"Heaven or Hell," I asked.

"Neither Naruto but are you okay," came the worried voice of the Third Hokage.

"Do I look Okay," I said as I snapped at the Hokage. However, this wasn't his fault so being angry at him would be unfair. "I'm fine," I said with a sigh, apologetically.

"How did I survive," I asked with no emotion in my voice.

"Your sensei Iruka was close by and saw what was happening and put a stop to it," replied the Third still very worried about me.

"You should thank him."

After a long pause I said, "That man, the shop owner, he called me a demon. It's not the first I've been called that it's just that he accused me of killing his wife. Do you know what's that's supposed to mean," I said surprising myself with just how angry I sounded but I didn't care.

"You're special Naruto that's about all I can say."

"More secrets I'm still not allowed to know even though I was nearly killed because of it," I replied venomously. "I'm not going to lie to you anymore old man, I hate this place and I don't want to be its stupid Hokage. I would never lay down my life for these horrible people, not after what they've done to me."

"I ... I understand Naruto."

"No you don't," I yelled, "I have no one here, everyone hates me, I was nearly killed over something I didn't do. You're the Hokage who's been adored his entire life, you could never understand me. You all think you know me, no one has even tried to get to know me. No one notices that the smile I always wear is fake, no one knows how I actually hate orange, and no one even knows that I'm not as dumb as I let you all think I am."

"Well I know now," said the Hokage. "I'm sorry for how you were treated in your years growing up. Know that these secrets I keep from you only to protect you Naruto."

"I have a right to know gramps," I said clearly annoyed.

"Yes that's why I'll make a deal with you, pass the academy and I'll tell you a portion of the Secrets."

"Only a portion why am I not surprised."

"Sorry Naruto but these are S-ranked secrets they can't simply be trusted in the hands of a child." Even though I wanted to argue, when he put it that way it made sense, but it never made me feel any better about only learning a portion.

"And If fail to pass the academy, what happens then," I asked.

"Your smart Naruto figure it out," chuckled the old Hokage as he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

I felt fine even after nearly dying not too long ago. I always had a fast healing ability and I bet it has to do with one those damn secrets. Passing the academy would be easy, too easy in fact. So there was no problem there. I have a close idea to what the secrets will be about thanks to the academy and the subtle hints given by those villagers. It has to do with the nine tail attack that happened 12 years ago coincidentally on the day I was born, I think not.

I felt lazy and honestly if I went outside I would see a villager and I wasn't in the mood for that right now so I went back to bed maybe having dreams of payback on the shop owner and his goons might just cheer me up.

I went to the academy the next day wearing a hoody. I really didn't feel like making eye contact much less conversation filth of Konoha. I could feel the stares and hear the whispers about my incident the other day. When I arrived I sat in the back of the class and watch the students fill in one by one. I decided to change this dead last status of mine it was really getting old.

"Alright, class I have three announcements to make. First I'll like to welcome our new assistant teacher Mizuki he will be helping us from now until graduation. Also because we didn't take the quiz yesterday we will take it today," announced Iruka getting a loud series of moans throughout the class. Clearing his throat Iruka continued, "Then after the quiz, we will be doing target practice. I hoped you practiced hard because I'll be grading you harshly." Mizuki promptly starting handing out the test papers. "You have 30 minutes to complete this test, now you may begin."

The test was easy. That's why Naruto used 10 of the 30 minutes before he finished. Others were finished too like Sakura, Shikamaru, Sasuke, Shino, and Hinata. Naruto had to admit that out of all the other academy students he had been with, this year had the most talented ones. Hate as he might a few of them he gave them credit where it was due. The other 20 minutes were full of glances to the back of the classroom. Apparently, they still hadn't figure out who I was.

Mizuki collected the paper and sat down appearing to be grading them. "All right guys you know the drill by now so line up and get outside," instructed Iruka. We walked in a straight line out to the training field. I found it funny how they treat us like children but train us to kill people. It just doesn't add up. "Okay class we know how important marksmanship is to a ninja because of the lesson we had yesterday. Now we will be trying out that skill today using both shuriken and kunai."

"Troublesome," said Shikamaru as the whole class nodded in agreement.

"Okay Fugikaru you're up first," said Iruka as he went through the names one by one. It took a while before it was my turn. "Okay Naruto your up," said Iruka.

"That's Naruto," Kiba said laughing. This kid really needed a new hobby, one that didn't involve bullying me. "What is he too ashamed to show his face after the beat down he got from the Uchiha," Kiba said still laughing. On the bright side, he didn't know about the beat down I got from the villagers. I doubt he would let me live it down.

"There's no need to be embarrassed. That's just the sort of thing that happens when the dead last fights my Sasuke-kun," said Sakura sounding quite smug.

"Iruka-sensei when are we having our next sparring matches," I asked curiously as to how soon I could kick Kiba's ass.

"The next sparring matches are in one week you can fight Kiba then Naruto," replied Iruka with a sigh. Apparently, he was understanding the new me.

"I've been waiting for a chance to kick the dobe's ass," Kiba said while cracking his fist for effect. Remembering that it was my turn I grabbed the shuriken and kunai placed before me throwing them at the training dummy. They all hit the mark giving me a perfect score.

"That will be you in one week Kiba," I said while walking away to stand beside Shikamaru.

"You're very troublesome you know that Naruto," said Shikamaru.

"I'll take that as a compliment," I said while smiling a genuine smile.

ONE WEEK LATER

"All right class we will be sparing today as you know," said Iruka. " Naruto and Kiba will start us off today." I knew this was going to be easy, compared to Sasuke Kiba was weak.

"This is your last chance to back out dobe you should take it," Kiba said while smiling. Oh how I couldn't wait to wipe it off his smug face.

"What's wrong Kiba I thought you wanted to kick my ass," I said while smirking evilly.

"It's too late to have doubts now," I taunted him. He took the bait.

"There's no doubt in my mind that I could kick your sorry ass," said Kiba sounding quite angry.

"Begin." That was all I needed to hear. I rushed at Kiba throwing a series of jabs at his face which he dodged. After dodging my left jab he tried to counter with a right hook but I saw it coming. I ducked under the hook which gave me a good view of his unguarded body. I gave him two jabs in his chest with a left and right. Then I hit him in the stomach with a right body blow knocking the wind out of him. Then I punched him in the face as hard as I could sending him flying backward. "What's wrong Kiba is that all you've got," I taunted him as he struggled to get up.

"You son of a bitch you think you'll get away with that," Kiba said now furious.

"Bring it on." That was it,he lost it. He came charging at me with a battle cry. He threw punch after punch none of them managed to land. I threw a kick at his face which he caught in his hands. He started swinging me around and then finally sent me through the air. I land gracefully after doing a back flip. I dash at him ready to start my own attack but out of nowhere the wind got knocked out of me. His dog Akamaru decided to join the fight. I had forgotten about that stupid dog of his and paid the price. Before I could recover from Akamaru's head slam to my stomach Kiba was already on me. He put both his hands together making a giant fist raised it up and brought it down on my head sending me crashing to the ground head first. Man that hurt.

"Uhh," groaned out load. Kiba wasn't planning on letting me recover though he tried stomping on my chest but I managed to roll out the way. 'I need to turn the tables around in my favor fast but how?' I desperately thought. 'Think, think, and think damn it. I've got it.' I rushed at Kiba while he did the same. We engaged in a close combat fight no with one gaining the upper hand. That's when I turned it around. I knew Kiba would use Akamaru again to try and end this fight so I waited until then to use a Jutsu he'd never expect.

Just as I thought Kiba tried to use Akamaru to get me off guard again but I didn't work twice. When Akamaru slammed into my stomach again my figure shimmered. I used a clone something I had led everyone to believe I couldn't use. I snuck up behind Kiba and rammed my knee into his back. There was a sickening cracking sound loud and audible so much that the whole class heard it. Kiba crashed to the floor screaming." This match is over the winner is Naruto," Iruka said while running towards Kiba. Honestly, I didn't mean to hurt him that bad but I didn't feel bad about it either.

"Naruto you jerk you didn't have to break his back," yelled Sakura.

"Yeah you're such a dick," yelled Ino. I ignored them as a medical team arrived with a stretcher.

"Look the demon hurt the poor kid," were the whispers of the medic ninjas as they walked by me.

"They should put him in the hospital again," they continued, "this time I won't help to heal him." I glared at them before deciding to ignore all the comments about me by both the medic Nins and my classmates. I didn't care. I enjoyed hurting Kiba, I really did. When I thought of everything the village had done to me it made me like it even more. His pain stricken face that was plastered with a smirk not too long ago excited me. It was made me want to see everyone who had done me wrong like that. So maybe the villager's weren't so wrong about me. Maybe I was a monster but I didn't care about that.

The thing I cared about the most was how getting revenge was sweet, addictingly sweet.