Naruto of the Shinsougan

by Dragolight

Naruto befriends Kyuubi at five years old. He gets a chakra mutation that gives control over light and other cool things like an ocular jutsu that puts the Byakugan to shame. He is taken in by Hyuuga Hiashi and his wife and raised by them. Very strong Naruto but not God-like (at first). Will contain non-explicit suggestive adult themes, violence and coarse language. NaruHina.

7. Chapter 6

Ch 6

Disclaimer: I don't own anything about and from the original Naruto story or any story, character, scenery or anything that the lawyers could and might sue my ass for.

Author notes

First of all 'the DragonBard' pointed out some interesting facts in the review section and I quote part of it 'Also, the manga author said that, with the exception of Sage Mode, and possibly Fuuin mastery, Jiraiya taught Naruto everything he knew during the training trip.

Also, we've known that there was more going on than what was shown, ever since Jiraiya said 'Don't use that jutsu.'

It's even suggested by the manga author (in an interview) that Naruto knows Hiraishin!

So, don't blame Jiraiya just because the author hasn't gotten around to showing what the training involved.'

If it is true then I stand corrected but it doesn't change the fact that we have yet to see anything more than Rasengan variations, Toads and Shadow Clones. I mean Naruto didn't even know his element (or what an element is for that matter and we know Jiraya has at least two- earth and fire from the Sannin battle) before coming from the trip (or he is just playing dumb). And I can't blame the author for trying to make his own story more interesting. It would be like I'm turning into a flamer.

To people that have been asking about the fact that will he be the 'dobe' in the academy. The answer is No… for the first year, Yes for the remainder and No for the test. Sorry to the guys who wanted to see the blond kick some student ass, but it would kind of mess with the Sakura and Kakashi bashing that I have planned for later and I dreamt of kicking the shit out of them (in a figurative manner) ever since Ch 2. Don't worry people Kakashi won't be an a-hole for long and neither will bubblegum head.

About Kakashi I want Naruto to toy around with him but I don't exactly hate him. I read ch 143 and even the anime and I sort of agree that he wanted to do something, but the thing that annoyed me the most is when he went to train Sasuke and he gave the blond to the closet pervert (Ebisu - this guy may be alright since he acknowledged Naruto but I hate that stuck-up attitude) as for the pink iron board I just hate her for everything before the Sasuke retrieval mission.

I received a review pointing out that his Kenjutsu is a little too advanced right off the bat I have to remind you that he is a Juken master so he knows how to move his body also that he got the knowledge of swordplay from Meian like dispelling a Kage Bunshin and that he won the fight with Mifune with more luck than skill since the samurai underestimated the boy. (really why do people always underestimate him?)

Be aware that from here Naruto shows what he learned from the gazillion books he read, what Haruko and the Hyuuga taught him about politics and the fact that he has a centuries old demon 'constantly' whispering to him. If that doesn't convince you then stop reading, this is my story and I think I kept him pretty toned down compared to some other fanfics I read.

Previously on NotS:

"What did you say to him?" asked a curious Sasuke.

"Oh just something Anko-nee-san taught me to say to idiots who can't take a hint." he smiled a sadistically making his friends shiver. They both met Anko and let's just say that she wasn't the most pleasant… creature to deal with.

They then inhaled deeply, taking in as much of the morning air as they could before they made their way to the classroom.

Main story:

Naruto was a boy of many virtues. Kindness, compassion, forgiveness and many others were tightly inside his small frame. But the thing he didn't have was patience. He seriously expected the Academy to be a fun and exciting place. He expected learning cool fighting stances and military strategies but boy was he wrong. The first year lectures covered basic knowledge like math and science just like a normal school. The focus of these lectures was the glorious history of the leaf and the fire nation. And when I say glorious I mean heavily edited version. Naruto was already college professor level in these subjects so after the first week he got tired and started to follow a pineapple-hair boy's example and just slept through most of the lectures. This of course attracted the attention of his senseis who immediately started to chuck chalk pieces at the boy who thanks to his mastery of the most powerful leaf Taijutsu could easily dodge it in his sleep so he would usually move his head a bit after feeling the teacher's intent.

"NARUTO WAKE UP!" screamed a man with a horizontal scar on his nose and a small ponytail enhancing his voice with his fearsome Giant Head no Jutsu.

"Dolphin-sensei (Iruka) why did you wake me up? I had a nice dream in which I was Hokage!" Naruto answered rubbing one eye after yawning and two his left and right Sasuke and Hinata were chucking.

"Oh yeah? Then tell me oh great future Hokage, what is the answer to the question on the blackboard!" Iruka ordered while thinking 'There is no way Naruto could answer. It is a physics question well beyond his years. I asked it to show the class the importance of basic knowledge.'

"Iruka, don't you think you are being a little unfair?" a man with gray hair asked.

"Mizuki, you know that I do not take well to being lazy in my class besides…" "The question is flawed!" "…the question is fla…!" Both senseis turned to the source of the interruption finding Naruto grinning a little.

"Wha?" both men ask.

"You made a mistake when writing it! The third equation should show that lambda is a third degree polynomial not a fourth. This would lead to an unsolvable equation but if it is corrected then the answer should be 'x equals 7.1413228231, give or take.'!" Naruto explained matter-of-factly. (A/N: Don't worry! I'm an engineer!)

Both men shook their heads to the side in rapid motion as if to shake water from their hair. Iruka then went to check his papers and Mizuki looked at the blackboard where Naruto had indicated. Now normally the two senseis would just scold the boy for lying, but they both knew the answer and Naruto had given a few digits more that their memory served.

"He is right Mizuki! Down to the last digit!" Iruka confirmed.

"No way!" his partner exclaimed taking a look at the papers.

"Naruto how did you know?" Iruka asked.

"Dolpin-sensei, where did you find out about this question?" Naruto counter-asked.

"Well… I found it in this solved questions book from the Fire Capital College." he admitted while blushing. The class was in a small uproar that their teacher tried to trick them but were silenced by some KI from the boy and a look on his face that said 'MORONS!'. Naruto had precise control over it so none of it leaked to the two senseis who thanked the stars that they didn't need to intervene.

"To answer your question sensei read the back!" Naruto grinned.

"Hmm, let's see… 'This book was created by the combined work of the college professors mentioned above and our partner Uzumaki Naruto!" Iruka answered with everybody present going wide-eye.

"YOU WROTE THIS?"Iruka exclaimed.

"Not all of it but more than half! The difficult half!" he said with his head between his arms oh his desk looking half asleep.

"Please wake me up only if there are explosions involved, you talk about the Hokages or its lunchtime!" and with that he went back to dreamland leaving two very shocked senseis.

More than a month had passed since the introduction and Naruto still kept the number two position in class followed by Hinata. They convened to let Sasuke take the lead knowing how his father valued results more than anything. The boy was on his way to the Hokage Tower for his bimonthly visit to the old man. He had about a thousand clones in training and his bands constantly trained his physique so he had time to waste. He decided to surprise the man and thought of coming in through the window again. He ducked inside an alley and activated his Kagamiiki while making a Kage Bunshin to escape that annoying 'Ne' ANBU that was on his tail. He also discovered some time ago that thanks to Kurama his chakra tended to stick more than it should so this jutsu once activated didn't need a constant supply of chakra but only a recharge once in a while. So he could mask his chakra and go undetected through even elite contingencies of shinobi sensors.

He then took to the roofs and headed to the Hokage office. Once he got there he found out that the old man had closed the window and Itachi was there. They looked like they were having a serious meeting but the pained look on both their faces piqued the boy's curiosity so he activated his Shinsougan, Soujin Seishin and started reading their lips.

'So your clan has decided to act in a week.' 'said' the Kage.

'Yes Hokage-sama! Tou-san and Kaa-san will commence the attack that night!'

'Itachi please, you must somehow stall them while I prepare for negotiations! If they go ahead and attempt a coup it will be a bloodbath not to mention the loss of so many lives!' Hiruzen pleaded.

'Coup?' thought the boy

'I will do whatever I can Hokage-sama but I don't think that they will listen to reason!' Itachi answered.

'I will convene the High Council the night before the attack and we will settle this matter then!' graved Hiruzen.

'So in one week the Uchiha will either be annihilated, exiled or will rule Konoha!' thought the boy cringing.

Itachi then turned his face towards the blond with a curious look.

'OH FUCK!' the boy thought but didn't dare to move.

'What is it Itachi?' asked the Hokage.

'Nothing! I thought I felt something but I might be on edge!' answered the Uchiha brother turning back to the man.

'Very well Itachi, you may leave!'

'Hai!' answered the Uchiha leaving through the door.

Naruto took this as his cue to leave as well. He jumped from rooftop to rooftop until he reached his favorite spot in a tree in the Forest of Death.

'Nii-san you there?'

'Yeah kit I heard it all in your mind!' Kurama answered.

'What should I do?' asked the boy squeezing his knees.

'I personally think that you should let them burn! You remember what I told you about Madara?'

'I do nii-san, but what about Sasuke?' the boy got tears in his eyes.

There was a moment of silence.

'Maybe there still is a chance that there will be no violence. You heard the Hokage!' the fox tried to convince the boy to lay low.

'And if not?'

'Then I think that you should save him and his mother! How? I don't know, but we will think of something! She was a friend of Kushina's.'

'Thanks nii-san!' smiled the boy and then took off.

Naruto that night couldn't sleep. He kept thinking of ways to save his friend. He decided to first gather information on the events. So he poured a quarter of his chakra into two shadow clones and had them cloak and trail the Hokage and Itachi when they were in the village. He found it easier if he Henged them into flies, one stood inside the Hokage's hat and one on Itachi's back. Thanks to Kurama's chakra his henge had similar properties as his Kagamiiki and could only be dispelled through a chakra pulse.

He found out that the Uchiha were planning a coup because they felt that they were cheated out of their place at leading the village by their rivals the Senju. In other words they were arrogant and wanted more power without waiting for it to come the right way, even though they were seen by most of the village as heroes close to gods.

He wondered if he should even try to act but he then remembered Sasuke. The short time they spent together they became friends and he knew the pain of being all alone so he washed away his doubts.

The days passed very slowly but he found out even more interesting things. One of which was that he was a stealth master as his clones passed through multiple security checks on board two of the most powerful shinobi in the village. Another thing was that the village actually had two councils.

There was the administration council or Konoha Council formed by the civilian part and the shinobi part. These took care of Konoha at its basic levels like law and commerce. The shinobi part was formed by the clan heads and the Konoha High Council.

The Konoha High Council was formed by the Hokage and his former teammates, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado with the unofficial (but most powerful besides Hokage) member Danzo Shimura, who decided immediate actions like war and other high governing situations.

And right now, two days before the Uchiha coup they were in a meeting together with Itachi and the boy's clones (unknown to them).

(Here cannon (manga ch 590 'I will love you forever') Itachi meeting with the council and Danzo memory except that picture two Naru-flies, one behind Sarutobi's chair and the other behind Itachi's ponytail. Too lazy to write.)

After that the fly on Hiruzen left discreetly and dispelled itself.

After going through the memories of the clone Naruto was boiling mad. He couldn't believe that mummy-man wanted even the children dead. He was slowly thinking about killing him but Kurama brought him back to his senses.

'Calm down kit! In a way he is right. The only way to permanently kill a weed, in this case to prevent war and revenge, is to burn it all, the root and seeds included!' the fox tried to reason with the boy even though he was seeing red himself.

Naruto remained quiet but deep down he knew the fox was right even though there could have been other ways to handle this.

'I understand nii-san, but if this is true then that means that Mikoto-san (Sasuke's mom) is also guilty! What do we do now?' the boy wondered.

'We stick to the original plan! After we secure Mikoto you interrogate her to see if she is going along with her husband or is supporting him then we knock her out. If it is the later then we return her and hope for the best. Sasuke is innocent! Even if I hate them I will not let them corrupt an innocent's mind like they did to me!' Kurama answered and the boy agreed.

The day before the attack Naruto sent a clone to the academy and went to the Uchiha compound. He was under cloak and was stalking the situation. Fugaku Uchiha together with the clan shinobi were gone probably planning for the attack or were at the Shinobi Police station to maintain appearance. That left Mikoto alone in the house. He wondered how he would get her out until he saw an adult non-shinobi clan member (A/N: Description doesn't matter. Imagine what you want!)coming out through the main gate and heading for the lake, probably to cool off since it was a hot day. As soon as he was near some bushes Naruto saw the chance he was hoping for. He deactivated his bands and in a quick motion shunshined behind the man and knocked him out with a precise pressure point attack. He then hid him under thick underbrush and whispered 'sorry'.

The blond then Henged into the Uchiha and proceeded to do some laps to sweat a bit and waste some time. He then charged towards the compound gate. He opened them with civilian speed and with the same motion went to the clan head house. Inside he slid the door open in a quick motion and making face panting sounds. He found a very surprised Mikoto Uchiha staring at him.

"Mikoto-sama come quick, it's urgent!" he yelled with fake concern.

"What is the matter Shimoto-san?" the woman asked.

"It's Sasuke! He is in trouble in the woods! I couldn't help him!" he yelled loud enough only for her to hear.

"SASUKE!" she screamed as she knew that she was the only one with shinobi training still on clan grounds and ushering him to lead the way.

They ran at breakneck speed towards the location where 'Sasuke was in trouble'. They got there in ten minutes and the woman's motherly instincts clouded her senses to notice that she was a good way inside training ground 44 (Forrest of Death).

They got to a place surrounded by thick vegetation and tall massive trees when Naruto said "Here we are!"

The woman's shinobi instincts immediately kicked in and she went to a defensive position but before she can act Naruto in disguise lifted a half-seal and activated the trap-seals positioned on four nearby trees.

"Wha?" the woman screamed feeling her chakra and movements sealed away.

"What is the meaning of this Shimoto-san? Wait! You are not Shimoto! Who are you and what do you want?' she spat out.

"Who am I is none of your business! As for what I want is a friendly conversation! These seals will knock you out if you try to scream!" the boy smirked. "I want to ask you if you will take part in tomorrow's coup attempt and if you will do it on your own accord or if you were forced to take part." Naruto said emotionlessly. "I must warn you that I will know if you lie!"

"What coup?" she asked faking ignorance.

"I told you not to lie to me! I know about how your arrogant husband and clansmen want to provoke the loss of so many innocent lives for power and that it will happen tomorrow! I must tell you that the Hokage also knows about this and tried to bring peace by negotiation but Danzo went behind his back and ordered Itachi to massacre your entire clan even the children, except Sasuke!" Naruto said trying his best to maintain his emotionless state.

"No!" the woman whispered while trembling.

"I'm afraid it is so! Itachi is a Konoha shinobi."

Mikoto started crying while keeping still as the seals prevented her from moving. "I told Fugaku that this will happen. I didn't want any of this but he still went through with it! Damn it! Damn iiit!" she sobbed more to herself than confessing.

"That is all I wanted to hear!" Naruto closed his eyes.

"WAIT! What happens now?" she asked the man in front of her.

"Now I will knock you out and leave you here until it is over! I'm truly sorry but I cannot do more than this! After that it will be up to you and Sasuke … and his sister?" the boy was surprised at the last part having found out just now thanks to his Shinsougan.

"WHAT?" she shouted looking just as surprised.

"It seems that you carry a girl, congratulations!" answered the boy making the woman pale. "It will be your job to make sure that the curse of hatred doesn't spread to your children. Know this! If any Uchiha dares to move against Konoha while I'm alive I will kill them without a second thought!" Naruto repeated the words that Kurama whispered in his head, bluffing the last part.

"NO! I will make sure that they live to love our village just as much as I do but please spare the children!" she said in full honesty.

"I'm sorry!" Naruto swayed his head from left to right. "It is beyond my power! But if you want to blame anyone, blame me! Don't blame the Hokage, he tried to prevent this with all his might!" Naruto had a tear in his eye as the emotionless mask shattered.

Mikoto stood motionless and looked at his eyes. She saw regret almost written on his face. She then took a deep breath and thought for a bit over their conversation. She then realized something.

"I can't!" she said making the boy cringe. "I can't blame you or the Hokage if what you say is true! I can't even blame the council!" she said making the man in front of her look at her like she was crazy. "Don't look at me like that! I was a shinobi, I know how it all works! But to kill the children…" she said taking a deep sad breath "…DANZZZOOO!" growling the last part.

"Please don't do anything rash or it will be your young ones who suffer!" Naruto repeated Kurama's words again. "He will face justice and if anyone of you wants then we can make sure that you will be the headsman, believe it (-ttebayo)! I wish you pleasant dreams!" Naruto said making a half-sign knocking the woman out cold. He then placed a piece of paper on her forehead that had strange symbols around the middle kanji that said sleep.

Naruto then focused chakra in his hand and slammed it into the ground and a huge komodo dragon, twice the size of a normal adult appeared. (A/N Remember, the dragon summons don't require blood or hand-signs)

"What is your will Naruto-sama?" the beast asked.

"Komi, protect this woman until she wakes up!" he said moving Mikoto to a nearby cave.

"Hai!" the dragon answered and positioned himself in the shadows of the cave's entrance.

(A/N I know that komodo dragons are big lizards, or something like that, not actual dragons but whatever works, works!)

Naruto returned to the compound under cloak and did his best to hide his chakra chakra. He stood inside a gap between two roofs in case hell broke loose. Kurama told him to leave since it was not something he should see. Naruto reassured him that he knew about the wheel of life and that nobody escapes the Shinigami but deep down he also knew that seeing someone's life drain before your eyes was not something anyone should experience.

That evening he was awakened by screaming. He rushed to the place where it all began but found that everybody had been already killed, children included but there seemed to be far less people than there were usually in the clan. He desperately fought the urge to throw up and since he couldn't use his chakra to block the feeling he remembered his hospital training to get him used to seeing blood and guts. He then began to breathe deeply and managed to get his stomach under control. He then rushed back to the main house, Shinsougan activated by a seal that stored chakra he put on himself behind his right ear earlier that day, in fear of being found out if he spiked his own.

Inside he found Itachi drawing his sword out of his father's back and crying. After a few moments he noticed a distortion forming besides the boy and a man coming out of it. He had long spiky black hair, was wearing a black trench coat with a sash and a one-eye mask with strange patterns. The boy cursed that he didn't have the possibility to activate Soujin Seishin. What made the boy even more curious was the fact that he couldn't see behind the man's mask and thus couldn't read his lips. Kurama began trembling in pure rage inside the mindscape.

'Kit it's him! It's that mind rapist that killed your parents and set me on a collision path with Konoha. It's Madara!' Kurama mentally screamed.

'THAT'S MADARA?' Naruto thought and narrowed his eyes. 'Damn, if only I could know what they are saying!' he continued but then Madara disappeared through the same distortion. He then reappeared at the site of the massacre and opened the distortion sucking in all bodies, including that of Fugaku, and then reappearing beneath the spot where Naruto was at. The boy was breathing as quietly as he could and was thankful for the meditation exercises that Hiashi showed him.

"Alright that was all of them! I will take my leave now!" Madara said in a very cold tone.

"What about my mother?" Itachi asked with barely dried tears.

"It makes no difference." The Uchiha ancient answered.

"She knows about the coup! It could have devastating consequences for my plan." Itachi responded.

"No it won't! Maybe Danzo got to her like your friend Shisui. Besides, she does not know that you are the traitor or of my involvement. If she ever figures out anything, people will just brush it off as mental trauma due to losing her husband. Like I said, it makes no difference. Also she may prove a lifeline for your little brother if she's alive." the man retorted.

Itachi nodded and went to hiding with Madara disappearing just as the seal on Naruto's ear began to tingle. That was the sign that there was little to no more chakra in it so the boy deactivated his eye jutsu and the seal faded out of existence. The blond knew that he couldn't stay there much longer as the silence would put Itachi on guard and he had a disadvantage since he couldn't trail Itachi from a distance without the Shinsougan, since his cloak affected sight not sound, so he left the compound running towards his apartment.

He would periodically visit the place to clean up and stock up the supplies in preservation seals that were littered all over. It was his safe haven. He reached the door and bit his thumb and smeared blood on the door knob. The blood reacted with something and lit up like a Christmas tree before a click sound was heard and Naruto entered his apartment.

He threw his coat on a chair and went into the furthest corner of his bet and curled up in a thinking pose.

'I hope we did the right thing!' thought the boy.

'Don't worry kit! We did all that we could. Let's just hope for the best!' Kurama comforted the blond.

'You always know how to cheer me up nii-san!' Naruto whispered before falling asleep.

'Good night Naruto!'

The next day Naruto got up at the crack of dawn, ate breakfast had a quick shower and got dressed, all in half an hour. He created two shadow clones, one of which he sent to the Hyuuga compound and eventually to the academy. The other one he had it cloak itself and sent it to the Hokage tower to get the latest info.

He hid from sight and moving in the shadows quickly he got to the hospital. It was still early so it was not crowded. He walked inside since he still had medical clearance, where he was greeted by the receptionist. During Naruto's practice time for his license they had gotten close and she eventually saw the bright side of the boy much like Chizuru.

"Good morning Ayumi-san! I see you got the graveyard shift again!" he chirped.

Ayumi let out a long yawn and then smiled at the boy "Good morning Naruto-sensei!" she answered (A/N: Sensei means teacher or doctor!). She knew of the boy's talent from Dr. Mamoru and had been quite impressed with his achievements.

"Anything out of the usual happen?" the boy asked faking ignorance.

"You won't believe it! The whole Uchiha clan has been massacred! There is only one survivor, Uchiha Sasuke!" she said and the boy frowned remembering last night but it also meant that Mikoto hadn't been found yet even though the seal should have dissolved by the time he woke up. Training ground 44 was a treacherous place but she was a shinobi and Komi was with her in the shadows. That means she will be here any minute now.

"No way!" he shouted faking surprise.

"For now this is a secret for anyone except hospital staff so please keep it down!" she whispered.

"I see! I would like to see the survivor!" he answered.

"He is in room 627. He has just woken up and seems to be traumatized by the event so he might be a little jumpy. The ANBU said that he had contact with the murderer!"

"I doubt it!" Naruto whispered.

"What?"

"Thank you!" he answered and then went to Sasuke's room.

He stood in front of the door dressed in his hospital uniform. The boy thought of what he should say and how to comfort him for the loss of his father and brother. Inhaling deeply he opened the door and found Sasuke in a sitting position on his bed looking like he was about to kill himself. The blond also noticed that no ANBU guard had been stationed around him confirming his thoughts that the Hokage had already been informed by Danzo of his actions.

Sasuke took a quick look at Naruto showing intense pain and regret, but also anger beyond his years.

"Hey there Sasuke! How are you feeling?" the boy asked in a somewhat happy tone.

"What do you want Naruto?" he grunted.

"Well as a doctor I want to see how your body is doing… and as your friend I want to check on your spirit!" Naruto answered with a kind smile.

"How am I doing?" Sasuke growled "HOW AM I DOING?" the duck-ass yelled. "HOW THE HELL DO YOU THINK I'M DOING? MY WHOLE FAMILY, MY WHOLE CLAN HAS BEEN MURDERED BY ITACHI! HOW THE FUCK SHOULD I FEEL!"

"I'm sorry Sasuke! But don't lose hope just…" Naruto wanted to tell the boy but got interrupted.

"Hope? What hope? I have no family Naruto! Not anymore!" Sasuke growled.

"I wouldn't say that! They haven't found Mikoto-san's bod…" Naruto wanted to give some light to the boy's heart when the doors burst open.

"SASUKE!" Mikoto screamed and rushed to hug the boy.

"No! It can't be! HE KILLED YOU! I SAW HIM SLICE YOUR HEAD OFF!" Sasuke struggled in her imbrace.

"No Sasuke, he didn't! He tricked you! I'm here baby!" she cried to him not letting go.

"K…Kaaa-saan!" Sasuke calmed down enough to see that this was real.

Naruto wanted to leave the two to share the family moment but remembered that she was pregnant.

"Mikoto-san I'm sorry for interrupting you two but you have to have a medical check-up done! Standard procedure!" he said and she frowned a bit but nodded in consent.

Sasuke on the other hand looked like he kissed the Shinigami. Naruto noticed this and said.

"Don't worry Sasuke! She will be safe, believe it(-ttebayo)!" he said smiling and going out through the door with the woman not noticing that she looked at him like she struck gold.

As soon as they closed the door Naruto led her to the examination room but right after they made the corner she stopped moving and looked at the boy with an emotionless face.

"Thank you!" she said.

"No problem ma'am, just doing my job!" the blond chirped.

"Not for this, but for saving me so I can take care of Sasuke!" she continued and the boy went pale on the inside but kept his smiling face on the outside. He thanked the heavens for his training sessions with Hiashi.

"I'm not sure I understand Mikoto-san!" he kept his face.

"Don't play dumb! I also know when people especially boys lie! Part of the advantage of being a mother!" she cringed. "Besides nobody else in this village uses '-ttebayo' at the end of his sentences. It was you who hid me from the Itachi!"

'Damn!' Naruto thought if he should keep lying or come clean. He decided that hiding would be too much of a hustle if she should go to the Hokage.

"I thought that that word would get me into trouble one day!" he confessed.

"So it was you!". She tried to convince herself that she was knocked out by a boy the same age as Sasuke.

"Yes but please keep it down! I don't want any trouble with the Hokage and besides we still have to take care of Sasuke's unborn sister matter!" he tried to keep his cool but then.

"WHAT?". They both looked at the source of the scream and found out that it was Sasuke who had gotten out of bed. "Naruto, what do you mean 'unborn sister' and what does Kaa-san mean that you hid her from Itachi?" he all but screamed.

Naruto thought for a second and answered. "I will tell you Sasuke but if you raise your tone for any matter I will knock you out and keep you sedated for a week!" he said adding a little bit of KI to make his point. Sasuke took a small step back and nodded.

"First of all congratulations Sasuke, you are going to be an older brother!" the blond chirped before becoming serious. "And second of all it is as you heard. I hid her to keep her from getting killed! I will not say anything more than this, not here and now! Eventually but until then keep calm and we will explain everything to you! After you get discharged!" Naruto looked at Mikoto who nodded.

"I don't like it but I trust you Naruto! But if you are working with Itachi I swear I will kill you!" he growled.

"SASUKE!" Mikoto admonished him making him yelp in surprise and return to his room.

'Oh boy!' thought both the blond and the woman.

After the check-up revealed that Mikoto was seven weeks into the pregnancy and that both mother and baby were healthy.

As soon as they were finished they left, heading for Naruto's apartment as they couldn't return to the compound because of the 'investigations' going on there which were nothing but a charade to maintain appearance that the Leaf had nothing to do with the massacre.

Inside the apartment Naruto closed the door and the curtains and after checking that no troublesome Ne ANBU were around he sealed it shut with the 'Keeper of Secrets' seal that he invented. It was an advanced form of the Tomb of Secrets that now had a function of mixing and covering words to make them indescribable to confuse spies.

Once it was done and the two 'last' Uchiha picked their jaws off the floor Mikoto and Naruto told Sasuke the truth and he took it with great maturity and understanding.

"Wha? Who? But… my brother!" he kept repeating.

"Sorry Sasuke but it is the truth! Your brother probably showed you that genjutsu so that you would keep on loving the leaf and hate only him! He entrusted you with the future of the Uchiha but he didn't expect Mikoto and his sister!" Naruto tried to reason with him.

"But why would he do it? Why would he kill father?" Sasuke sobbed.

"Because it would have the same effect!" Naruto answered casually making the duck-ass look directly at him in surprise.

"I don't know what triggered your father's thoughts that he could succeed but he couldn't have been more wrong!" Naruto got into a thinking pose.

"WHAT?" Sasuke shouted.

"Look I know that your clan… was powerful but how many were there of you 50, 100?" Naruto brutally asked.

"What does that have to…" Sasuke was getting nervous.

"Your clan always prided themselves that one of you was worth ten normal shinobi! But even so, there are approximately four thousand active shinobi in the village who are loyal to the Hokage not to mention the old man himself! Do the math and don't be arrogant! Even an Uchiha can bleed, I have healed a few myself!" Naruto explained.

"But… but!" Sasuke was choking on reality.

"It's true Sasuke! I also told your father that but he just wouldn't listen to me!" Mikoto was all but crying.

"I understand… but what about my brother?" Sasuke was really confused.

"That is up to you but know this! He sacrificed his freedom and much of his humanity in a deal to save you!" Naruto told Sasuke who looked surprised … and in pain.

"If you want to blame somebody, blame me!" Naruto retorted making the duck-ass even more surprised. "I wasn't strong enough to prevent this!" Naruto continued.

"Don't you even dare to say such a thing again!" shouted Mikoto. "I already told you that it could not be avoided! Even you said it yourself!"

"But I couldn't even save the young ones!" Naruto cringed.

"QUIET! You are a child yourself! How could anyone even think about accusing you!" the woman continued. "If anyone is to blame it is that fossil Danzo!" she clutched her fist.

"I'm going to kill him!" Sasuke growled.

"No you will not!" Mikoto and Naruto said in unison.

"He is too dangerous to be fought in an open war!" Mikoto told the boy.

"But…"

"No 'buts' young man!" Mikoto shouted at him making Naruto think 'Mothers are scary!'.

"She is right Sasuke! You can't go against him like that! I mean look at what happened to your family!" Naruto hit a soft spot more by mistake then on purpose.

"I SEE what he did Naruto! That's why I have to kill him!" the duck-ass was still stubborn.

Naruto grabbed Sasuke by the collar "No you don't see anything you damn brat! You don't see the arrogance that Fugaku instilled in you! You don't see what it is turning you into! You don't even see your brother's sacrifice! All you see is revenge because you have been wronged! And after you have your revenge? What will you have left? I'll tell you what, an empty space in your heart! And what about those that will come after you when you have completed your revenge? Will you accept their justice and die or will you kill them? WELL?"

Sasuke snapped "BRAT? HOW DARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PAIN I AM FEELING RIGHT NOW? DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW IT FEELS LIKE TO LOSE YOUR FAMILY EXCEPT FOR ONE AND FOR YOUR BROTHER TO BE WRONNGED SO MUCH? Oh I forgot! YOU DON'T HAVE A FAMILY…"

*SLAP!* Sasuke touched his cheek. Mikoto was in front of him with tears in her angry eyes.

"Kaa-san? Why did you…?" Sasuke didn't even get to finish his sentence when she reared her hand for another one but was stopped by Naruto.

"Your right and wrong Sasuke! I don't have a family of my own but I do love the ones who are close to me! I would give my life for them! And I do know pain! Did you know that the Kyuubi wasn't killed? No, he can't be killed but he was sealed inside me when I was born! Don't ask why me! But I will tell you that I was hated and alone! They used to do terrible things to me Sasuke, things that would have killed anyone else but the Kyuubi saved me each time. I heal faster than any other human and I could even live being burnt at the stake…!" Mikoto and Sasuke's eyes enlarged themselves three times "… but what hurt the most Sasuke were the glares! Do you have any idea what it's like to be looked at like you are made of glass? Like you are not even there but you are the beast? No, 'what do you know about the pain I felt' years ago when you had warm food, people who listened to you and cared for you if you were hurting when I was searching for food in dumpsters and everyone ignored me or hurt me? What do you know you spoiled brat?" Naruto said without raising his soft tone. "I know how these things work Sasuke! I had to know them to survive each day! I know how the human mind works! And I don't want you to suffer from it! That's why I risked my life to save your mother even though I could have just ignored it!" Naruto told Sasuke who really regretted saying his earlier words.

"Don't lose your cool and think! I am not saying that Danzo should walk free but we will bring him to justice the right way! How? I don't know yet but we shall see! And like I told your mother, I will do whatever I can to see anyone of you be the executioner if you still desire revenge… after we become shinobi!" the blond spoke with deadly conviction earning two nods.

"Naruto…" Sasuke whispered looking down to the floor.

"Hmm?"

"Your right and … I'm sorry!" Sasuke confessed.

"Don't sweat it! You've been through a lot these days!" Naruto rubbed his upper lip and then the boys shook hands under the eyes of a smiling Mikoto.

"We now just have to make sure Danzo gets what he deserves!" Mikoto growled.

"But how?" Sasuke asked while Naruto was thinking.

"It won't be easy and fast that's for sure! Sasuke, Mikoto-san, you guys still have to play the act that Itachi was the killer! Sasuke, while we are in the academy you have to appear as if you only want to kill Itachi slowly, that you want power and nothing else! We also have to make sure that we end up on the same team but the question is how?" Naruto explained.

"Hmm… I know I'm not supposed to tell you this since it's a village rule not to say anything about it to non-shinobi and future shinobi but the foremost rule is that a shinobi secret can be revealed for the good of the village and such. The Gennin teams are formed following two rules with small exceptions. The first rule is that grades have to be balanced and that means the best boy and girl in class have to be paired with the worst boy decided by grades. This is to balance a team's power so that all teams have equal chances of survival out in the field. The second part is done by the team's sensei. If they decide to have a balanced team or a specialized team for task such as tracking they can choose the Gennin for their teams. The exceptions are when a council member uses his power to put their children or one they favor in a much better position like I heard the Yamanaka, Nara and Akimichi want to with their children to form the second generation Ino-Shika-Cho." Mikoto explained.

Naruto had read about their legendary combos and was impressed. He wondered if their children could surpass them but snapped out of it and went back to thinking. After a while he got an idea.

"I got it! It's simple really! We just got to fill the first two requirements and I don't think that it will be a problem for us to end up together!" Naruto smirked and made the other two people look at him like he was crazy.

"Unless you are forgetting Naruto, you and I are the best two in our grade!" Sasuke explained with a large sweat drop.

"So? We still have three more years to pull it off and since getting bad grades would put you in a bad position for our plan and will attract too much attention as the 'last' (for now) Uchiha capable of the Sharingan (since Mikoto was by marriage and not by blood), I will take the fall! Besides hopefully it will get those pesky Ne agents off my back and will remove attention from my case letting me sneak around a lot easier. Besides, Hinata would be our third member if all goes well and I will make sure she will!" Naruto explained flashing a sadistic grin worthy of Anko when he mentioned the last part.

"And I will do what I can to investigate Danzo from inside the council!" Mikoto suggested.

"I think it would be best for you to lay low for a while Mikoto-san! Try and support the plan for the first part without attracting too much attention to yourself and keep your senses sharp for any Danzo related activity but don't go actively digging for him as I heard that people who do that 'mysteriously' disappear!" Naruto continued earning a nod from the woman.

They worked out the finer parts of the plan and then they went separate ways with Naruto remaining inside his apartment and after a quick shower got inside the bed.

'Hellu'va day!' Naruto thought.

'You can say that again kit!' a deep voice came from inside him.

'I don't know why I'm going so far with this nii-san." the boy continued

'Me neither, but just so you know Naruto that mummy-bastard want's the youngster's Hokage hat!' Kurama answered surprising the blond 'Not to mention that he wanted to turn us into a mindless weapon! We were there when he proposed it but you were too young to remember!"

Naruto growled so much that it made Kurama proud and then he went to sleep.

The next day Naruto woke up with someone knocking at the door. He got up, still dressed in his clothes as he fell asleep last night forgetting to change them. He opened the door to see a sight that made his blood freeze.

"Umm… g-good morning H-Haruko-san!" he stuttered like he was seeing the Shinigami.

"Good morning Naruto-kun! Mind if I come in?" she said in a sweet voice.

The blond nodded and invited her in where she sat down on the bed.

"W-would you like some tea?" Naruto tried to shift the atmosphere a little bit.

She smiled and nodded. Naruto quickly boiled water and added the tea lives. He poured two cups of the brew and gave one to Haruko who was waiting patiently. She thanked him and then sipped some before setting the cup down on a small nightstand.

"Naruto-kun, would you mind telling me why you didn't bother to let me know where you went last night? And don't try to tell me that you were home because I already know that was a Shadow Clone!" she continued in a motherly tone.

'Yikes! It must have dispelled overnight! Guess the cats' out of the bag.' he thought surrendering himself to his fate.

"I went to the hospital to check on Sasuke after I heard he was admitted for unknown reasons. After that I just continued working since it was Saturday, I was already there and forgot the time! Since the apartment was the closest to the hospital and I was really tired, I just came here and fell asleep. Looks like I even forgot to change my clothes." Naruto didn't really lie. He hated lying for no reason but left out the part where he talked to the Uchiha duo.

"I heard about him and Mikoto-san but why did you not let us know that you were working?" she asked.

"Truthfully, I thought you wouldn't notice. I left a clone at home in case anything happen so it just slipped my mind!" he admitted feeling a little ashamed of himself.

Haruko then got up and took him by the ear and dragged him into the kitchen area.

"Ow, ow!" he said behind his teeth but didn't protest nor struggle.

She set him down on at the table and opened the farthest cupboard making him pale. The woman took out a couple of sealing scrolls that had different kanji on each one. She put a little chakra into them and out came a lot of different vegetables. She quickly used her chakra to cut and slice them and mixed them into a big bowl. Haruko then put the bowl in front of Naruto who was fighting the urge to run and throw up.

"Now, you know the drill! For every time you make us worry you eat one big bowl of salad." she told the blond in a scolding motherly tone.

"I guess there is no way I can convince you to let me off this time, is there?" Naruto tried to bargain his way out but Haruko frowned just the slightest and moved her head from side to side.

Naruto then sighed and said "Pass me the salt!" with a half-dead voice.

The next day Naruto, Hinata and her mother were walking to school. For the week he was strictly forbidden ramen as another part of his 'punishment'. Naruto didn't like it but he admitted he deserved it. Besides the food he got from the clan wasn't so bad but right now he really wanted to wash out the salad's aftertaste. It would take a week before he forgot about the 'horrible' mix and of course Haruko knew that so now she was on 'surveillance' duty.

Truthfully she knew that the boy would follow her command if she told him to stay away from Ichiraku but she just enjoyed walking the kids to the Academy. Now that she was fully healed she could even train her rusty body but still took the time to enjoy the things she loved.

On their way she noticed the glares that Naruto received from the villagers and she even responded back to those who wanted to throw stuff at the boy. To anyone else the woman looked like a harmless mother walking two kids at school but her targets would freeze with the objects in their hands. They would immediately see the creature that usually scared the shit out of Hiashi looking at least four times bigger than an adult and waving her index finger from side to side in a 'no' fashion.

But then she saw something else. She would see a couple of blurs around the area Naruto walked. Occasionally she would even spot a flash of some kind. Haruko activated her Byakugan and noticed that all the abnormalities were actually girls the same age as the kids walking besides her. She deactivated her doujutsu and was about to confront the closest one when Naruto stopped her.

"Doesn't work Haruko-san!" Naruto sighed. "I already tried to ignore them, chase them off, scare them, even bribe them but they still keep at it!"

"What do they want?" asked the confused woman.

"Don't know! They usually follow me around like this but the more daring ones even bring battery vacuum cleaners with them to pick any bread crumbs or hair that I leave behind. Anything bigger than that they treat it like it's an artifact, like what I wrapped my lunch in last week." Naruto continued.

Haruko looked a little more confused until Hinata pulled her over and whispered in her ear something. Naruto was too busy looking out for the insane girls but then she heard the woman giggling.

"Well, well Naruto-kun, Hinata-chan just told me that you have a fan club!" she continued making the girl blush.

"A WHAT? You mean like Sasuke's?" Naruto face-palmed himself. How could he NOT notice. "Then how in the world do I get rid of it?"

The woman giggled a little louder. "Well Naruto-kun as far as I know, there are only three ways to lose it!" she said making the boy's eyes bulge. "One would be to kill them all…" she said in a mock serious tone but making the closer fans yelp silently

"Too drastic!" Naruto said making the girls relax.

"Two would be to let them know that you don't swing their way!" Haruko giggled.

"Too OH-HELL-NO!" Naruto shivered.

"Three would be to get a girlfriend!" the woman smiled at Hinata giving her hope.

"Where would I get one of those?" Naruto deadpanned making the mother-daughter slouch.

"Maybe somewhere… close?" Haruko hinted.

"One of my fans? No way! They are nice girls but a bit too creepy for me!" he said.

"Someone even closer to you?" Haruko wanted to slap him over the head.

"Like make a clone and have it henge? But that would be a pain!" Naruto answered making Haruko mentally face-palm herself.

"Not that close." the woman continued looking to Hinata.

Naruto took a few seconds to register the information but came back shocked.

"Hinata?" he said out loud (but not shouted) and made the girl blush even deeper.

"No way!" he said crossing his arms and making the Hyuuga heiress nearly cry. "I mean could you imagine me and Hinata together?" he continued not noticing the girl's tears in the corner of her eyes.

"Naruto, why would you say something like that to Hinata-chan?" the girl's mother scolded him. "Do you really think that Hinata-chan would not be someone fit for you?" she nearly spat out.

"Huh? What do you mean? I meant it the other way around! I like her and all but I thought she liked me like a brother!" he answered a little dumbfound. "I mean…" he couldn't say anything more as he was silenced by a kiss from a teary Hinata, making his stalkers explode.

"You BAKA!" Hinata all but cried making the boy look even more surprised but he snapped out if it quickly.

"Can I take that as our first moment as a couple?" Naruto smiled at her and she hugged him tight.

"Ahem!". They were brought back from their dreamland by a giggling Haruko who just happened to have a camera with her making both kids red as tomatoes.

"Kaa-sama!" Hinata shouted to her mother. Naruto on the other hand looked a bit dazed but then the redness receded and he smiled at the woman.

"Can I take it that you 'and' Hiashi-sama approve?" he asked gaining a smiling nod. He smiled back and asked "What did you get with that?" pointing to the camera.

"Oh just the kiss and the hug!" she whistled hoping to make them embarrassed and it worked for Hinata… as for Naruto.

"I want copies!" he smirked and Haruko got a question mark over her head which Naruto saw. "Don't tell me you were hoping to tease me with them? Forget it!" he crossed his arms looking playfully smug.

"You're no fun Naruto-kun! How come?" she dropped her shoulders and Hinata looked at him in confusion.

"Some guy changed the cover of his porn novel to one of 'Fine Reading'. Using shadow reading I got through it before I could even avert my eyes!" he said inventing a new shade of red together with Hinata "Nothing compares to those kinds of thoughts! If I ever get my hands on the guy who did it I'm going to ring his life out of him or her slowly!" Naruto answered.

"Get in line!" Haruko told him as the dark figure behind her was cracking its knuckles.

Somewhere in another country far away from Konoha an elderly man with white long hair and a forehead protector that had the kanji for 'Oil' "ACHOOO!" sneezed out loud. 'Oh boy, someone must be talking about me… and judging by the intensity of the sneeze, it can't be good!"

The rest of the year passed and everybody in the kid's academy year got the message that Naruto and Hinata were together. At first the boy had a couple of problems with some of the boys in the class who thought that he had enough girls already and didn't need the hottest one. He blasted them away with massive KI except for one Inuzuka Kiba who just couldn't take a hint until he beat him into the ground one sparring match.

*Flashback*

"Alright class, today we have some basic sparring matches to see where your taijutsu is at right now. Each one of you come down and take a slip of paper from the desk, boys to the left and girls to the right! I will supervise the boys while Mizuki-sensei will see to the girls." Iruka pointed out.

They all went and picked a slip of paper and from the line-up Sasuke got Shikamaru, Naruto got Kiba and Hinata faced Sakura. Naruto was well on his way with his plan. His grades started dropping and he was severely faking his physical fitness. Not to mention Mizuki started to 'teach' the blond who noticed that the gray-haired man was doing his best to sabotage his training. Wrong hand-signs, horrible taijutsu forms, genjutsu on his test-papers you name it the sensei tried it. Naruto had to fight his urge to kill the man though it didn't help that Kurama was shouting to 'Just do it!'. But this was in the boy's favor since he could now hide his true abilities better by doing what Mizuki showed him. He dropped close to Shikamaru's position. Kiba was no better but his physical fitness kept him afloat.

They got to the academy training ground. It looked like an empty ground with no grass on it from years of use except that it had training posts at the edge. The two teachers explained the rules. No killing, no maiming, no chakra and only taijutsu. You start or stop when they say so or the opponent can't continue the fight.

Sasuke didn't have much of a fight on his hands as Shikamaru forfeited. Hinata used her mastery of the Ryuusei (better than Naruto's thanks to her flexibility) to tire Sakura out and then simply slapped her to the ground where she passed out from exhaustion.

Then it was Naruto's turn. He got into position and thought about how he would go on faking it. His plan was to take two or three hits until he fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

"Yahoo! I finally get to clobber this bookworm! Then Hinata will see what a loser you are and will come to me! I bet I will kiss her by tonight!" he said out loud making the plan and his hopes of winning shatter in the background.

The next thing he heard was a loud boom and crack as one of the training posts broke in half from Naruto's strike. The blond was standing straight and looked mighty pissed. To his right (and a few inches back) was the poor piece of wood that was as thick as him. Its top was lying on the ground in the back with a dent in it that looked like an impression of the bottom of a fist. (To clarify Naruto hit the wood with the bottom of his fist making the motion of hitting it horizontally with his shoulder. To give you an idea, just line your elbow with both your shoulders and straighten out your arm!)

Kiba noticed this and started sweating. Naruto disabled his bands who were now the equivalent of around 420 pounds on each limb.

"Any last wish dog-breath?" Naruto growled.

The Inuzuka was a moron but he had instincts, and right now those instincts foretold a world of pain for him.

"Umm… chill out man I was, umm kidding?" Kiba raised his arms in surrender.

"Any last wish?" Naruto asked again.

"How about … don't kill me?" Kiba yelped.

Iruka was a little worried after seeing Naruto break that thick post but he couldn't show favoritism. He had no choice but to say "Alright that's enough! Begin!"

"Granted!" Naruto smirked and then disappeared from view and in a split second he appeared in the air in front of Kiba and slammed his heel in the high-back of the dog-boy's head sending him face first into the ground making the boy pass out.

Iruka was stunned at the display and announced Naruto the winner before taking the passed out student to the infirmary. From that they on Kiba knew or at least pretended that Hinata was off-limits and so did the majority of the boys. Also since that time Naruto has never won a fight except for those who forfeited against him after feeling his KI like the Inuzuka.

*End flashback*

He was just entering the gates when the guard told him that the Hokage was there and that Hiashi wanted to see him. Naruto guessed what they wanted so he steeled himself for the meeting.

He opened the room to Hiashi's office and noticed that besides the man and the Hokage, Haruko was also there, and all of them looked unhappy.

'Oh boy!' Naruto slumped and wordlessly greeted the three who nodded back. "You wish to see me Hiashi-sama?" Naruto bowed.

Hiashi nodded and motioned the boy to sit between the two other adults.

"Naruto-kun, do you know why I called you here?" Hiashi asked.

"I do not but I guess it's about my academy performance." the boy answered seriously.

"Indeed! Well to skip the suspense would you tell us why you … competed for the position of lowest in class?" Hiashi asked.

Naruto closed his eyes for a couple of seconds then answered "I can't lie to you! There are a lot of reasons but, for now I can only tell you most of them! As for the rest I'm sorry I gave my word but I can assure you that they bring no danger to either the village or the clan! Don't worry, it's not a deal with any Ne ANBU."

Both Hiashi and Sarutobi raised an eyebrow. They pondered insisting that the boy say everything but then they remembered that they trusted the boy. They both knew that Naruto was far from a naïve child he let people believe he was and he would be deathly stubborn when he was serious. Haruko was just worried.

"That is fine but are you sure that those secrets are best kept from us?" Hiruzen commented.

"First thing I do when I become Gennin will be to tell you everything!" Naruto answered earning a nod from both men who relaxed even more. They agreed that there was little Naruto could do before becoming a shinobi, or so they thought. "The first reason my grades dropped is because of shinobi rule number one, surprise is the biggest advantage. If nobody knows what I'm really capable of then they will underestimate me!" he said earning another set of nods from the adults, who were surprised of how sneaky Naruto could be.

"Second reason would be to get the pain off your behinds!" Naruto smirked.

"What do you mean?" the surprised Kage asked.

"I mean the pain of the council Hokage-jijii!" the boy answered. "I know that the administration council, especially the civilian part are giving you constant headaches about me and seeing how smart I really am would make them even more restless and could make them take 'drastic measures'! In fact I think that this could work out in my benefit as well!" he said in a thinking pose while the adults were wide-eyed as Naruto was on the dot.

"How do you know that?" both men said at the same time.

"So I was right!" Naruto beamed and the two men blushed. "Anyway, this should take the heat off our backs! The last reason is because I found out how the Gennin teams are formed and I want to end up in the same team as Sasuke and Hinata and since both of them are heirs I left the top positions to them and I got dead-last!" Naruto confessed.

"How did you found out about that?" Hiruzen nearly shouted.

Naruto answered "Hey I got info on what happens in the council from you! Do you think it was that hard to figure it out?" Naruto smirked in an evil fashion.

Hiruzen sighed "I guess not."

Haruko intervened "But Naruto-kun, I understand that you care for Hinata and your friend but you know that Hiashi-san could have gotten you in that team right? Remember that the Hyuuga are on the council as well!"

"Yes, I thought of that but it would put the clan in the hotseat for favoring the 'demon-child'! It took them a long time to get used to me living here and that was with Hokage-jijii's help, at least that's what I heard from some drunken Jounin! What would happen when he can't get involved due to favoritism?" Naruto sighed and the adults had once again admitted he was right.

"That was all I can tell, for now at least! Except that Mikoto Uchiha-san also knows about this but is under the same oath of secrecy." Naruto said.

"Mikoto?" Hiruzen was surprised. He trusted the woman just as much as Itachi but he couldn't have approached her the same way since she was a retired shinobi and a mother.

Naruto was then excused.

When he was out of the room they began whispering.

"So, what do you two think?" Hiruzen asked the Hyuuga leaders.

"He carries too many weights on his shoulders! He cares more about his friends and family then his own dreams. I don't like the fact that he is involved in so many secrets but I am not in any position to talk about it!" Hiashi explained.

"I think I did wrong by teaching him politics but I also think that he could have found it out himself due to the village's views of him." Haruko continued a bit saddened by Naruto's sacrifice.

"Indeed, while it is true that the civilian councilors and a portion of the High Council have stopped watching him like hawks, he still should have left this to the adults. He is far too young to worry about such things! I will have to have a chat with Mikoto to see where this is going." Hiruzen added his two cents.

"With all due respect Hokage-sama, even though I agree fully with your words, I also think that we can all agree that Naruto's childhood unfortunately ended when he was born and the villagers found out what he contained. Also I need to remind you of the 'strained' relationship you have with the boy and would like to ask you to tread with care regarding Uchiha-san." Hiashi said in a grave tone.

"Indeed." Hiruzen looked to the ceiling where and image of Minato and Kushina appeared. 'I'm sorry!' the man cringed.

"Well it's no use crying over spilt milk! I know how stubborn Naruto-kun can be when helping another. Could you believe that he ate a whole big bowl of salad without complaining when I caught him working overtime at the hospital without telling me? Besides you both know that he is not stupid so we should do our best to watch over him and give him the support he needs!" Haruko giggled and the men laughed and agreed.

They didn't notice a small mosquito in Haruko's hair and as soon as they finished their meeting it flew outside and a good distance from the compound it disappeared in a large puff of smoke.

Inside his room Naruto smiled.

The next three years passed with Naruto the 'dobe' or dead-last of the class and was now wearing the canon orange jumpsuit. The blond found out that being the idiot on the floating line was harder than being on top. He noticed that Shikamaru was in a similar position but for the Nara being last seemed to come a lot easier, like it was genetic. True to his word Sarutobi summoned Mikoto to his office and the woman explained things in more detail but not enough to give a clear picture, saying that once her son was Gennin he would hopefully understand everything and would just have to wait. She reassured him that nothing will happen before this. The Hokage thankfully agreed with her and decided not to press the matter further.

The blond would constantly train with Sasuke and Hinata when not working at the hospital and they were at least mid-Chuunin. They would even study together and Naruto would tutor them seeing that he was a walking library. Sasuke and Mikoto on the other hand opened the Uchiha library for them and once again Naruto had stars in his eyes. He mostly ignored the jutsu portion of it and settled for the brute information section. Naruto eventually told the two about Kurama and even got them to meet him inside the forest mindscape. To say that they shit themselves when they saw the fox was the understatement of the universe but after a while they became comfortable and eventually friends. The boy then started working on his own element which was wind and he completely mastered it in a couple of months. Hinata decided not to train her element yet since she had much less chakra than the boys but went on perfecting her control and her Juken, adding her flexibility to it to minimize chakra usage. She also began learning basic medical jutsu from Naruto and the blond found out she had a natural talent for healing since she liked making medical salves. Naruto briefed her fully on the plan under the oath of secrecy and, while she worried about the whole matter, she agreed to take part in it.

Dr. Mamoru found out about his grades and he had to give the same explanation he gave the Hokage but the hospital head agreed with him fully and even helped him out wherever he wanted or needed to leave by giving him mock injury excuses or something else.

The days flowed like this until, at twelve years old, Naruto and his friends went to the academy for the day before that of the graduation exam. Since the 'Uchiha Incident' Sarutobi and the council forbid the skipping of grades since it was 'believed' that Itachi's condition as genius made him go mad and kill his family with the minimum graduation age now being that of twelve to give the young future shinobi to emotionally mature.

The hero trio were talking amongst themselves.

"Guys!" Naruto began.

"Hmm?" the duck-ass was 'brooding' to keep his image.

"You know that only grades matter for the team assignments, right?" the blond whispered gaining two nods.

"Well, why don't we drop the masks for the test? I challenge you to a duel of the exam oh great Uchiha!" he said making the brunet smirk and Hinata to sadden. Naruto noticed the later.

"Sorry! I would challenge you too Hinata-chan but you know that kunoichi compete with kunoichi (female ninja)!" he said making her feel better knowing that he was right and that he had a point.

"You're on!" Sasuke whispered.

After they finished talking the earth started to shake like it was a stampede.

'OH NO!' the trio thought as the rumbling was getting louder and closer. Soon the doors slid open and two girls (if you can call them that) screamed at the top of their lungs

"First!/I win!"

It was the presidents of Sasuke's annoying fanclub, Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno. After they finished arguing (canon) with Sakura winning, she made her way to the previous group's location.

"Oh no!" they voiced together in unison but not that loud.

Naruto was sitting on the outside with Sasuke in the middle and Hinata after him. Naruto in his passed academy years pretended to be a kind of idiot so Sakura would usually boss him around much to Hinata's displeasure. The blond had to keep the Hyuuga heiress form killing bubblegum-head on a constant basis. The pink bookworm didn't get to see Naruto mad when he bashed Kiba so she didn't believe the stories from her classmates not to piss-off Naruto.

The fangirl supreme (A/N: Heh! Sounds like some kind of pastry!) reached the trio's side and barked.

"MOVE NARUTO-BAKA! I want to sit next to Sasuke-kun!"

"Haruno-san, would you be so kind as to keep the volume low? Also there are other seating possibilities around so please pick another as Sasuke clearly doesn't want to be positioned anywhere near your presence!" he answered in a deceptively sweet tone that hid the sarcasm.

"NO! I WANT TO SIT NEXT TO SASUKE-KUN NOW MOVE BAKA!" she reared her hand for a punch and fired it but Naruto caught it with ease. 'Too easy! She's been dieting again!' he mentally sighed. For a ninja dieting was just wrong. It made you weak physically and being weak could spell your death or worse, the death of your comrades. He then reeled her in by the knuckles grabbing her throat at the same time and holding it tight.

"Now listen here Haruno-san! I. WILL. NOT. MOVE! Not on your orders! Now take your loud-ass mouth and move the hell away before I lose my temper, you fucking banshee!" Naruto growled letting Kurama's chakra fill his system gaining slit eyes and sharp fangs and claws, scaring the poor fangirl half to death. He retracted the Bijuu chakra before anyone else noticed this and after quickly and discreetly heeling her bruises he let her go and she vanished with a speed nobody knew she had (not even herself).

Sasuke then nudged the blond and whispered "Thanks!".

The doors once again slid open and two adults entered.

"Good morning class!" Iruka chirped but nobody noticed him and the class was being quite rowdy. The sensei then got a tick mark.

"QUIET YOU LITTLE BRATS!" he yelled using his big head jutsu, managing to get them to settle down.

"That's better! I hope you all slept well and studied because today is the graduation written exam!" he chirped again making the kids slump.

The two men started handing out the exam sheets with Mizuki giving Naruto his with a visible scowl on his face. After every student got their paper they all turned it to the other side to look at the questions. Naruto's for some reason seemed normal but he activated his Shinsougan just in case. He was surprised to find … one of the most complex genjutsu he ever saw besides the battle ready ones.

'So Mizuki-sensei really wants me to fail! I don't think it's only because Kurama-nii since he would have to deal with me another year, but why? He must have some other plan!' Naruto thought but remembered the challenge he had with Sasuke so, Ranpu active, he answered all the correct questions without dispelling the genjutsu on the paper flawlessly with Mizuki grinning like an idiot.

Finishing the exam in record time all three of them exited the room and went out to the yard.

"I would ask you how it was for you but the exam was just two easy!" Sasuke commented earning two nods.

"Guys, I think Mizuki is out to get me!" Naruto said.

"No flash-news there!" Sasuke answered.

"Yeah, but this time it was subtle. Each question had its own genjutsu as well as one over the whole page. He really wanted me to flunk! And it couldn't have been about nii-san! He would have wanted to get rid of me as fast as possible and send me to my death considering my 'academic performance', not keep me around another year!" Naruto explained.

"True! He wouldn't have used such a complex jutsu if he just wanted you to flunk!" Hinata added her ideas into the mix.

"I think he is up to something!" Sasuke commented.

"I agree! I will go talk to Hokage-jijii!" Naruto said and shunshined away.

"He ditched us … again!" Sasuke twitched and Hinata giggled, then both of them shunshined home.

Hiruzen was having a splendid time peeking on the woman baths of the Konoha onsen with his two shadow clones taking care of paperwork, when Naruto appeared with a swirl of leaves. The Hokage quickly deactivated his jutsu.

"Hey Hokage-jijii!" the boy chirped.

"N-Naruto! How did you…?" the old man asked.

"I shunshined through the open window!" Naruto said pointing to the said part of the building. "What were you up to?"

"H-Hokage stuff, c-concerning the security of the village!" Sarutobi hesitantly answered.

"If that 'stuff' is about one crystal ball, one onsen and Neko-san is your guard today… I know why your walls were growling." he said making the Hokage blush in embarrassment and the 'walls' to silently snicker.

"Anyway, that's not why I'm here. I came here to tell you that I suspect Mizuki-sensei of no good!" Naruto said changing to his serious mask.

"Naruto, are you sure? It isn't just a trick to get revenge on your sensei for failing you is it?" Sarutobi said though he already knew the answer.

"Do you really think so low of me?" Naruto asked still appearing serious with Hiruzen answering by swaying his head from side to side.

"What evidence do you have of this no good?" Sarutobi asked.

"That's just it, I don't!" Naruto then proceeded to tell the old man the same things he told Sasuke and Hinata.

Sarutobi pondered a bit but saw that Naruto had a point, as usual when he was serious. "Hmm… what can we do about this?" the aged Kage pondered.

"I don't know! It seems that the only way to find out what he is planning is for me to actually fail but then again I don't really want to repeat the year but I'm willing to take one for the safety of the village!" Naruto said sadly.

Hiruzen then got an idea. "Then maybe you should fail!" he chirped with Naruto having a look between 'are-you-crazy', 'okay' and 'I'm-going-to-kill-you!'

The Hokage noticed this and sweat-dropped "No not like that! I am going to test you right here and now with the ANBU as the witness! That's it if you think you passed the written portion as I believe you to be capable of doing!" Hiruzen chuckled.

"Are you kidding me? I wrote a quarter of those questions! Iruka-sensei forgot to check the sources of his questions again." the boy slumped at the thought of his sensei.

Hiruzen agreed with him as he had a short (canon with small modifications) talk with the scared man about Naruto.

"Okay then! Now for the taijutsu portion, I know that you are a master of Juken and your original style Ryuusei so that's a pass with full marks. The shuriken and kunai, I saw you many times using your clones as practice dummies and hit them, moving targets, without fail so another full marks. Ninjutsu and genjutsu I don't really know that much except Shadow Clones and Ranpu abilities."

"Well I can do all three academy jutsu but they have an issue." Naruto confessed.

"What issue?" Hiruzen raised an eyebrow.

"I mean this…" Naruto said and henged into Mizuki without hand-seals. "Try to touch my head, gently!" the boy said.

Sarutobi went to touch 'Mizuki's' head and thinking that it was just an illusion, he forgot the gentle part and he slapped Naruto with force.

"OW! I said gently!" Naruto growled.

"Wha?" the Hokage said in surprise.

"It is still the academy jutsu! It's because of Kurama-nii-san's chakra that the academy henge is just the same as the Jounin version that makes it real! The same with the Bunshin! It looks just like a Kage Bunshin but without memory transfer. My Kawarimi is much stronger too. I can pull living beings using the same chakra that you would use to pull a log! All jutsu use the same chakra as the academy ones but as you can see…" Naruto stopped talking as the old man nodded.

(A/N In the original series, henge can be solid! Research it if you don't believe me! I just adapted the story to fit my fic!)

"As for genjutsu, for the same reason I can't use normal illusions but I can still project soundless images with my Ranpu abilities and I'm virtually immune to all genjutsu thanks to Kurama-nii-san's help and my Ranpu chakra that cleanses my system of any foreign mass or chakra!" the boy confessed again returning to his real form while holding a miniature hologram of the Hokage in his hand.

"Well the exam was never about casting genjutsu but breaking them. Casting one would earn extra points so that means you get full points again and a little bonus thanks to the unique Ranpu genjutsu and the Kawarimi! All in all you have passed full points with extra!" said the man while waving off the ANBU who scattered while he went to his desk to get a rather old but still shining forehead protector. The hitai-ate looked like it had seen a lot of action.

Naruto noted the agents leaving and discreetly activated 'Keeper of Secrets' gaining a smile from Hiruzen.

"Congratulations, Gennin Naruto Namikaze-Uzumaki! This was your father's hitai-ate! I kept it to give it to you when you graduated or reached sixteen years of age." Hiruzen said while tying the forehead protector to the boy's head who was smiling and fighting his own tears. "Now I'm going to hand you your first C-rank mission! You are to find out if and what is Mizuki planning and report your findings to me!"

"HAI JIJII!" Naruto answered standing in attention and slightly smiling.

The next day we find our hero trio standing together in the class.

"So that's what happened guys." Naruto told them.

"Congratulations!" Hinata chirped in a whisper.

"Hn!" Sasuke smirked.

"Now let's see what score you get Sasuke!" Naruto smirked back.

"Get ready to cry Naruto!" Sasuke 'threatened'.

"Fat chance!" the blond playfully responded.

At that moment Iruka and his gray-haired companinon entered.

"Alright class, settle down so we can begin!" the man politely addressed the class but had the same reaction as yesterday.

"I SAID SILENCE YOU BRATS!" the big head jutsu strikes again.

"That's better, now first of all I would like to say that some of you did well where some of you didn't do so good on yesterday's test! You will find out your scores later, if you pass the physical challenge of the Gennin tests. Okay let's get to it! I want you all to wait outside before we call you in!" the dolphin said in a much too happy tone.

The class complied and all went outside to wait for their turn.

First was the targeting exam where students had to hit a stationary target dummy in the vitals with ten shuriken and ten kunai.

Sasuke and Hinata got perfect points but Naruto intentionally missed a couple of them. It was easier for him to fake it since he got a lot of shitty and bent kunai and shuriken hidden by weak genjutsu.

The taijutsu part of the exam where a student had to face off an instructor while the other sensei watched and graded style and ingenuity, where once again the brunet and blue pair got full points with a little extra for combining the academy style with their clan style. Naruto on the other hand faked it again by using moves Mizuki taught him, occasionally adding a correct move or two to keep him from failing, yet. He still wanted to know what his friends did.

Then came the last part which was the Ninjutsu and Genjutsu examination.

Hinata was the first of them to enter after a few minutes she came out with a big smile on her face having aced it and even trapping Mizuki in a genjutsu earning a few extra points.

After another group of students it was Sasuke's turn and after a while he came out wearing his traditional smirk. He went a step further and nabbed both of them in a genjutsu where they both saw each other as monsters gaining more points.

As Naruto entered he saw a desk full of brand new leaf hitai-ate. He still had his own in his jumpsuit pocket held close to his heart.

"Okay Naruto, I want you to perform the three academy jutsu plus to escape from a simple genjutsu!" Iruka said in sensei mode.

"Sure! Here I go!" Naruto chirped and gathered a lot of chakra for the show.

The boy then started 'concentrating' out loud "Aaaaahhhhh… Kaze no Kizu! (A/N Just kidding!) 'Bunshin no Jutsu'!" just as he let go of the jutsu the blond felt a spike of chakra directed at his Tenketsu. Using Soujin Seishin he had enough time to see that the source was Mizuki.

'Bastard!' Naruto thought.

Then out of a puff of smoke came a brain dead whitish clone that cried 'Kill me!'.

"YOU FAIL!" Iruka screamed.

(Canon from here to the end of Mizuki's conversation with Naruto at the swing)

"Hokage-jijii!" Naruto said while shunshining to his office.

"Yes Naruto I saw it all!" Hiruzen answered with a grave expression.

"What do we do? Without any other evidence the council would just take it as favoritism towards the 'demon-child' if you say that I am the witness since 'I failed the exam'!" Naruto asked.

The Hokage took another swig from his pipe and blew out the smoke. "Indeed! Truthfully, I'm sorry Naruto!" the aged Kage told the boy who raised an eyebrow. "I did not fully believe you and did not station any ANBU to watch over the proceedings of the exam." the man admitted.

Naruto cringed his teeth but started counting down from five while thinking. "Understandable! I will not hold it against you this time!" the blond continued "But what do we do about Mizuki?"

"I will give you the Scroll as bait and when he confesses fully he will be apprehended! Just guard it well Naruto, it is a relic from the Shodai Hokage (First Fire Shadow)!" Hiruzen answered.

"Hai!" came from Naruto.

(Canon until Iruka confesses that he cares for Naruto and that he is not the fox)

"I said I would take care of you first Iruka but I changed my mind!" smirked Mizuki as he readied his shuriken "HURRY UP AND DIE!" he screamed as he charged Iruka and was about to throw when Naruto teleported to the traitor's side to deliver a jaw crushing axe-kick.

"NARUTO!" screamed Iruka although he was surprised to see the blond sporting a hitai-ate.

"Mizuki, by the orders of the Third Hokage, as a shinobi of the hidden leaf I am placing you under arrest!" Naruto growled at the gray haired sensei.

"Heh! So I was set up, huh?" Mizuki cringed a smirk and enlightened the situation for Iruka. "No matter, I'll kill you with one shot!" he shouted.

Naruto didn't answer but teleported directly to his side to deliver a backhand to his nose. After skidding to a halt Mizuki trembled as he rose from the ground.

"Kill me with one shot eh? 'Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu'!" Naruto said the last part though no hand-signs were formed and over a thousand Narutos appeared around them "Which one of me?" all Narutos said in unison followed by them beating the shit out of the traitor.

"Naruto you…" Iruka said though he was still shocked.

The boy then dispelled all but two clones.

"Easy sensei! You got hurt pretty bad! Stay still!" Naruto said while his clones were using medical jutsu to heal him.

"Guess I never knew you after all!" the man smiled sadly.

"For the most part you were right just that your info wasn't complete! As for the Kyuubi, I found out about him when I was five and before you ask, yes the Hokage knows! His name is Kurama and is a pretty good guy as long as you don't wake him up early!" Naruto chuckled this last part making Iruka look at him wide eyed.

'I heard that!' the fox growled.

"Go back to sleep nii-san!" Naruto laughed.

'Hmph!'

"Sorry about that Iruka-sensei he just hates it when I'm in danger! All done!" the boy smiled and Iruka smirked.

"Thanks and good job!" Iruka answered when the Hokage together with his trusty ANBU appeared.

"Iruka, Naruto, I want to congratulate you for apprehending the traitor Mizuki! Naruto, congratulations on your first successful … B-rank mission! Come by tomorrow to deliver the report and get your pay for it. Iruka will you help him with the report or are you in need of medical care?" the Hokage asked.

"I feel fine Hokage-sama! Naruto must have patched me up pretty well!" Iruka smiled.

"Of course! Naruto is actually the most talented and competent medical nin that we have in the village, according to chief med-nin Mamoru! His techniques are legendary in the hospital!" the Hokage chuckled making Naruto blush and Iruka go wide-eye.

"Speaking of techniques, what was that jutsu that you used to appear next to Mizuki? I couldn't sense any movement." asked Iruka.

"Oh, I call that 'Senkaipo' (World Piercing Step)! It works by combining the principles of Yondaime's Hiraishin and the Kawarimi no Jutsu together with some complex quantum mechanics! I open a subspace gate and switch any portion of space in contact with my chakra with any other portion space I can see or sense depending on how much chakra I use. It doesn't work if I don't know the exact properties of the said space because I need to add a precise amount of chakra. Besides that it uses as much chakra as an A-rank fire jutsu every time I 'switch' or 'jump' and will still work even if you don't have that said chakra but you will get crushed in subspace if you don't have enough energy to keep the 'tunnel' open. I would thus classify it as a Kinjutsu for shinobi lower than Jounin except myself because of the dangers, the chakra quantity and control needed besides that it would require nearly ten years of quantum mechanics study." Naruto said in a lecture type pose leaving two stupefied adults since the ANBU had left with Mizuki.

"I-I see!" the old Kage sweat-dropped. Naruto had just upgraded the Hiraishin and the blond was talking about it like he had just finished a math problem and was moving on to the next. "Well I guess you two have earned some rest! Take care!"

And with that they all headed home.

*End Chapter*

A/N

Well there you have it! Naruto is a Gennin, that means that the polls are closed. Let's check the votes.

Y-19/N-24

*Canceled*

Y-26/N-12

Y-16/N-21

*Secret*

L-26/S-4

So this means that this will be strictly NaruHina (which in my view works fine for the story), Hanabi will have the role of younger sister, Naruto will be rich, Tsunade will arrive in Konoha at the canon time, Sarutobi may live or die and there will be long chapter updates.

Special thanks to reader 'the-contradiction' for some cool ideas for jutsu names one of which is 'Senkaipo'!

Next chapter Kakashi, Tora and Wave mission!