Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto Kishimoto does end of story.

A/N This chapter will have a time skip to bring it to the end of the academy and a small flashback.

Ever since that day when Naruto and Kyuubi made that deal, Naruto can honestly say that he's gotten a whole lot stronger. He was still a little miffed about having to hide his skills from everyone. graduation because Naruto just barely passed instead of stealing the scroll.

Flashback:

"Alright Naruto that's enough training for right now. Sit down too, we need to talk about your abilities right now." Said Kyuubi as he noticed the blonde's movements starting to become sluggish little after his fifth hour of training.

"N-no, I c-can still tr-train." Panted Naruto as he argued with the fox.

"Don't be stupid kit, you'll exaust yourself at this rate and that would make you an open target for the villagers to attack you again." said Kyuubi as he tried to reason with his jailer.

"Yo-your right, I ca-can't stay be-being their sc-scape goat anymore." Said Naruto as he realized the truth behind Kyuubi.

"Exactly that's also why were going to begin to hide your true skills from them. Now before you start protesting think about it like this, if they were to realize how strong you really are then what would keep them from trying to hurt you or those you care about even more. What would stop them from trying to force you to train others in your skills?

Naruto sat there and pondered the demon's words. 'He is right, the entire village does hate me and they would definately try to use my own skills to further their militay's power. Not only that but they could get scared if I show how advanced i really am, it could cause them to try to hurt me worse than they usually do'.

"Alright fox, I guess that I'm going to have to take your advice on this one. Don't let this boost your already enormous ego, okay?" Naruto told Kyuubi.

"Of course I'm right kit, you should have more faith in me. After all, I am a millenias old fox demon." Kyuubi stated.

End flashback:

"That fox forces me to hide my skills and what do I get for it? Oh yeah. I get to chase after a fangirl and be the supposed dead last of my class, thus totally humiliating me. At least todays graduation though, I finally got out of that horrendous jumpsuit I was wearing and hopefully I'll be on a decent team with nothing to worry about too."Naruto ranted as he walked towards the academy.

As Naruto walked into the room everything went deadly quiet. He started to hear mumbling going around about him. "Whose he, a new kid?" "No, I think that its the dead last" "Are you sure its him? He looks really different." These were some of the more common things going about.

"Whats with the new look loser? Trying to look nice for your funeral?" Came the comment from our oh so beloved avenger.

"Yeah, what Sasuke-kun said!" Was the shri-I mean words feom the banshee.

Naruto got tired with their speaking fast. "Alright teme, banshee. If you're too afraid of coming out of the closet Sasuke thats your problem, and you Haruno, why dont you stop pretending to be a girl. You're way too flat chested to be a girl, not to mention your freakish strength." To say every one was shocked by Naruto's harsh words would be a severe understatement. Who would have thought that the blonde dead last would say something like that to Sasuke is believable, but to Sakura? It's impossible!

Sakura turned red with rage and started to walk up to Naruto, while Sasuke just glared at Naruto and just looked the other way in his brooding session. "You're dead you baka!"Screamed the ever so charming Haruno while she reared her fist back getting ready to hit our blonde hero.

"Thats enough Sakura!"Came the cry from Iruka, shocking Sakura so much that she stumbled and tripped in fright, causing her to slam her forehead on the corner of the desk, knocking her out.

"Will someone please wake her up so we can get on with the team placements." Asked Iruka as he sighed at the girl's stupidity. 'To think that this is what the kunoichi of today are coming to.'

"Alright, now that Miss Haruno has decided to grace us with her presence we can begin. Team 1..."

Timeskip

"Team seven, Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura, your sensei is Hatake Kakashi. Team eight, Hyuuga Hinata, Aburame Shino, Inuzuka Kiba, your sensei is Yuuhi Kurenai. Team nine is still in rotation from last year. Team ten, Nara Shikamaru, Yamanaka Ino, Akamichi Chouji, your sensei is Sarutobi Asuma. Please wait until your Jounin sensei arrives to pick you up." Stated Iruka as he started to leave the room.

Pretty soon the only people left in the Academy were Team seven. "What is taking sensei so long!" cried Sakura.

"Hn." Was Sasuke's reply.

"Oh Sasuke-kun, you're so cool! Would you like to go out on a date with me?" Was Sakura's genuis like comment.

"You're annoying." Sasuke's only reply.

"Will you both just shut the hell up? Im trying to relax over hear and your lover's quarrel is starting to get on my nerves." Came Naruto's ground out comment as he slowly started to grit his teeth.

"Oh be quiet you baka! You'll never be as good as Sasuke-kun at anything!" Was Sakura's only response.

'Why me? Is there something that I must atone for from a past life? Is that why I'm stuck with these two?" Was Naruto's one thought.