the most import quotes in the history of the world. If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle..."
"It seems that trip in the Forbidden Forest has helped you become more serious about being a shinobi" smiled Hiruzen, while he ruffled Naruto's hair. "Naruto-kun I have something important to tell you regarding the members of your Genin team. Normally you would be put on a team of the best of the best, the top kunoichi of the class and the top shinobi of class. And as the notes of the academy say you are the dead last, which would put you on a team consisting of Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura."
Hearing the names of the members of his team Naruto rolled his eyes and then mumbled few sacred words.
"No need to protest Naruto-kun because as I said under normal conditions you would go on that team," said Sarutobi to Naruto looked up expectantly. "But this year is different and each Genin will go with the Genins and Jounin that best fit their talents."
"Who is going to be on my team then?" Asked Naruto.
"Naruto-kun you'll find that out when the teams are announced on Monday. Just make sure that you are at the academy on time for once." The Professor smiled at Naruto not trying to ruin the surprise.
Naruto closed his eyes a little and looked at Sarutobi with a face full of suspicion, then sighed.
"Well Naruto-kun, that's all I wanted to speak to you about," announce Sarutobi. "Tomorrow morning an ANBU will come to your house and bring you to the council meeting. Now you can go do whatever you want. If you train try not to do the Jutsus from the scroll because they are too destructive and do not try to impersonate anyone because you'll have an ANBU following you and have orders to stop you if you do."
"You're no fun, jiji" said Naruto faking grief.
"Do you have money to pay for the damage that you will cause to one of the Training Camps?" Sarutobi asked.
"In fact, I do have some," countered a smiling Naruto. "When I saw the initial amount in each bank account my parents left for me I almost had a heart attack by the number of zeros. I swear I never seen such a large number. I think that with all the money I have I could buy a small country."
"I had forgotten about that," Sarutobi said. "No matter, you can't train with the Forbidden Jutsu's you learned from the scrolls to avoid any collateral damage. I recommend you take advantage of enjoying a few days off because once you become a Genin you won't have too many days to chill."
"Hai."
"Here's your hitai-ate," Sarutobi said opening a drawer and then threw it at Naruto who caught it without trouble, "Now you're officially a Genin of Konoha so act as such."
"What that's all?" Naruto asked as he mocked Jiji by taking a puff from the pipe. "I don't get a ceremony? I didn't even get an encouraging speech, a hug or an "I'm proud of you Naruto-kun?"
"You're starting to make me regret this Naruto," Sarutobi said with a vein in the forehead and Naruto knew he was really starting to bother him.
"Jiji come on, you don't have to be angry. You should relax a little, you know. Maybe create a few Kage Bunshin to do the tedious work of dealing with all the paperwork you have; while you relax by reading those perverted books you love so much."
"I cannot just leave a Kage Bunshin to do my work, Naruto-kun" answered Sarutobi. "The Feudal Lord will arrive any moment and it would be a lack of respect if I was not there in person."
"Whatever you say Jiji," Naruto said just before an ANBU appeared in the office via Shunshin, putting Naruto on guard but he relaxed when he saw who it was.
"Hokage-sama, we have seen the Feudal Lord and his delegation. They are on their way to Konoha," an ANBU said. "It is estimated that he will be here in an hour."
"Usagi-san, thank you so much. You can return to your post."
"Hai." ANBU replied and was about to leave but a hand on his arm stopped him. He looked to his left and saw Naruto holding his arm.
"Hey, ANBU-san, how did you just magically appear in here? I always was curious to learn how Jounin and ANBU were able to do that."
The Sandaime and ANBU looked at Naruto who nodded knowing that the blonde would not quit asking until he was told how to do the technique.
"It's called a Shunshin," answered the ANBU. "You have to make the seal of the tiger, which later once you get stronger you can do it without any hand seals, next draw upon a bit of chakra and picture where you want to appear. For example, if you feel the chakra of people, who are walking down the street, you can Shunshin near them."
"Make the tiger seal, then picture where I want to go then mold your Chakra" repeated Naruto. "Ok, I think I have it." He made the tiger seal and molded his chakra and disappeared leaving a trail of a mini Tornado of wind and fire.
"Whoa?" Exclaimed the puzzled ANBU. "That's pretty good for his first attempt."
"He molded his Fuuton chakra and Katon chakra into it though." Sarutobi said.
"Hokage-sama, I suppose you realize that two types of elements is a requirement for a ninja for the Jounin rank, but for Naruto to already know two is surprising."
"I know, Usagi-san, it is quite unusual for a shinobi to have two elemental affinities so young but it is not impossible."
"You are correct Hokage-sama. With your permission I will like to retire."
Before the ANBU could go he felt the presence of a chakra in the office and looked at the side to see Naruto appear in by Shunshin. What struck him was that he had his hitai-ate covering his left eye, nose shirt up to cover the bottom of his face and a book in his left hand which he was reading.
"Naruto, why don't you go training or something or go to eat at Ichiraku?" said the Sandaime a vein in his forehead and a tic in his right eye.
"Did you say something Hokage-sama?" Naruto asked looking up from the book.
"Out!" Sarutobi shouted as he took a bowl off his desk and threw it at Naruto who tilted his head to one side to dodge it.
"Jiji, I really think you should listen to my suggestion." smiled Naruto as he saw a second vein appear on Sarutobi's forehead. "I'd better go before you have a heart attack. See ya."
Naruto disappeared in a swirl of wind and fire, leaving an angry Hokage mumbling something about a damned blonde gaki. Usagi in turn could not stand the urge to return to his squadron to tell them what happened.
"Usagi-san," demanded Sarutobi to the ANBU. "Not a word of this, is that clear?"
"Hai, Hokage-sama," replied the ANBU, who bowed and then disappeared in a cloud of smoke to avoid further punishment.
"Naruto will be my downfalll," Sarutobi said massaging his temple and then took the book that Naruto gave him. "Good thing that Konohamaru has not tried something stupid today."
Right after saying those words the office door open to a boy of eight or nine years with a sort of helmet on his head and a ridiculous scarf almost two meters long entered the office armed with a shuriken.
"Old man I will finally beat you today!" the child cried and then tripped over the scarf and fell to the ground hitting his head and losing consciousness.
Sarutobi looked up.
"Why Kami, why? Sarutobi asked. "What have I done to deserve such treatment?"
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After disappearing outside the Hokage Tower via Shunshin, Naruto began to wander through the village to kill time. He thought of going to Ichiraku but he really was not hungry and the doctor forbade him not to eat much ramen so the visit to Ichiraku was out of the question. Him training crossed his mind, nevertheless the doctor advised him to rest as much as possible before he began training again and said that next week it was safe to return to training without any problems happening with his muscles. He thought about going to the library to find an interesting book, but most likely he would end up reading about a jutsu and then leave to train for the thrill of it, which was forbidden. So with nothing to do he just wandered to kill time or find something that would attract his attention.
Walking through the world without any worry, Naruto did not notice the presence of two of his fellow academy student, of which one who was his old love of course, who argued that she would get married to her precious Sasuke-kun. Ino listened without giving much importance to the babblings of her best friend Sakura once she noticed the new and improved Naruto.
"Is that Naruto?" asked Ino watching Naruto who was walking calmly with his hands in his pockets.
"Do not change the subject Ino-buta!" Sakura said with a shrill voice. "Sasuke is mine."
"Shut up Sakura." Ino said, ignoring the pink-haired as she followed Naruto.
"Who are you looking at so much?"
"Naruto, I think."
"Naruto-Baka!" exclaimed Sakura seeing where Ino looked and saw a ninja dressed in black, who had sun-kissed blond hair and wore a katana on his back and a large parchment. "That is not Naruto-baka."
"Yes it is" replied Ino as she started to follow Naruto.
"Where are you going?" Asked Sakura.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm going to follow Naruto."
"Why are you going to follow the Baka, Ino-buta?" Asked Sakura.
"I'm going to question him about the Mizuki public execution."
"All heard I heard Ino was that it was the first public performance in years."
"I heard my father speaking to my mother and said that Naruto was the one who stole the scroll and that Mizuki was the one who had told him where to find it."
"Do not lie Ino! Naruto-baka could have never infiltrated the Hokage mansion."
"My father would not lie." Ino said seriously. "He is a Jounin and a well-respected Shinobi for your info."
"Then he must have been mistaken," retorted Sakura.
"Think what you want," replied a bothered Ino bothered by the insult to her father and breaking in the direction that Naruto went.
Sakura frowned and after standing there for a while she turned to go in search of her beloved Sasuke-kun.
Naruto, unaware that he was being followed by Ino, walked the streets of Konoha aimlessly until he met up with four of his companions from the academy.
"Naruto?" Kiba asked while smelling the air and turning around to find a Naruto who was not wearing his lousy orange attire.
Shikamaru, Chouji and Shino turned around to see the new Naruto. Shikamaru muttered "problematic," Chouji nodded in approval and continued to eat his chips and Shino raised an eyebrow while remaining silent.
"What happened to you Naruto?" Kiba asked looking at Naruto from head to toe.
"I needed a new look," Naruto said jokingly.
"You do not have to lie Naruto we all know what happened," sighed Shikamaru.
"Kiba told us you were found in the prohibited area of the forest of death. He was the one who found your essence."
"Besides all of our parents told us what happened," said Shikamaru. "Mendokuse."
"What are you all doing now?" Naruto asked trying to change the subject.
"Nothing, relaxing before we return to the academy on Monday to see which teams we are going to be on," Kiba said smiling. "Sorry for you Naruto, since you have another year at the academy."
"Kiba," Shino said in a somber. "Your statement is illogical and incorrect. Naruto has a hitai-ate which implies that he has also graduated."
Kiba looked at Naruto's forehead and noticed the hitai-ate that the blond wore.
"Who did you steal that from?"
"You are more stupid than you look Kiba. It is obvious that Naruto did not steal the hitai-ate, Hokage-sama certainly gave it to him. Mendokuse."
Two windblown aromas blew to Kiba and he began sniffing the air. "Someone has been following you Naruto" Kiba informed and Akamaru barked to confirm it.
"I knew that" said Naruto. "I felt two people apart from the ANBU that were concealing their presence but I did not bother to see who they were. I did not feel any bad intentions of any of the two that followed me so I decided not to worry too much about them."
"Problematic," Shikamaru said, as he was laying on the ground looking at the clouds.
"You'd better come out because we already know you are there," Kiba said aloud to which Naruto sighed, Shikamaru rolled his eyes, Chouji continued eating and Shino raised a conspicuous eyebrow.
After what was said by Kiba they heard an "Eep" and a "damn dog breath" and the women identified themselves as Genin by the tone of their voice. Moments later, Ino and Hinata came out of hiding to face the group.
"Ino, Hinata, what were you two doing following me?" Asked Naruto.
"Why do you think that it was me who was following you, baka?" Ino asked defiantly.
"Your presence is the same as one of the people that were following me," said Naruto lazily.
"I was not following you," lied Ino looking away.
"If you say so," said Naruto focusing his attention on Hinata. "Hinata, why was it that you were following me."
Hinata blushed at the attention Naruto centered onto her and tried to explain but the words would not come. The new Naruto made her further nervous than the old. And with the new look she felt he was a thousand times better than the last. Not that the former was bad in her eyes but this new Naruto was...
"Are you okay, Hinata?" Naruto asked when he saw the Hyuuga heiress was noticeably uncomfortable, almost as if she was ill.
The other five Genin rolled their eyes to the stupidity of Naruto, who did not realize that Hinata was nervous by his gaze. Naruto approached Hinata, raised his hitai-tie and pressed his forehead against the Hyuuga heiress' forehead.
"You do not appear to have a fever," questioned Naruto. "Are you OK?"
"Hai!" Hinata said before losing consciousness and falling forward. Naruto caught Hinata before she could fall on the ground and looked nervously at the Hyuuga heir and then to the five other Genin.
"What happened? Did I do something wrong?" Naruto asked nervously.
"Despite the change you're still a baka you know that" Ino said. "She will be fine. Just give her time to wake up."
"Ok," answered Naruto holding Hinata's waist. "Ehh ... what should I do."
"Just pick her up and we will lead you to the Hyuuga residence," informed Shino.
"Problematic as ever."
"Ok," Answered Naruto as he carried her bridal style.
"Just follow us," stated Kiba starting to walk before the others followed. Noting that Ino was still standing behind them, Naruto stopped to talk.
"Are you not coming Ino?" questioned Naruto.
"Why should I go with you, baka?"
"If you did not want to come you just had to say no," said Naruto. "I can see why Sasuke doesn't show interest in you, you are too problematic."
"I could not have said it any better," sighed Shikamaru.
Kiba smiled at the comment from Naruto. Chouji, as always, continued to eat a bit while trying to laugh and eat at the same time and Shino raised an eyebrow yet again.
Ino frowned at the comment made by Naruto. If Hinata was not in his arms she would have beaten him to a bloody pulp. Seeing the five shinobi and kunoichi going farther and farther Ino yelled for them to wait and ran after her fellow academy classmates.
The seven Genin took Hinata toward the complex but on the way Naruto noticed that Hinata started to move. So the group headed to a nearby park where they left Hinata sitting on the grass and resting on the trunk of a tree.
When Hinata woke up she saw that she was with her six fellow Genin not knowing what happened; until she saw Naruto she remembered what had happened and began to blush madly.
"What happened with the scroll incident?" asked a curious Kiba, who broke the silence.
"I cannot talk about it", answered Naruto looking at Kiba seriously. "Jiji has forbidden me to speak about the predicament that I was put in."
"Jiji?" questioned Kiba.
"Hokage-sama."
"Naruto that is so disrespectful! You have to call the Hokage-sama! Hokage-sama! It's a show of respect."
"But he's like my grandfather, since I can remember I've known him as Jiji."
"It does not matter what you call him," sighed Kiba. "Is it true that it was you stole the forbidden scroll of seals?"
"How did you know that?" Asked Naruto.
"In the public execution of Mizuki said what happened," cut in Shikamaru.
"Mizuki hoodwinked me, by saying it was a secret way to become a Genin for those who had failed the first exam and because I was the only one that failed I had to do it alone. He gave me instructions on where to find the parchment. I arrived at Jiji's mansion, watched the ANBU patterns of patrolling the place. I found out that I had a window of 37 seconds to enter through one of the windows. When I went in, I came across Jiji, beat him, found the scroll and left."
"Stop, stop, stop, stop. Stop!" Kiba exclaimed raising his hand. "You defeated the Hokage? Now I know you are lying!"
Naruto looked at Kiba with a calm expression.
"You think I'm lying," asked Naruto.
"Of course you're lying," yelled Kiba. "You're saying you beat the Hokage, the most powerful shinobi in the village."
"It is not really that big of deal Kiba" replied Naruto waving. "I just used my Kage Killer."
"Kage Killer?" asked Shino. "Which move is that?"
"Oiroke no Jutsu" Naruto said as if nothing and the six Genin recalled Iruka's reaction to that move.
Shikamaru muttered problematic. Kiba held his nose to prevent from bleeding. Ino was furious, but could not attack Naruto; because he was busy holding Hinata, who was about to faint again. Chouji continued eating potatoes chips but now had a slight blush on the cheeks. Shino was Shino.
"Jiji is a pervert," stated Naruto, "He fell for that perverted Jutsu."
"Killer-Kage ... ... a name quite logical" Shino said, since the jacket covered a portion of his face no one was able to see the trickle of blood coming from his nose.
"Ok, I believe you" said Kiba as tried to remove the image of the blonde's naked Oiroke no Jutsu he looked at Ino and wondered if she would have a body like the woman in the technique 'Kiba bad, Kiba bad, do not think of her like that.'
"And then what happened next Naruto" Chouji asked.
"Well, after I escaped I arrived at the location where Mizuki told me to wait," said Naruto. "I started training with the first technique of the scroll and in a few hours I had perfected it."
"There is one problem though Naruto-kun" lazily replied the lazy ninja. "That scroll is filled with dangerous Kinjutsus, do you honestly think we believe you were able learn a powerful technique within a few hours."
"In fact I learned multiple techniques. I learned Katon, Fuuton and all of the other non-elementary jutsus. Then I began training with clan Jutsus such as the Shodai's Mokuton, which was pretty hard to grasp. I know Suiton, Doton and Raiton Jutsus, Juinjutsu and a few Fuinjutsu."
Naruto omitted the part that he copied every jutsu in another scroll for further study. If Jiji found out about the other scroll he was sure he would have to give it to him. Another part that he didn't tell them was about the Scroll from his parents and was glad none of them had asked for the scroll that he had on, but he was sure that eventually one of them would ask about the scroll and the katana he was clearly wearing on his back.
"Naruto my father said you defeated a fifty foot boa using only Taijutsu in the forest of death and then you were able to defeat a giant beetle emperor with only two jutsus."
"I didn't defeat a clone my Kage Bunshin was the one who did it."
"Dobe" yelled Sasuke.
Naruto rolled his eyes and saw Sasuke, who had Sakura trailing behind him like the annoying fan girl she was.
"Do you need something teme?" Naruto asked, starting to get mad.
"I have to talk to you, dobe," Sasuke as stoic as ever.
"I'm all ears, Uchiha" Naruto muttered trying his best to restrain himself from hitting Sasuke.
"I know about your family scroll and I've been told it contains many powerful jutsus inside of it" Sasuke said looking at the scroll on the side of Naruto. "I want you give me that scroll."
The six who stood with Naruto looked at Sasuke and then Naruto and the scroll that was set aside. Naruto tried with all his strength not to attack the cocky Uchiha.
"Why should I surrender the scroll to you Uchiha?" Naruto asked looking at Sasuke angrily.
"Because I need it," said the Uchiha. "I'm already stronger than you and that scroll will be more useful in the hands of a capable Shinobi like myself."
That was the straw that broke the camel. Naruto began to emanate KI which resulted in Akamaru hiding in Kiba's jacket, and Shino's bugs to begin acting strange. The six Genin accompanying Naruto became nervous when they saw that the blonde was squeezing his left fist.
"Uchiha, Haruno," Naruto said. "You two have five seconds to withdraw if you want to leave this place with two functioning legs."
"Hn" smirked the arrogant Uchiha.
"One, two," stated Naruto as he started counting.
"Sasuke maybe you should go" suggested Shikamaru.
"Five," Naruto said after finishing the count he disappeared from the view of the Genin.
An ANBU could only see what happened in just a second. As soon as Naruto disappeared and hit Sasuke hard with the elbow to the solar plexus, causing Sasuke to bend a little after the impact and his air of the lungs. After doing a roundhouse kick that connected to the jaw of Sasuke, Naruto sent the Uchiha into the dirt about five feet from where he stood. One of the ANBU sighed and reached into his pocket for more tickets and delivered them to another ANBU, who was with an outstretched hand and laughing as low as possible so no one could hear him.
The Genin only saw Naruto disappear and reappear in front of Sasuke who was on the floor a few feet from the position where he was initially. The six Genin accompanying Naruto could not be more astonished. Even Ino did not care that Naruto hit Sasuke; she just gasped looking back at Naruto who didn't take his eyes off of Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura yelled running alarmed that her precious Sasuke-kun was actually losing.
"I told you to go, but you had to be so damned arrogant" Naruto said angrily and then turn around; "The next time it happens I will not be so lenient with you Uchiha."
Sasuke eyes were open in shock. He did not even know what happened, he just felt air escaping from his lungs and he had a sharp pain in his jaw. He spat some blood and saw two of his teeth in the small pool of blood on the ground. Sakura was trying to help and ask him if he was okay, but Sasuke ignored her to have in your head the idea of making the damn dobe pay and then take the parchment and then kill Itachi.
After much effort, Sasuke was able to stand. Sakura tried to help, greatly worried about her Sasuke-kun, but the Uchiha just pushed her steps aside and not hinder it.
Sasuke felt his pride trampled by the dobe and that made him furious. People crowded around the place and began to grumble about the Uchiha being humiliated, which only angered him even more.
Naruto, still with his back to Sasuke, glanced back and saw that Sasuke was able to stand and pulled out a katana ready to use against him. "Hm," smirked Sasuke as he activated his Sharingan. Sasuke ran towards with great speed, Naruto was unable to keep up with him, Sasuke hit him with the back of his Katana in his stomach. Sasuke then grabbed Naruto by the collar of his shirt, raising him in the air and threw him into a tree.
"Bankaton:san Butai Kata: Yakekoge Tsuchi" yelled Naruto as meteors came out of the ground flying at Sasuke.
"Hm" chuckled Sasuke, Naruto fell for his trap. Sasuke dodged the meteors fairly easy, but he didn't know that it was just a distraction; as Naruto punched him in the face, which sent the Uchiha flying. 'I should have never underestimated this dobe.' Sasuke wiped the blood off his lips, then he saw Naruto running at him; Naruto swung but Sasuke easily dodged it. Naruto kicked at Sasuke, but Sasuke expertly jumped up and sent Naruto into the dirt with a spinning kick.
Naruto saw Sasuke throw a kunai, which got stuck in a tree just inches away from the head of Chouji, who dropped the bag of chips off of instincts.
"You're trying to kill someone here, Uchiha" Naruto said angrily at the actions of Sasuke and his disregard for the people who were watching the fight.
"Silence dobe, if the fat ass walrus doesn't have the ability to dodge a simple kunai he should not even be a shinobi."
Chouji began to shake in anger and Shikamaru had to make a great effort by using his Mame Kage no Jutsu just to subdue his companion from launching an attack against the Uchiha. Although the thought of letting Chouji attack Sasuke made him smile, however he decided to retain his friend because there was no way his chubby friend would be able to take Sasuke on.
Kiba, being the opportunist that he was, pulled out a petite journal and began taking bets between the Naruto and Sasuke fight. Most of the civilians, which greatly outnumbered the shinobi, bet big amounts of money on the Uchiha, Sakura being his biggest fan wagered the most money. The Jounin and Chuunin, meanwhile, staked their money on Naruto, knowing that the blonde would end up victorious. The amount of money that Kiba had raised in such a short amount of time brought a fierce smile to his face as he calculated the enormous amount of money that he would receive if Naruto were to be the victor in this bout. Shino, in his classic gangster attitude of the Aburame, approached Kida and asked for a percentage of the profits, or he would tell Tsume about what he's doing. The Inuzuka paled and nodded at the idea.
"Raiton: Raikou Doragon Bakuha" a dragon made of lightning appeared and shot a blast at Sasuke, Sasuke tried to escape but it caught him on his leg. Sasuke screamed in pain, but didn't have time to worry about the injury as he saw Naruto running at him.
However, Naruto stopped running. Instead Naruto drew out his katana, put his left foot over his right with his knees slightly bent, leaving his body askew. His katana was being lifted by his fist over his head. The ANBU and Hayate, who was also at the site, raised an eyebrow at the strange position and thanks to his trained eye knew it, would be quite lethal if it made contact.
Before he launched an attack against Sasuke, Naruto took two steps and then disappeared. "Nishiki-Gatotsu" Naruto said falling from the sky towards Sasuke, who just stood there.
What happened left all those present jaws practically on the floor. When Gatotsu Nishiki made contact it left a crater about two meters in diameter. The shinobi were more surprised to feel all that chakra Naruto used. Luckily the young Uchiha he jumped out of the way. 'Time to end this.'
The next attack took no time at all; Sasuke blurred in a rush of movement and slammed a fist into the blonde's palm, which Naruto stuck out to stop him. Naruto sprung towards Sasuke, and he managed to spin out of the way of the attack but not from his retaliation. Naruto's leg came up and hit Sasuke in the ribs causing the Uchiha to crouch in pain.
Naruto threw his fist into Sasuke's face. The Uchiha caught it and twisted his wrist. The young blonde tried again and Sasuke repeated his last move. Naruto lifted his leg and kicked the surviving Uchiha in the stomach. Sasuke let go of his wrists as he stumbled backwards.
Barely able to stand, Sasuke fought off the disorientation of the hit. He reached in his Ninja bag and threw a shuriken. It pierced the arm of the Uzumaki. Blood poured. Uncaring, he pulled the shuriken out and flung it at Sasuke, who quickly knocked it down with a shuriken of his own.
Sasuke quickly darted with Katana in hand, but instead of going after Naruto he went after Chouji. Realizing this Naruto quickly intercepted the attack with a punch to Sasuke's face instead of being the real Sasuke it was just a Bunshin.
The real Uchiha was in the sky falling down towards Naruto.
The ANBU realizing that Naruto wasn't going to be able to move out the way quickly moved in the air and stopped Sasuke's momentum.
"Uchiha Sasuke, you are under arrest for attempted murder of a fellow Genin" instructed an ANBU, as they disappeared off with Sasuke.
"Naruto" cried Ino and Hinata as they ran over to Naruto, who was on the ground sweating in disbelief.
"I told you Ino-pig Naruto will never be as great as Sasuke" cheered Sakura.
"Shut up Sakura" yelled Ino getting upset.
"I'm sorry to say this Ino-chan, but her statement even though foolish it has some truth to it. Sasuke is much better than Naruto mentally; however the physical aspect they are basically even" stated Shino.
"There's no way in the physical aspect that they are even" argued an upset Kiba, who didn't get as much money as he wanted. "Sasuke-baka had to cheat just to beat Naruto when they were battling each other one on one Naruto was kicking his butt."
"Allwarfare isbased on deception."
"What does that mean Shino-kun?" questioned Chouji, as he finished eating the last chip in his bag.
"The saying basically means that to be effective in war you must deceive the enemy at all times. You have to trick the enemy into believing you have different intentions than you actually have."
"At first I was confused now I'm totally lost" sighed Kiba.
"Maybe I can explain it better" stated Shikamaru. "It basically means if you are smart appear to be stupid in front of the enemy. Though effective, appear to be ineffective."
"That makes no sense at all" mused Kiba. "If you are smart why would you want to act stupid that just seems cheating to me?"
"As I analyzed the battle Naruto allowed his emotions to cloud his thoughts. Nevertheless, he tricked you as all of you should know Sasuke is an Uchiha and has the Sharingan, which allows the user to copy a technique that it sees."
"Uzumaki Naruto, we need you in the Hokage's office immediately" ordered an ANBU that appeared in thin air.
When Naruto appeared in the Hokage's office he found them in a particular scene. Sarutobi was drinking a glass of sake with a huge smile on his face and an old man around Sarutobi's age rather thin despite muttering something about the money he lost; he had a smile on his face and took small sips sake.
When Sarutobi saw Naruto he smiled even more.
"Naruto-kun, come on in the Daimyo-dono wants to meet you" Sarutobi said gesturing with his hand for Naruto to come closer, who obeyed. "Daimyo-dono, I present to you Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto. Naruto-kun meet the Daimyo of Konohagakure."
"Pleased to meet you Namikaze-san," the Daimyo said with a smile.
"It is an honor to meet you also Daimyo-dono" Naruto said bowing
"No need for such formality, Namikaze-san" exclaimed the Daimyo. "Please can you take a seat so we can talk about the various exploits Hiruzen-kun has told me about?"
Naruto sat on the chair next to the Daimyo and looked at Sarutobi who was smiling from ear to ear.
"What would you care to know, Daimyo-dono?" Asked Naruto.
"Start from the beginning Naruto-kun" said the Daimyo. "I want to know the life of the son of Minato and Kushina, the unsung hero of all of Konohagakure along with your sister Natsumi."
"Do you know her" stated Naruto looking up curiously.
"Yes I do, she's become a capable Kunouchi under Mei, who is the newly appointed Mizukage. I don't know if you know this or not, the reason why you were given the scroll is because as a tradition in the Uzumaki clan is that the girl always possesses the Kekkei Genkai of both of her parents."
"I read a book about Kekkei Genkai, what kind of Kekkei Genkai does she possess."
"Natsumi possesses Futton and Ranton both from the Uzumaki clan; however it is still unknown which Bloodline she has from your father. From what I heard she is the number 3 Genin, just ahead of you."
"Wow; but I bet I can still kick her ass" joked Naruto causing both the Daimyo and Sarutobi to laugh.
"Enough about her tell me about the life of the only son of the legendary Minato-san."
"Ok" smiled Naruto as he began to retell his past.