Chapter 3- A secret revealed.

Naruto was quite surprised to his is apartment untouched. He thought for sure that some crazy towns person would have come here and trashed everything inside and then burn the room. And yet here it was, nothing different except for a little dust. He checked through the fridge and found that everything was expired. He wondered what he should do, but found the answer was quite clear. He went out of his apartment and headed to the one place he had been wanting to eat at since leaving: Ichiraku Ramen. He walked into the stand and sat down at his usual spot. Memories of all the times he had come here to enjoy a good bowl of ramen flooded his mind as he anticipated tasting the finest ramen in all of Konoha.

"Hello and welcome to Ichira… Naruto, you're back! Dad, come here and see," said Ayame, who went outside and hugged Naruto while her father came out from the kitchen.

"Well I'll be, good to see you again Naruto. I'll admit, I thought I wasn't going to see you again," said Teuchi, as his Ayame pulled away from Naruto and went back inside.

"Well old man, I'm back and I have a craving that can only be craved by your ramen," said Naruto smiling at them and ordered pork ramen.

When Naruto got out the chopsticks and slurped up the first bit of ramen, he let out a sigh of happiness. Just as good as he remembered, only it was a lot better when he's been deprived of ramen for so long. In Hueco Mundo, Naruto had to eat whatever he could find, even if it was once alive. As for something drinking, well tea was provided by Aizen most of the time. After a large amount of ramen consumption, decided to head back to the apartment and rest up for tomorrow. As he lay in bed, Naruto was thinking of how best to unveil his new abilities tomorrow in front of the Academy. The thoughts of all the shocked faces brought a smile to his face.

'Tomorrow, the mask comes off, and the real Naruto will make sure that everyone will not mistake him for a punching bag anymore,' thought Naruto as he now slept.

The next day Naruto woke up and put back on his outfit and walked out the door. He made his way to the academy while still getting ugly looks from some villagers. The looks didn't improve when he got to the academy. Some of the parents saw Naruto as a monster, a monster that the Yondaime merely weakened for the people to finish off, ignorant fools. Even so, there were some friendly faces in the mix. Those were the ones to be around. Naruto made his way into the classroom and took his seat. He looked to his left and saw Sasuke, still seething after what happened yesterday.

'I'm gonna embarrass you in front of the entire academy loser,' thought Sasuke, ignoring the screeching from his fan girls.

Speaking of which, Sakura had decided she was going to get on Sasuke's good side… by pushing Naruto around.

"You might as well quit baka. Sasuke is the best and I don't think you can compete with him. For all we know, your training didn't help you at all, so just go on and leave before you embarrass yourself," said Sakura, as she hit Naruto in the back of the head to where he face planted his desk. The desk didn't break since Sakura didn't have that kind of strength, but Naruto still hit it pretty hard. Naruto looked up from his desk, straightened his back, took a deep breath, and stood up from his desk.

(With Iruka- few moments later)

Iruka was very excited for all his students. He had trained them well and would wish them the best of luck. He was even more excited to see how powerful Naruto had become. He had tried to look out for Naruto when he was still here and treated him like a brother. Iruka opened the door and stood in front of the class.

"Good morning class, just wanted to say I'm proud of you and that I think OH KAMI! Sakura what happened to your face?" yelled Iruka as he looked over at a bruised Sakura.

After Sakura had hit Naruto, Naruto simply smirked and slapped the back of her head, causing her to hit the floor. Hard. After Sakura didn't move for a while, Naruto picked her up and sat her in her desk. He then proceeded to gently shake her until she regained consciousness. Though when she did, she felt the pain of the attack hit her fast. She would have screamed if Naruto hadn't covered her mouth with his hand. Then he whispered something in her ear, then moved his hand away. When he did, Sakura was silent until Iruka came in. Sakura now looked at Naruto, who looked back at her. Iruka made the connection, and yet said nothing. He figured Sakura probably said of did something that was stupid.

"Naruto hit her in the back of the head and she hit her face on the floor," said a random student from the class.

"That so. Well Naruto, well talk after the exams," said Iruka, as Naruto gave a nod in understanding.

After a while of different test, there came the time for the hand-to-hand combat part. The students would spar with each other to show their fighting skills. Choji fought Kiba, though if you can call sitting on Kiba for the entire match. Sakura and Shikamaru fought each other, but after a while the match was called a draw do to Sakura's face being sore and Shikamaru being his usual lazy way. Hinata defeated Ino with her jyuken. Afterwards, Hinata looked over at Naruto to see if he watched her. Naruto looked back at her and gave her a smile and nod. Hinata blushed up while inner Hinata was jumping up and down. Then came Sasuke and Naruto's little spar, if you wanted to call it that. Of course, the girls were all behind Sasuke, except for Hinata. Naruto walked out into the little grass area where the spar would take place. He took off his zanpakuto and stuck it in the ground.

"I'm gonna crush you loser, and prove that you are what we all know you as… a dead last," said Sasuke, getting agreeing screams from the fan girls, and a raised eye brow from Naruto.

"Really? Well then, why don't I make your victory a little bit easier, oh great Uchiha," said Naruto mockingly, while Sasuke looked at him with a frown.

"And how would you do this?" asked Sasuke as Naruto held up one arm and put it behind his back.

"I will give you an advantage. One hand is all I will use for this spar. Sound good to you?" said Naruto smirking, while the Uchiha just frowned.

"Do what you want you'll still lose no matter what," said Sasuke, getting ready himself.

"Ready? Begin!" said Iruka, as the two just stood there.

Sasuke made the first move as he charged at Naruto. Sasuke threw a right hook, but was dodged by Naruto using a side step. Sasuke then tried a body kick, but was blocked by Naruto with one arm. Sasuke kept using attack after attack, but nothing connected. Then, Sasuke nailed Naruto in the chin with an uppercut. Everyone held their breath, thinking the Uchiha had finally gotten an advantage. Chuckling broke the silence, which then turned in to all out laughter. It was coming from Naruto, which made Sasuke angry.

"Really? That's it? I gotta say, I knew you were weak, but not this weak," said Naruto as he looked at the Uchiha.

"Why you-" said Sasuke before he was backhanded by Naruto.

Sasuke went flying right into the academy building, making it crack. The fan girls crowded an unconscious Uchiha while Naruto picked up his sword, sheathed it and walked away with a wide smile. As he was about to go back inside to receive his headband, Iruka stopped him.

"Naruto, I'm sure Sakura did something or sad something stupid, but from now on, have a better control of your attacks," said Iruka getting nod from Naruto.

"Don't worry, that was just so she knew not to hit me again," said Naruto grinning and walking inside.

Despite the angry looks, Naruto was satisfied with becoming a full fledge shinobi of Konoha. Naruto was on his way home when he saw Hinata walking home with her father.

"Hey Hinata, congratulations on becoming a shinobi," said Naruto, chuckling in the back of the mind seeing hinata blush.

"Um… th-thank you, Naruto-kun," said Hinata, while her Father, Hiashi, just smiled at the two.

"Congratulations to you too. I hope that you and my daughter will do great things for Konoha," said Hiashi, as Naruto nodded at him.

"We will. I've gotta go, cya around Hinata," said Naruto, walking away as Hinata waved goodbye.

Naruto made his way back to his apartment, and found a not pinned to the door.

Naruto, I want to congratulate you on becoming a shinobi. I actually have something to talk to you about. Think of it as a reward for becoming a shinobi. Meet me at the hokage tower.

Signed, Third Hokage

Naruto then used a flash step to get to the hokage tower. Sarutobi was waiting there for him, smoking his usual pipe. Though he nearly dropped his pipe when he saw Naruto appear.

"You got here fast. How'd you do that?" asked Sarutobi surprised by how fast the boy could move.

"It's called a flash step. Anyways, what did you want to talk about?" asked Naruto folding his arms.

"Naruto, have you ever had any suspicion about who your parents might be?" asked Sarutobi, getting a raised eyebrow from Naruto.

"Not really. I always thought my parents died during the Kyuubi attack," said Naruto, seeing Sarutobi's eyes widen in shock.

"How did you find out about the Kyuubi?" asked Sarutobi, remembering that he had made it clear that no one should mention the Kyuubi to Naruto.

"Aizen, the man who helped train me, told me," said Naruto calmly.

"I see… well your parents did die during the Kyuubi attack, but your father is the one who sealed the Kyuubi in you, to protect the village," said Sarutobi, seeing Naruto look at him like he had two heads.

"That's impossible. That would mean that my dad is-," said Naruto but was cut off by Sarutobi.

"The Yondaime hokage, Namikaze Minato," finished Sarutobi, seeing Naruto look in shock, then happiness, and then, strangely, anger.

"My own father… sealed this thing inside me," said Naruto clinching his fist in anger at his father.

"I thought you might react that way, but you have to understand why he did it. He had faith that you would one day be able to control it," said Sarutobi putting his hand on Naruto's shoulder calming him down.

"That makes since, and I guess being the son of the Yondaime makes up for it," said Naruto, seeing Sarutobi smile at him.

"I have something to show you. Follow me," said Sarutobi, leading Naruto out of the hokage tower.

He led him to the Namikaze Estate. Needless to say, the place was enormous. It was possibly twice as big as the Hyuuga estate. Naruto saw that the place had a blood seal around the estate.

"Go ahead, release the seal," said Sarutobi, Naruto looking at him with a raised eyebrow.

Naruto put his hand on the seal, and the barrier was no more. Naruto looked a little bit shocked that it worked.

"So, is this place mine now?" asked Naruto, as Sarutobi nodded.

"Yes, but let's not move in yet. Lets make sure everyone knows that you're the fourths son before getting comfy in your birthright," said Sarutobi, Naruto nodding at his advice.

"Sounds fair to me. Thanks old man, for showing me this," said Naruto, as he hugged the old kage.

"I thought you were strong enough to know the truth now," said Sarutobi, as he broke off the hug and walked back to the tower.

'I hope you're watching me dad, because your son is about to become the greatest shinobi of his time,' thought Naruto as he looked one last time at the estate before putting the seal back on.

(Sup! I think this chapter is decent; maybe I rushed it a little. Anyway, tell me what you think and I'll have something new later. Till next time.)